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Fire-Damaged Devices: Recoverable or Not?

DriveSavers Engineers gained great knowledge after the 2017 Northern California fires, a series of fifteen wildfires that began late Sunday evening, October 8. They burned across Sonoma, Napa, and Lake counties, burning down our homes, and neighborhoods. We know firsthand what type of fire damage we can expect to see…

DriveSavers: Raising Data from the Dead—Literally

As Halloween comes around every October, most people think of trick-or-treaters, zombies, and witches. But at DriveSavers Data Recovery, Halloween comes to mind nearly every day. We specialize in “raising data from the dead.” In this case, “the dead” is data from physically damaged or mechanically challenged computer hard drives,…

Video: Data Recovery – CA Wildfire Rescue

In October of 2017, California suffered a number of devastating wildfires. DriveSavers responded by offering free data recovery service for devices damaged by the wildfires. Watch the video above to experience the story of one iPhone, lost in the fires when a rescue team was transporting horses and livestock out of…

How Waterproof is Your Phone?

By Will DeLisi, NAND Flash Recovery Specialist Updated June 15, 2018 In short, it’s not. The market has become flooded (pun intended) with water-resistant phones, but it is important to remember that water-resistant is NOT the same as waterproof. Don’t get me wrong—water resistance is AWESOME, especially when it comes…

Linus Tech Tips: REAL Tech Repair – Linus Swaps Hard Drive Actuator!

Linus: Okay. So you guys aren’t gonna believe this. We’re here at DriveSavers. These guys—they recover data off of drives, phones. The cleanroom’s over here. Basically, if it’s got data on it, these guys recover it. And they turn to me—they’re like, “look, we know you’re not here for very long but—I mean,…

One of the Lucky Ones

Mike Cobb tells his personal story of the Sonoma/Napa wildfires. Mike Cobb, DriveSavers Director of Engineering, uses personal tragedy to help explain why we should all be protecting our business and personal information from potential loss, and how to do just that. Listen to Mike’s Story in His Own Words…

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