Top 5 external hard drives
In most cases computer users need an external drive to “back up” documents, photos, holiday videos and other information in case computer die. Let’s try to compile the best external hard drive brands....
View ArticleTips for Using Your Hard Disk in the Winter
As your hard drives may store some important data it is an imperative to make sure to operate them in an appropriate, temperature-controlled environment. By understanding the potential dangers...
View ArticleTuring machines – Alan Turing
Alan Turing was the first to boldly ask the question of whether machines can think. He left an indelible mark on the foundations of computer science, artificial intelligence, cryptography, and impacted...
View ArticleAre You Sure Your Backup Is Secure?
In many of the previous articles we described ways to back up data in order to avoid data loss. However, while many computer users take appropriate steps to back up their data, very few take the time...
View ArticleHow to keep data safe on a flash drive
What can I do in order to prevent data loss from my USB drive is a very common question. In this article we will try to clarify USB flash drive technology for you. USB flash drives has limited number...
View ArticleRecovering Data from RAID Systems
Redundant array of independent disks, or RAID is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drives into a logical unit. Data is distributed across the drives in one of several ways called “RAID...
View ArticleHow To Create Cheap High-Capacity Storage
For those who have more than a few old hard drives lying around or simply need bigger storage here’s how to combine multiple hard drives into one volume that’ll hold: movies, TV shows, music, photos,...
View ArticleHow to recover deleted data?
There is a general misconception that, after a file of any kind was manually deleted from a hard drive, there is no way to retrieve that particular file. The truth is that, when pressing “delete” after...
View ArticleDon’t be fool an April fool, backup your data
Three years ago, a bunch of Reddit users declared March 31 World Backup Day, using the clever tagline “Don’t be an April Fool.” In many of our previous articles we tried to explain different backup...
View ArticleNew Western Digital Helium Hard Disk Drives
New Western Digital (WD) hard disk drives have a new design. WD introduced a model in which its mechanic component is filled with helium, not air like it used to be! New design may allow the company to...
View ArticleSeagate goes the other way: HAMR
As the price of helium goes up one of the most abundant elements in the universe is getting harder to get. The US accounts for 75% of the world’s Helium supply, and the prices are set by the federal...
View ArticleProfessional Hard Drive and RAID Data Recovery: My Data Recovery Lab
We are excited to present you a complete new experience in data recovery. We are small, female owned company with new approach in the industry. My Data Recovery Lab is a new data recovery service...
View ArticleTranscend StoreJet (USB 3.0) – IMPACT RESISTANT?
According to a disk manufacturer Transcend, their model StoreJet 25H3P, is an external hard drive that has the speed, capacity, and above all, it is shockproof. Sounds amazing? We had to find out for...
View ArticleApple Mac Data Recovery – Video Guide
Need recovery of data from desktop or laptop computer produced by Apple Inc? Use this video to learn more!
View ArticleUSB 3.1
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has presented some of the specifications of future USB 3.1 standard. The main improvement is increase the speed of data transfer, which is achieved primarily thanks to a more...
View ArticleMolecule-Based Magnets For Data Storage
Some years ago scientists started research of single-molecule magnets and magnetism of nanoparticles. For a long time molecules were considered as a non-magnetic materials, but this may be have been...
View ArticleSeagate Performs Data Recovery Free of Charge
A partner sent us a link the other day claiming their local computer distributor performs data recovery services, free of charge, using Seagate Rescue Plans. Does this mean that with a Seagate drive...
View ArticleConsolidation Of Hard Disk Drive Makers
Wikipedia estimates that over 200 companies were manufacturing hard disk drives at one time or another. Most in that industry who heavily invested in Research and Development has vanished through...
View ArticleTop Posts in March
Black Box When you hear the term ‘Black Box’, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Most would say an Airplane’s Flight Recorder. Then wonder, what does this have to do with a blog posted by a...
View ArticleTop Posts in April
Flash Translation Layer Recent technological advances in the development of flash memory based devices are consolidating their leadership position as the preferred storage media in embedded systems at...
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