Digital photography offers a fast and convenient way for photographers to accomplish their work. However, with convenience comes the extra task of managing camera cards and unlimited numbers of digital images. Add to the list, the very real possibility of a hard drive crash or physically damaged camera card and data recovery becomes a priority. [...]

Ask any IT professional what the fastest, most reliable and durable storage device is and you’re likely to get the same answer-RAID. Nevertheless, for all the benefits RAID devices have to offer, they are still misunderstood. Many believe them to be infallible. The truth is RAID devices can and do fail frequently. Jonathan Gass, IT [...]

An independent study by the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm, has unveiled a Data Security Checklist for vetting third-party data recovery service providers. The study, “Security of Data Recovery Operations,” conducted among IT security and IT support practitioners, is the first national study published on the security of data recovery operations [...]

For as long as DriveSavers Data Recovery has been in business, we’ve always been sent hard drives that have suffered severe water damage. Some of our most spectacular saves include three hard drives that were intentionally thrown into a lake in an attempt to destroy evidence; countless drives from Hurricane Katrina; the 1997 Grand Forks, [...]

Over the last few months, DriveSavers engineers have a noticed a steady increase in the number of hard drives received at our facility that have severe media damage, making them unrecoverable. While it is difficult to pinpoint the cause of media damage, experience tells us recovery attempts on these drives may have been made using [...]

When it comes to do-it-yourself data recovery tips, the Internet is full of home remedies. Many of these “tricks” were written years ago and only apply to “ancient” storage technology. Using these methods can damage the drive or its data, making it unrecoverable. Here’s a prime example of “myths” found on the web. A recovery [...]

Many businesses and organizations of all sizes rely on RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) systems that distribute data and parity across a set of disks, protecting files held on the array against the failure of any individual disk. Unfortunately, even these redundant systems are not completely infallible. Initial failures sometimes go undetected until a [...]

DriveSavers Data Recovery, the worldwide leader in data recovery services, announced today it has formed a dedicated research and development team to conquer the challenges of solid state drive (SSD) data recovery.

www.PCMAG.com, by Neil J. Rubenking, January 10, 2012 A large defense contractor’s CEO spilled soda on his laptop while traveling. His staff arranged for a service to recover the highly sensitive data from the now-defunct laptop. The recovery service leaked confidential data, thereby derailing an important merger. Could something like that happen to your business? [...]

Using an Unscrupulous Data Recovery Vendor Can Result in Loss or Theft of Sensitive and Confidential Information (Novato, CA – January 10, 2012) – DriveSavers Data Recovery, the worldwide leader in data recovery services, announced today that the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm, identifies in its second annual study, Trends in [...]