{"id":78408,"date":"2025-05-28T11:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/?page_id=78408"},"modified":"2026-02-10T01:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:26:20","slug":"40-years-of-data-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/en-gb\/company\/40-years-of-data-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Recovering Data From All Storage Devices Since 1985"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recovering Data From All Storage Devices
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When DriveSavers opened its doors, floppy disks were considered cutting-edge, hard drives could barely hold a photo by today\u2019s standards, and magnetic tapes were the go-to for enterprise backups. Fast-forward four decades, and we\u2019ve worked with every kind of storage device as they\u2019ve evolved.
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Tape, Floppy, Hard Drive, and CD-ROM<\/a><\/div>
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As DriveSavers opened it\u2019s doors, in 1985, storing data was<\/span> on magnetic tapes, floppy disk, hard drive, and CD-ROM.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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ZIP Disk<\/a><\/div>
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By the 1990s, storage media got a serious upgrade. Iomega\u2019s ZIP disk became a favorite among creatives, offering a sleek, high-capacity alternative to the floppy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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SD Card<\/a><\/div>
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In 1999, the SD card entered the market, giving camera and mobile phone users a compact way to store photos and music.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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USB Flash Drive<\/a><\/div>
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Game-changer, year 2000: the USB flash drive. Compact, durable, and plug-and-play, it redefined portable storage for a new generation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2003<\/div><\/div>
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SATA HDD<\/a><\/div>
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2023, SATA hard drives began replacing the older IDE format, delivering faster data transfer speeds and becoming the new standard.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2007<\/div><\/div>
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iPhone<\/a><\/div>
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In 2007, the first iPhone redefined everything\u2014putting flash memory in our pockets and changing how we store and access our digital lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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MacBook Air<\/a><\/div>
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Apple set an another new standard in 2008 with the MacBook Air\u2014the first laptop to feature a solid-state drive. <\/span>Faster, lighter, and more reliable, SSDs quickly reshaped the future of data storage.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2013<\/div><\/div>
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Helium-Filled HDDs<\/a><\/div>
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By 2013, manufacturer HGST took things even further with helium-filled hard drives. These drives ran cooler and stored more data, supporting cloud storage providers and enterprise environments with their massive storage demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2021<\/div><\/div>
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iPhone 13 Pro with 1TB Storage<\/a><\/div>
\"iPhone<\/a><\/div>

The iPhone 13 Pro debuted In 2021, with 1TB of internal storage\u2014a milestone for smartphones that puts entire desktop computers from a decade ago to shame.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2022<\/div><\/div>
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MacBook Air with M2 Chip<\/a><\/div>
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Apple\u2019s M2 chip in 2022, embedded in the MacBook Air alongside SSDs up to 2TB.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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M3 Chip<\/a><\/div>
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By 2023, the new M3 chip brought even greater speed and efficiency, offering a next-generation GPU and advanced neural processing capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2024<\/div><\/div>
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MacBook Air with M3 Chip<\/a><\/div>
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