by Digby Saunders | Aug 26, 2023 | Data Recovery
Modern hard drives use S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) metrics to forecast hardware failures. Clicking noises, corrupted files, crashing during boot, and super slowl transfer speeds are all signs that your drive is nearing its end. In...
by Digby Saunders | May 29, 2023 | Data Recovery
Why Different Hard Drive Types Require Unique Data Recovery Knowledge Are you familiar with the different types of hard drives available in the market? Did you know that each type requires a unique approach to data recovery? While all hard drives serve the same...
by Digby Saunders | May 5, 2023 | Backup Systems, Data Recovery, NAS Raid
It is a valuable asset for anyone, so measures such as regular backups are taken to protect it from any unforeseen data loss. Even though individual users can create data backups using external hard drives or cloud-based services, enterprise and large-scale business...
by Digby Saunders | May 1, 2023 | Data Recovery, Mac Data Recovery
APFS FORMAT OVERVIEW AFS, or Apple File System, has been the default file system since macOS High Sierra (macOS 10.13) replaced macOS Sierra in 2017. Engineers developed AFS to address the shortcomings of its predecessor.Additionally, APFS facilitates faster copying,...
by Digby Saunders | Mar 25, 2023 | Data Recovery, Hard Drives
SSDs vs HDDs: Which One Comes Out on Top? Until the late 2000s, when you bought a new hard disk drive or personal computer, your hard disk storage choices were limited to size and speed — perhaps 5,400 or 7,200 rotations per minute. Today, when you buy a new PC, you...
by Digby Saunders | Jan 22, 2023 | Data Recovery, Deleted Files
Data Recovery SD and other devices supporting TRIM For years, storage devices have posed a challenge when it comes to speed and capacity. With the aim of making them compact and low-powered, especially ideal for laptops and portable devices, electronic industry has...
by Digby Saunders | Dec 19, 2022 | Data Recovery
The job of a data recovery technician is to recover valuable data from a damaged disk. They’re essentially like restoration experts, except they’re restoring information rather than objects or other things. The best practice for both is to handle the...
by Digby Saunders | Dec 6, 2022 | Data Recovery, Deleted Files
Sd Card corrupted with No NEF FILES. A client came to me after a holiday in Egypt saying that the SD-CARD he had been using was somehow corrupted. The client was using a Nikon D3300 camera and there were some jpegs and but no NEF files on the card. The client was...
by Digby Saunders | Sep 17, 2022 | Data Recovery
For personal use, virtualization enables users to run different operating systems(opens in on their home PC, such as running Windows on a Mac(, or running Linux on a Windows PC – and with all possible permutations in host and VM available A main reason for ...
by Digby Saunders | Sep 10, 2022 | Data Recovery, Mac Data Recovery
In the windows world data recovery from a laptop or desktop is usually an uncomplicated affair. You can simply remove the drive be it a SSD drive with an M2 interface , see pic below left or an SSD or spinning drive connected to a SATA interface , see pic...
