Despite rapid changes in other computer areas, the technology for hard drives remains the same. Designers still use moving parts to put hard drives together. These parts will eventually wear out, leading to possible mechanical failure. Mechanical failure of your hard drive could lead to data loss if you haven’t taken the proper precautions.
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Sometimes data recovery may be as simple as checking your Recycle bin for the records you lost. Most times we press the delete button without thinking about how it affects our work flow. Of course you don’t need to, because why should you worry about something you don’t need. After all, would you go rummaging [...]
A lightning storm passed through my area a few years ago. Its force zapped my computer and I could not access my hard drives. I lugged the computer to a computer shop just down the street from my house where I had to pay $35 for thirty minutes of the technician’s time. The techie opened [...]
You have tried everything to get access to your data. Nothing works. Well, it’s time to make an executive decision. The more time you spend fiddling with the problem, the more time you chalk up to losing money and other income opportunities. Even if your objective is a personal one you are still giving up [...]
Can you imagine how we got along before computers became a mainstay in our lives? While some of you might have no recollections, others might point to the time when they lost the book that contained their accounting records. Yet others will remember having their insurance claim held up because they couldn’t find their list [...]
It depends. You would likely be out of luck if there is extensive damage to the platter. Platters are basically disks sittting inside the drive and they function so that you can read information and store information. So if they are slightly damaged you would be able to recover most of your data. This means [...]
On Christmas Day two years ago, I found myself in the wild, wild west of data recovery.
My computer attracted a virus worse than the SARS epidemic of two years ago. After several futile hours trying to access the files, I decided I needed help. No, it is not what your thinking.
I began [...]
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I started this blog because of a bad habit I have. All right, I admit, I have one bad habit. You may ask what is this bad habit? Well, as a further confession, I do not backup my data, even though I find myself at the mercy of computer professionals who are just waiting [...]