In Part 1 of this article series, I explained some techniques that you could use to combat hard disk problems if the problem in question was related to a physical breakdown of the hard disk itself. However, the vast majority of hard disk failures are software related. In a software related failure situation, the techniques that I shared with you in Part 1 wouldn€™t apply. You must apply a different set of techniques when attempting to recover from a software related (or logical) hard disk failure. In this article, I€™ll explain some new techniques that you can use for doing so