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Slow Reponding Toshiba Drives

Toshiba Laptop Data Recovery


Some problems have been found with Toshiba Laptop drives where the computer will fail with any of the following symptoms ..

  • The drive hangs during boot
  • Unable to access data
  • Computer is very slow

Problem with Drives


We found the problem which is related to the G-List (Grown defect list)it either becomes corrupt or is not readable. If it is not readable by the drive then the correct translator algorithms can not be run and so the drive slows down or even stops completely.

Solution to Toshiba Hard Disk Problem.

The solution is very complex and requires specialist equipment to enable rebuilding of the defect maps externally to the drive. However, once this is achieved the data can be accessed and a near perfect recovery is possible.

For more information on this problem please visit our Toshiba Data Recovery pages.

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