‘maximum 120 Second Wait For Controller’ Hard Disk Error And Recovery

Hard disk serves as the primary storage media for computers. It is the combined package of several mechanical and electronic components, which all function together to make stored data accessible. Data is stored magnetically on rotating disc-shaped platters, mounted on a spindle. To access data from each platter surface, hard disk incorporates several read/write heads. Rest all components like spindle motor, actuator, electronic board, head arms etc. also do their assigned task and thus hard drive functions. But when either of them fails, it stops. Failed hard disk is not recognized by computer system. To solve this issue and recover lost data, Hard Drive Recovery service offers the solution.
 
Sometimes when user starts the system, it may return an error:
 
 “Maximum 120 second wait for controller. Hard disk installation aborted”
 
Cause
 
This error generates when hard drives fails to be recognized in CMOS. It may happen due to hard drive failure, faulty power lead or incorrect hard disk configuration in CMOS.
 
CMOS stands for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. It is the electronic chip that stores system information like settings and time. It is also known as Real Time Clock (RTC) or Non-Volatile RAM.
 
Solution
 
To resolve the issue, you can follow following solutions:
 
You need to power down the system. You can then check hard disk cables and replace the damaged ones, if any
If problem persists, hard disk configuration is required to be checked in CMOS.
If correcting hard disk configuration doesn’t make any change in the issue, it indicates hard disk physical failure. A hard disk physically fails due to mechanical or electronic component(s) failure. In such cases, you need to consult Hard Drive Recovery service experts.
 
About Hard Disk Recovery
 
It is the professional help, provided by hard disk engineers to extract lost data from disks failed due to physical reasons. These reasons could be read/write head crash, spindle motor malfunction, platters alignment issues, actuator damage, electronic circuitry issues etc. Hard Drive Recovery experts address all such situations to recover data. They apply advanced techniques like repairing or replacing damaged internals, disk cloning etc., which are though safe.  To avoid further damages due to dust-like particles, suitable lab environment is used to open them.

By: Garry Thomson

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Garry Thomson a student of Mass Communication doing research on hard drive recovery software. He is also a freelancer for www.partitionrecovery-software.com.