What happens in an Internet minute? A lot! According to a study released by Intel, there’s an astounding amount of online activity happening on a 24/7 basis. Social media usage over the past few years has helped spur greater use of the Internet and accounts for a large part of…
Hard drive failure can occur at any time, but when will it happen to you? There are no “right” answers, but a recent study shows there’s a good chance that a large majority of single drives will continue to function normally for two, three and maybe even four years. Data…
Hard drives are not just for computers anymore… but can you build a race car out of them? The answer is “yes” if you ask Rob Ryan, a tech worker at WD (Western Digital) who constructed a model of an F1 racer out of parts from 250 WD hard drives.
Western Digital (WD) has pushed capacity to a record-setting 6TB for a new lineup of hard drives that are filled with helium gas. Hard drive manufacturers had been stalled at the 4TB limit until Western Digital’s HGST unit developed a new approach. The HelioSeal platform uses lighter-than-air helium to reduce…
A group of Pennsylvania technology students has taken Halloween to a new level by creating a computer out of a pumpkin. The challenge for the students, who are from the Clearfield County Career and Technology Center, was to build a functional computer using traditional hardware fitted into a big orange…
After a recent visit to our lab, PC World produced an insightful video and story about the intricacies of data recovery and how the process works at DriveSavers, where damaged hard drives and other equipment can be used to bring dead data back to life and criminals to justice. Click…
What would you do if you lost all of your data today? Or, if you were suddenly unable to access files on your computer, smartphone or tablet due to a failure of the device? Do you have a backup plan? Have you recently synchronized your mobile devices to your computer?…
DriveSavers participates in numerous trade shows and computer-related events across the country throughout the year, giving more people a chance to see what professional data recovery is all about. If you’re in San Francisco this week attending the annual RSA Conference, please stop by our booth (No. 451) and say “hello.”…
After a hard drive is recovered by DriveSavers, our standard practice is to return the equipment to the user. We don’t repair the drives so if they are not working when they come to the lab, they leave in the same condition. When a customer doesn’t want their broken equipment…
We spend a lot of time at DriveSavers reminding our customers what they can do to prevent data loss, but today we’re looking at what not to do. Here are the Top 7 “No-Nos “ Don’t turn on any drive that is clicking, whining, grinding, wheezing or making any unusual…
