All digital storage devices can fail. This is just the nature of our current technologies. When a storage device fails and it contains data that wasn’t backed up on another storage device, the owner ...

Ever encounter a failed storage drive or delete an important file by mistake? Here's what you need to do. Step 1: Figure out if you can do it yourself or need to call in the professionals. Data ...

When it comes to data storage, solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) serve the same purpose but function in very different ways. This means that when data loss occurs, the recovery ...

In today’s digital world, we store more valuable data than ever before. From treasured family photographs to critical business documents, our personal and professional lives are tied to the health of ...

Unlike other hard drives that store data using spinning magnetic in a mechanical way, SSD (Solid State Drive) stores data on flash memory chips, which makes it a high-speed storage device. Due to its ...

Without going into detail, yes, the HDD in my 13 inch MacBook Pro crashed, and yes, I didn't have a complete backup. For all my Macs, I usually do two separate backups to my backup server (OS X 10.5.8 ...

What happens when a routine security patch cripples both your data recovery tools and, in some cases, the very storage hardware they’re meant to protect? That’s the question facing Windows users this ...

Update 3/24/2023: Secure Data Recovery provided us with a little more information on the defective HDDs tested. It said that 37 percent of the Western Digital and Seagate drives analyzed featured SMR.