{"id":16541,"date":"2023-02-21T16:32:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/non-categorise\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:45:34","slug":"5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"5 tips for recovering data from your hard drive after a fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16541\" class=\"elementor elementor-16541 elementor-12942\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49fc0643 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49fc0643\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c56a590\" data-id=\"5c56a590\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42de81b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42de81b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fire is potentially the most serious damage to a hard disk or server. In addition to the damage caused by exposure to extreme temperatures, fire extinguishing usually involves the use of water, foam or other media, which pollutes the hard disk both inside and out. <\/p><p>Dealing with hard disks recovered from fires requires considerable expertise and know-how. In the aftermath of such a disaster, a hard disk will usually only withstand one attempt at data recovery, so it&#8217;s important to be demanding in your choice of service provider. Databack has the necessary equipment, procedures and skills acquired over the last 15 years.  <\/p><h2>HARD DISKS FACE HEAT<\/h2><p>Under normal operating conditions, the temperature of a hard disk is between 30 and 50\u00b0c. A short exposure to a temperature of 100\u00b0c may not cause any major damage, but prolonged exposure to a temperature of 200\u00b0c may result in data corruption. Above 300\u00b0c, the components of the hard disk are damaged: soldering of the electronic board, melting of internal plastic parts, deformation of platters, etc&#8230;  <\/p><h2>Fire damage<\/h2><p>Depending on the exposure of your substrate to fire, the damage can be manifold:<\/p><ul><li>Damaged electronic board: solder joints and components damaged by heat.<\/li><li>soot deposit<\/li><li>melted inner and outer plastic elements<\/li><li>plate surface alteration (heat-damaged magnetic substrate layers)<\/li><li>heat deformation of trays<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d852f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d852f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cb640f\" data-id=\"3cb640f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecaf2e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ecaf2e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recuperation-incendie.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15092\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recuperation-incendie.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recuperation-incendie-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-861df58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"861df58\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e557235\" data-id=\"e557235\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee2ba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ee2ba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-family: Bebasneue; font-size: 40px; text-transform: uppercase;\">OUR TIPS FOR RECOVERING YOUR DATA AFTER A FIRE<\/span><\/h2><p>To optimize the chances of recovering your data, it is advisable to follow a few precautions:<\/p><ol><li><strong>DO NOT <\/strong>reconnect a hard disk that has suffered a fire, as this may cause further damage to the platters, or even irreparable damage.<\/li><li><strong>DO NOT <\/strong>clean a burned hard disk yourself: cleaning the media with water or unsuitable products could compromise data recovery. Our experts have the experience and equipment required for this delicate phase, on which the success of your data recovery depends. <\/li><li><strong>DO NOT <\/strong>open your hard disk to avoid contamination of the platters.<\/li><li><strong>Act IMMEDIATELY <\/strong>by sending your hard drive to a data recovery specialist the same day or the next. After that, your chances of recovery diminish day by day. <\/li><li><strong>CONTACT YOUR INSURER <\/strong>to find out if data recovery is covered.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dea62bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dea62bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3e6ba6\" data-id=\"d3e6ba6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b8b6cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8b8b6cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/free-quotation\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact the laboratory<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire is potentially the most serious damage to a hard disk or server. In addition to the damage caused by exposure to extreme temperatures, fire extinguishing usually involves the use of water, foam or other media, which pollutes the hard disk both inside and out. Dealing with hard disks recovered from fires requires considerable expertise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":15092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,69],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[144],"class_list":["post-16541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-data-recovery-en","author-samuel-durand-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Tips to Recover Data After a Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Databack, a laboratory specializing in data recovery, explains how to recover your data following a fire.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Tips to Recover Data After a Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Databack, a laboratory specializing in data recovery, explains how to recover your data following a fire.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Databack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-21T15:32:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T12:45:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recuperation-incendie.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samuel Durand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samuel Durand\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Tips to Recover Data After a Fire","description":"Databack, a laboratory specializing in data recovery, explains how to recover your data following a fire.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Tips to Recover Data After a Fire","og_description":"Databack, a laboratory specializing in data recovery, explains how to recover your data following a fire.","og_url":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/","og_site_name":"Databack","article_published_time":"2023-02-21T15:32:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-26T12:45:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recuperation-incendie.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Samuel Durand","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samuel Durand","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/"},"author":{"name":"Samuel Durand","@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/531f3f19be2ec1ba9dcf678d099e2c51"},"headline":"5 tips for recovering data from your hard drive after a fire","datePublished":"2023-02-21T15:32:43+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T12:45:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/"},"wordCount":371,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recuperation-incendie.jpg","articleSection":["BLOG","Data recovery"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/","url":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/","name":"5 Tips to Recover Data After a Fire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recuperation-incendie.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-21T15:32:43+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T12:45:34+00:00","description":"Databack, a laboratory specializing in data recovery, explains how to recover your data following a fire.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recuperation-incendie.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/recuperation-incendie.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/blog\/5-tips-for-recovering-data-from-your-hard-drive-after-a-fire\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"R\u00e9cup\u00e9ration de donn\u00e9es","item":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 tips for recovering data from your hard drive after a fire"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/","name":"Databack","description":"Laboratoire fran\u00e7ais de traitement de donn\u00e9es sensibles et volumineuses","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/#organization","name":"Datenabruf","url":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/favicon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Datenabruf"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/531f3f19be2ec1ba9dcf678d099e2c51","name":"Samuel Durand","description":"Ing\u00e9nieur en g\u00e9nie \u00e9lectronique, Samuel Durand d\u00e9bute sa carri\u00e8re dans le domaine de la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration de donn\u00e9es, o\u00f9 il se forge une solide expertise au sein d\u2019une entreprise pendant plus de quatre ans. En 2004, il cr\u00e9e DATABACK, un laboratoire ind\u00e9pendant enti\u00e8rement tourn\u00e9 vers le traitement et la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration de donn\u00e9es. Il occupe aujourd\u2019hui le poste de directeur technique. Sous sa direction, DATABACK a mis au point des solutions innovantes pour restaurer des volumes importants de donn\u00e9es sensibles. Face \u00e0 la multiplication des cyberattaques, et en particulier des ran\u00e7ongiciels, il d\u00e9veloppe avec son \u00e9quipe des outils et des logiciels capables de traiter ces situations complexes, dans le respect des contraintes techniques et de confidentialit\u00e9 de ses clients.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/samuel-durand-1a78877\/"]}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":144,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"samuel-durand-en","display_name":"Samuel Durand","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19300,"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16541\/revisions\/19300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16541"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.databack.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}