Helium Hard Drive Recovery and What Is Involved

Helium hard drives are relatively new, having entered the industry in recent years. As established as they currently are, the technology required to effectively recover data from these new hard drives is not here yet. Let’s look at that once again. Helium drives are here, but the technology to recover data from them is not. […]

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Is A Cleanroom Really Necessary For Hard Drive Recovery?

This is a question that has been around as long as data recovery has been. This is the scenario: your hard drive starts to make a clicking sound and the first thing that comes to mind is “Oh, no! This is gonna be an expensive data recovery bill!” It is usually at this moment when […]

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What You Need To Know About Safely Opening A Sealed Retina 27-Inch iMac

So… you own a beautiful 27-inch Retina iMac. And you are considering either upgrading the hard drive, or the hard drive has failed and you are hoping to recover data from it. You figure, why take it to a professional when you can do it yourself, right? Well, there are a few things you need […]

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What Is Killware And How Worried Should You Be?

First, a history lesson. When the first computer virus surfaced in 1982, it was called Elk Cloner. The first malware variant to hit the internet was in 1986 and it was named The Brain. As you can tell, naming viruses and malware is not an art, but most certainly creates an air of mystery and […]

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SMR Or CMR Hard Drive. Which One Is Better?

Have you ever wondered why that transfer rate drops suddenly when you are transferring large files? This is most likely because you are using an SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) hard drive. Your next question is probably to do with whether or not an alternative exists. Well, as it turns out, there is. It is called […]

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