With over 25 years of specialist expertise, Coventry Data Recovery offers professional, high-precision recovery solutions for Sony Vaio laptops suffering from mechanical hard drive failure. If your Sony laptop is slow, unresponsive, or has been diagnosed with failed read/write heads, our certified cleanroom engineers can help retrieve your valuable data using proven forensic techniques.
Common Sony Vaio HDD Failure Symptoms
- Laptop powers on but does not boot into Windows
- Constant freezing, crashing, or system hangs
- HDD is detected in BIOS but remains inaccessible in Windows
- Previous recovery company diagnosed read/write head failure
- Clicking, ticking, or whirring noises from the hard drive
⚙️ Technical Recovery Process: Failed Read/Write Heads in Sony Laptops
Mechanical failures of the read/write head assembly require specialised equipment and a controlled environment to recover data safely. Our recovery process includes:
1. Device Intake and Initial Inspection
- The Sony laptop hard drive is safely extracted and catalogued.
- Non-invasive diagnostics are performed to confirm the mechanical fault, verifying head failure, firmware status, and media integrity.
2. Cleanroom Assessment
- The drive is moved into a Class 100 ISO-certified cleanroom.
- The top cover is removed under sterile conditions to inspect the read/write head stack and actuator arm.
- We locate and source a donor drive with matching firmware and head specs from our in-house parts library.
3. Head Swap Procedure
- The faulty head assembly is delicately removed using specialised micro-tools.
- A replacement head stack is fitted, ensuring no contact with the platters.
- Alignment checks are done using head map tables to ensure compatibility with the platter layout.
4. Disk Imaging
- The repaired drive is mounted on a forensic imaging platform.
- Sector-by-sector cloning begins, with priority given to system metadata, file allocation tables, and user directories.
- Any unreadable sectors are reattempted using adaptive read timing and head toggling methods.
5. Logical Recovery
- Once a raw image is created, we perform file system reconstruction (NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, or HFS depending on the OS used).
- Recovered files are categorised and verified for data integrity.
- Damaged or incomplete files are handled using advanced hex-level parsing and header reconstruction.
6. Data Delivery
- The recovered data is copied to a secure new drive.
- The structure of files and folders is preserved wherever possible.
- A recovery report is provided listing recovered content and success rate.
💻 Supported Sony Laptop Models
We provide recovery for all Sony Vaio laptop series, including:
- Vaio S Series
- Vaio Z Series
- Vaio Fit / Duo / Pro
- Vaio E and F Series
- Vaio FE, FX, BX, SZ and legacy models
🖥 Supported File Systems & Operating Systems
- NTFS, exFAT, FAT32 (Windows)
- HFS+, APFS (if macOS was dual-booted)
- Compatible with Windows XP through Windows 11
🔒 Why Choose Coventry Data Recovery?
- 25+ years of experience in Sony Vaio laptop HDD recovery
- Cleanroom facility
- Successful recovery where other firms fail
- Free diagnostics, detailed reporting, and direct communication with engineers
- No-risk process — no further damage to your media during recovery attempts
📞 Book Your Free Diagnostic Today
If your Sony Vaio laptop has been diagnosed with mechanical failure and the cost of recovery elsewhere is prohibitive, contact Coventry Data Recovery. Our transparent, professional approach delivers the highest chance of successful recovery at industry-leading standards.
Coventry Data Recovery – Trusted Experts in Sony Vaio Laptop Hard Drive Failures