Skip to content

Preparing Your Server for a Planned Holiday Shutdown

By Mike Cobb, DriveSavers Director of Engineering Updated 12/5/2018 If your company shuts its data storage systems down during the holidays, be careful that it’s not the last shutdown before a data loss. The Problem with Planned Shutdowns Many companies close their doors for an extended time during the Christmas…

Wiping a Working Drive: Tips and Tricks

By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering If you’re upping your digital game by replacing a working computer or hard drive with something newer, whether for business or personal purposes, chances are you will be selling, donating or passing down your older computer and it will be used by someone else…

The two dumbest things you can do to a hard disk drive (HDD)

By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering It’s a sad fact that all hard drives, every make and every model, will fail. And, it’s even more unfortunate that users keep making the same mistakes as they try to perform hard drive data recovery themselves. Here are two of the most damaging…

Video: The Zipline Proposal Data Recovery

Professional videographer, Tyson Henderson contacted DriveSavers for data recovery after losing access to once-in-a-lifetime video footage of a surprise wedding proposal. Watch the video to hear about his experience, the custom NAND flash data recovery solution we provided and see the emotional video we recovered. Here’s what Tyson says happened,…

Growing Data: DNA Data Storage

By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Advancements in data storage technology have not ended with flash. Have you heard of storing data in DNA? Growing Amount of Data As computers, smartphones and tablets become more and more widespread, the amount of data being produced is growing at an exponential and…

9 Ways to Secure Your Smartphone

By Will DeLisi, NAND Flash Recovery Specialist Your smartphone–that mini computer that lives in your pocket—deserves the same protection as your personal laptop and work computer does. Use the following guidelines to protect your on-the-go information from hackers and thieves. Back Up, Back Up, Back Up! First and foremost, back…

USB Restricted Mode and Forensics – Is There a Workaround?

By John Ahearne, Forensic Analyst, and Bob Mehr, Sr. Legal Services Advisor Apple confirmed on June 14 that a security feature announced at the June 4th Worldwide Developers Conference, called USB Restricted Mode, will come standard with the upcoming iOS 12 operating system for iPhone and iPad smart devices. This…

Video: Data Recovery – CA Wildfire Rescue

In October of 2017, California suffered a number of devastating wildfires. DriveSavers responded by offering free data recovery service for devices damaged by the wildfires. Watch the video above to experience the story of one iPhone, lost in the fires when a rescue team was transporting horses and livestock out of…

Back To Top
Search