What is a hard drive?
The hard drive is one of the most vital elements of all modern computers and is at the heart of our work: data recovery. Our 30+ years of experience has given us the opportunity to work on almost all...
How do hard drives work?
Data is stored on a hard drive in binary code, using 1s and 0s. The information is spread out on the magnetic layer of the disk(s) and are read or written by the read heads that 'float' above the...
The Complete Guide to Ransomware
What is Ransomware? The Complete Guide Ransomware is a form of malicious software designed to either block access to a computer system or publish a victim’s data online. The attacker demands a ransom...
What are the types of Veeam backups?
There are three backup types that Veeam uses: Full Backup A full backup to a VBK file is where at least one file is used for full block copies for virtual machines. Multiple VMs can also be stored in...
External Drive Woes? Start Here Before Resorting to Drastic Measures
Losing access to your files is stressful, but try not to panic. There are a few things you can do before jumping straight to drastic recovery tactics. What to do first when your External Drive isn’t...
Background information about RAID
Redundant Array of Independent (originally Inexpensive) Disks (RAID) storage has revolutionized enterprise data storage technology, building in the peace of mind of redundancy (from RAID 1 & above)...
Data recovery at all RAID levels
RAID system data loss can occur at different levels. Because of the vast amount of experience and patented technology gathered by our global team of data recovery experts, Ontrack is able to perform...