(External) Hard Drive Not Detected or Not Recognized?

Oct 26, 2023 7:32:44 AM

Sometimes our storage devices, hard drives, memory cards or other USB sticks are not recognized by the operating system, making it impossible to access our professional or personal data. Here is some...

Oct 26, 2023 2:06:39 AM

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...

Oct 25, 2023 11:30:38 AM

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...

Aug 15, 2023 7:26:38 AM

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...

Aug 8, 2023 4:10:38 AM

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...

Aug 4, 2023 3:44:02 AM

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)...

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