“Data Recovery If an electrical surge took place that disabled the backup hard drive. Would the data be erased or safe on the drive. Would the digital format for reading files be corrupted? Would the data be retrievable? Would it depend on an internet based cloud for a system recovery? Would the drive be able to receive an internet cloud recovery?”
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Your hard drive, just like your computer, runs on low voltage DC power. This power is delivered to the hard drive by a power supply that converts the AC voltage of your wall to the correct DC voltage. Your computer power supply and motherboard are sensitive components that could be destroyed by a power surge. If this power supply is damaged, it is possible that the voltage or current supplied to the drive could also move out of proper operating specifications, damaging the drive itself (either by damaging the logic board or causing mechanical failure). In most cases, a surge would only damage the power supply, once replaced you should be able to access the existing hard drive or extrenal backup... but it is certainly possible for the hard drive to be irreparably damaged as well if the surge was strong enough.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.First off buy a cheap UPS to prevent this from happening. To answer your question, your data will probably be safe its like pulling the power from a PC, most of the time you computer will not be damaged from this happening. There is the extremely rare occurrence where cutting power can damage the R/W head or disk but this is highly unlikely, you'll be fine. Also there is no "cloud backup" service that comes with this WD NAS, this is your personal cloud, you can always used advanced features to back up this WD NAS to another internet based service to be safe. Still would recommend a UPS though, it's a cheap solution to short term power outages (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/apc-back-ups-700va-ups/8062046.p?id=1218863890313&skuId=8062046&st=categoryid$abcat0515043&cp=1&lp=2)
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Most of the time when that happens the HDD still undamaged and the files still can be retrieved using special software or putting the HDD in the same type of WD enclosure.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.very specific scenario. I don't know for sure, but like any drive it would depend if the internal drive itself became damaged. If the interface unit alone was damaged it would likely require disassembly and accessing the drive from some other device--adapter, or putting it into another PC. Not sure about the cloud recovery.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If an electrical surge happened; You wouldn't loose your data. Your hard drive wouldn't work. You do have a secondary back up called the dropbox. You just need to register. I would recommend you to buy an APC backup battery with a built in surge protector. It will trigger power failure; giving it time to power down and protect your unit.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Power surges are unpredictable things and it is hard to determine the effect om any electrical device. To limit the effects of a power surge or other failures I plug my hard drives into a ups (battery backup) and then use the safepoint feature to backup the data on the drive to another devicewhich Iis also protected by a ups.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.While this has not personally happened to me, I have been told by two reliable sources I have total trust in, the data is safe and can be recovered.
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