Pc Warehouse Data Recovery Center categorizes Data Recovery into three levels(in order of increasing difficulty and price)

Level 1 – Drug Store Level (Logical Failure)
The hard drive is physically in good condition. There are no sounds of “clicking”, and is recognized by the operating system. The head is spinning, and all the internal parts of the hard drive is functioning correctly. Nevertheless, some of the data is missing. Hard drives at the Drug Store state have an extremely high chance of recovery. This may be caused by:
        • Virus / Spy-ware Infections
        • Human Errors(accidental deletions)
        • Damaged MFT/FAT Tables
        • Formatting Corruption
        • Partition Errors
        • Corrupted Software

Level 2 – Clinic Level (Drive Failure)
There is some physical damage done to the hard drive. At this level, there is still no need to open and perform “surgery” to the drive, in order to retrieve data. Hard drives at the Clinic state have a generally good chance of recovery, when using our latest data recovery technology tools. Some symptoms of this level include:

        • System Locks Up
        • Freezing
        • Will not Boot
        • Hard Drive has Bad Sectors
        • Firmware Errors
        • Occasional Clicking
        • Prolific SMART Errors
        • Unreadable Data Sectors

If these symptoms are true for your hard drive, there is a chance that you may be losing data and not even know it. Stop using it immediately, and contact us to ensure that your data is not lost!!

Level 3 – Hospital Level (Mechanical Failure)
There is bad physical damage. One or more of the mechanism within the hard drive doesn’t work. There may be clicking noises due to stuck/broken motors. Furthermore, the hard drive may have trouble spinning and might not spin at all. In order to recover data at this stage, a clean-room is required to dissemble the drive and repair the broken parts. A hospital level hard drive can be caused by:

        • Dropping the Hard Drive
        • Submerging in Moisture/Liquids
        • Electrical Shortage (burning out the drive)
        • Damaged Module

Some symptoms of this level include:
        • Clicking
        • Not Detected by Computer
        • Doesn’t Spin
        • No Power
        • Not Initializing

Pc Warehouse Data Recovery Center can recover hard drives in ALL formats including Windows, Mac, and Linux. We also recover data in almost every interface including: SATA, IDE, SCSI, ETHERNET, USB. This includes external hard drives, internal hard drives, Flash Drives, Solid State and most MP3 and smart phones.