Technology predictions for the coming year include more hacking and data breach incidents, and the introduction of higher capacity hard drives and solid-state drives to handle the ever-growing amount of data created worldwide. According to a report from Cisco, the amount of data created globally will increase six times over…
Recovery experts extend $500 off data recovery services to aid those affected by heavy snowfall, high-speed winds and coastal flooding Novato, Calif. – Jan. 29, 2015 – DriveSavers, the worldwide leader in data recovery, eDiscovery and digital forensic services, today announced it would provide assistance to victims of the blizzard-like storm in New England. Parts…
If you missed Part One, read it here. In most cases, DriveSavers offers free evaluations of failed devices, like hard drives, before the actual recovery is attempted. If free evaluation is offered, I recommend you take advantage of this opportunity. First, we physically examine the equipment to determine its condition and…
Originally published on New York Law Journal. By Stephen M. Kramarsky Just about every practicing litigator has a story about electronically stored information, or ESI: how it won the case or lost the case or turned up or disappeared. It’s fair to say that electronic discovery has entirely transformed litigation over…
When choosing a back-up service provider, here are some issues to consider: Do you have special security needs involving regulated data? If you have medical, financial, educational or other sensitive files, what security and encryption protocols are available for your protection? Where, exactly, is the data being stored? Potentially, the…
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 get the data back themselves. Here are two of the most damaging mistakes people can make. The Freezer Trick…
What should you do when your hard drive fails? If you are one of the unfortunate many who haven’t taken precautions with a backup, then you’re most likely going to need professional help. That’s especially true if the data in question is valuable and hard or impossible to recreate. There…
When severe weather threatens your home, school or business this spring, don’t be caught unprepared. As temperatures rise and rain clouds gather, the resulting storms, floods and other damaging impacts of bad weather pose a very real threat to any unprotected data storage device. Defend Your Data Be prepared to…
Scenario: Unknown PCB (printed circuit board) Failure A solid-state drive (SSD) is simply a printed circuit board (PCB) with typically 3 basic types of chips soldered to it; DRAM, NAND and a controller (aka the “brain”). Each chip must be perfectly aligned with its specific location on the PCB, and…
If you are going to be away from home or shutting down your business during the holidays, here are some tips to keep your important data safe from harm’s way. Back Up First and foremost, make sure you have everything important backed up. A backup is just a copy, stored…
