Failed NAS Drive? How to: Data recovery from NAS drive

Data loss is a major issue for businesses because data loss can cause big problems and permanent valuable data loss can cause big damage to the business. Big companies which require frequent and quick data transfer use NAS storage devices.

What is a NAS Device?

NAS stands for Network Attached Storage. NAS devices are very much similar to traditional portable hard drives, but the only difference is that NAS drive will connect directly to your router through a LAN cable. NAS drives works as a personal cloud storage device so you can access your data from anywhere as long as you are connected to a network.

Benefits of NAS for businesses include:

• Cost effective
• Ease of use
• Data backup capabilities
• Centralized location for data storage

 

NAS Drive failure

As any other electronic devices, NAS drive too can fail due to numerous reasons. NAS drives can fail due to Hardware issues like if the power adapter of your NAS drive has failed then a faulty power adapter can cause the entire system to fail or malfunction. Another reason for a drive to fail could be the hard drive. If your hard drive inside the NAS storage is failing then it can stop working and storing information too. If the software or firmware gets corrupted then also it can cause a NAS drive to fail.

What to do when a NAS drive fails? 

If your NAS drive fails then never try to attempt recovery by yourself as it can damage the drive more.

Do not try to rebuild the Array or stripes. NAS drives are very fragile devices and even a small wrong step can cause permanent data loss. If you are in such situation then always contact Data Recovery experts such as IT Tech4All.

Recovering data from NAS Drives requires a wide knowledge of Data recovery and hi tech equipment.

IT Tech4All is one of the leading Data recovery companies in UAE. Our technicians have a wide knowledge of data recovery and 12 years of experience. IT Tech4All have best modern equipment and techniques to recover data from any damaged or malfunctioned storage device. We recover data from all types of storage devices such as Hard drives, SSDs, USBs, NAS drives, server raid drives etc. we have “No Data, No Charge policy”. Contact us today for your free data recovery evaluation and diagnosis