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Case study graphic: Seagate Drive One Head Failed, Every File Back
07/06/2026

Dropped Hard Drive Data Recovery: A Seagate Head Replacement That Saved Every File

Jessica’s Seagate external hard drive was pulled off a laptop onto a tile floor and one of its two read/write heads failed. Imaging with the good head first, then a matched donor head replacement in the laminar flow cabinet, recovered every file including all her photos.

Case study graphic: WD My Passport Freezes Windows, Every File Back
04/03/2026

WD My Passport Bad Sector Recovery Case Study: USB Bypass and PC-3000 Clone Saved Every File

WD My Passport Bad Sector Recovery Case Study Summary Client: Leighton, Adelaide, South Australia Device: WD My Passport USB-C 2TB external hard drive Problem: Drive running at 100% usage, freezing…

Case study graphic: 4 Seagate Drives Fire And Water, 19TB Saved
04/03/2026

Fire Water Damaged Hard Drive Recovery Case Study: Photography Studio 19TB Recovered

Fire and Water Damaged Hard Drive Data Recovery Case Study Summary Client: David, photographer, Staff Australia Device: Four Seagate 8TB hard drives plus one 24TB hard drive, from a photography…

Case study graphic: WD My Passport Bad Sectors, 99.99% Back
04/03/2026

WD My Passport External Hard Drive Data Recovery Case Study: Computer Shop Failed, 99.99% Recovered in 18 Hours

WD My Passport External Hard Drive Data Recovery Case Study Summary Client: Rosa, Australia Device: Western Digital My Passport 5TB external hard drive Problem: Drive filled up while downloading videos,…

Case study graphic: Hitachi 160GB Bad Sectors, Everything Back
01/03/2026

Hard Drive Bad Sectors Data Recovery Case Study: DIY Failed, Cheap Shop Failed, Professionals Succeeded

Hard Drive Bad Sectors Data Recovery Case Study Summary Client: Muhammad, Liverpool, NSW, Australia Device: Hitachi 160GB hard drive (12 years old) Problem: Drive making noise, bad sectors, SMART failures…

Case study graphic: DVR Hard Drive Clicking, Footage Saved
27/12/2025

DVR internal hard drive head failure case study

Case Study Summary Client: Samuel (business owner, Australia) Device: DVR internal hard drive Problem: Clicking drive with motor stalling caused by failed read and write heads Solution: head replacement in…

Case study graphic: Samsung 500GB Clicking, 310GB Back
19/09/2025

Samsung Hard Drive Data Recovery Case Study After Drop Damage

Samsung hard drive data recovery case study documents a real recovery performed for Ben from Melbourne after his external Samsung hard drive was accidentally dropped and began making clicking sounds…

Case study graphic: WD External Head Crash, 600,000 Files
27/08/2025

WD Head Crash Case Study After Drop Damage and Encryption

WD head crash case study explains a Western Digital external hard drive that failed after being dropped while connected to a laptop. The drive was sent from Perth, Western Australia…

Case study graphic: Seagate Portable No Spin, Data Reachable
09/06/2025

Seagate Hard Drive Recovery: PCB Repair Case Study

This real Seagate hard drive recovery case study shows how our data recovery engineers at Payam Data Recovery fixed a 2.5″ Seagate HDD that wouldn’t power on due to PCB…

Case study graphic: Seagate 3.5 Inch Dead Board, Spins Again
04/06/2025

Seagate PCB Recovery Case Study: Dead 3.5″ SATA Drive Fixed

Seagate PCB Recovery Case Study: Dead 3.5″ SATA Drive Fixed Seagate PCB recovery is possible even if your hard drive is totally silent and undetected. In this real case study,…

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