OVERVIEW Data recovery specialists deal with many causes of data loss including mechanical failure of the device, damage to the device, human error, power surges and software viruses. These generally fall into two categories of data loss, each of which requires different technologies and techniques to resolve. •Logical failures: when the media has not been physically damaged. A file may have been deleted, reformatted or contaminated with a virus. In these situations, data is generally easier to recover as long as the data has not been overwritten by subsequent usage. Software tools can be utilized to rebuild file access tables  [ Read More ]

Given the different priorities of all four drives, it would be both unfair and unnecessary to choose a single winner. If you put the highest importance on low power consumption and quiet operation, the energy-efficient models are your best bet. Hitachi’s Deskstar 5K3000 and Western Digital’s Caviar Green place at least as much weight on those two characteristics as they do on throughput. To achieve the best possible mix of performance and low power consumption, they employ slower spindle speeds. Thus, when it comes to performance, neither wins any awards. The benchmarks show that, while the Western Digital Caviar Green  [ Read More ]

Hitachi GST and Seagate this week unveiled 4-TB hard drives, with both rival vendors calling themselves the first to market with the new drives. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), which is in the process of being acquired by Western Digital, on Wednesday unveiled its new 4-TB G-Technology drives in a demo of a two-drive, 8-TB RAID 0 solution at the IBC 2011 Conference, held this week in Amsterdam. The drives are expected to be available next month. Seagate on Tuesday unveiled its new 4-TB GoFlex Desk external hard drive. It is already available direct from Seagate with a list  [ Read More ]

Professional Data Recovery Professional data recovery is the process of obtaining usable data from inaccessible storage media and corrupted or deleted file sets. Computers, MP3 players and digital cameras store data on some type of electronic media such as hard disk drives, diskettes or flash devices.  Each type of media presents different recovery challenges. The data recovery process is very complex and labor intensive. Successful data recovery requires an intimate understanding of all of the technical details of modern data storage media, operating systems and file systems. It requires a well-equipped, controlled laboratory that is staffed with experienced, trained technicians.  [ Read More ]