“If I format my hard drive, what happens?” This is probably one of the most common questions asked by newer computer users. Did you know every hard drive begins life being formatted at the factory where it was built? This may surprise you since formatting seems like something you only…
Did you know there are more than 68 million Apple Music users across the world? Folks who use this service love the expansive music library, the streamlined interface, and the convenience of using a single music streaming service. But sometimes, the app doesn’t work as designed. Sometimes you may struggle…
Blackball. Blackhead. Black market. Black death. Blacklist. Blackmail. Blackout. Black screen. Besides the word black, what do all these things have in common? You don’t want a single one of them! So when you look down and realize, “My iPhone screen is black” you may want to panic. Whether your…
The first hard drive was invented by IBM in 1956. Since then, this piece of technology has completely transformed the way we compute, work and live. Hard disk drives have been in a nearly constant state of change for the last seven decades. Manufacturers are on a near constant quest…
Cleaning out our closets is, depending on how naturally organized you are, an arduous, time-consuming job. This unpopular housekeeping task is usually reserved for the most boring of weekends—or a pandemic-induced quarantine… Few people like cleaning out their closets, but almost everyone loves the result. Items once lost are found,…
Since computing began several decades ago, users have looked for ways to easily move their data from one device to another. Over the years, moveable storage has come in many forms—some with a bit more finesse than others. This may come as a surprise, but the first form of removable…
Industry leader in data recovery services provides best practices on how to prepare your data for working remotely during COVID-19. (Novato, Calif. March 12, 2020) For the last several weeks, the Coronavirus has dominated the world’s headlines. Turn on the news, open up a newspaper or log onto social media,…
Are you actively backing up your data? If you aren’t, you should be. There are many ways to back up your information, and which one is right for you depends on the type of information you need to back up, how much space you need, how you plan to use…
A hard drive head can easily be compared to a brain, because it reads and interprets data just like human brains. This part of the hard drive also takes in new data, saving the information for later use. Our brains work in a similar fashion absorbing, interpreting, storing and recalling…
Ever put an old hard drive into a new computer only to learn your data has been lost? Good news, that information may not be lost at all… just misplaced. Trouble is, you probably don’t have a clue how to find your misplaced data. This can happen when a hard…
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