Recovering Data from a Server RAID 5 Failure: A Success Story
When a RAID 5 array goes down, most people assume the data is gone forever—especially when two drives fail in a four-drive setup. RAID 5 is built to survive only a single drive failure. Two simultaneous failures usually spell disaster. But last month we proved that with the right expertise, even the “impossible” RAID failure […]
How Specialized Firmware Repair Saved Critical Data from a Failed KingFast NVMe SSD
In the world of high-speed storage, NVMe SSDs promise blazing performance—but when a budget-friendly drive like a KingFast NVMe fails, it can feel like your entire digital life just vanished. KingFast drives (popular for their low cost and decent specs on paper) have earned a reputation for reliability issues, particularly firmware corruption that bricks the […]
2022 QuickBooks QBW File Recovery
When the Hard Drive Died: How We Saved a Client’s Entire QuickBooks Company File It was a Tuesday morning when the call came in. “Everything is gone. My QuickBooks won’t open. The computer won’t even boot. I think the hard drive just died.” The voice on the other end belonged to a small-business owner who […]
WD My Passport Data Recovery
The WD My Passport drive is a portable storage that gives you the confidence and freedom to drive forward in life. With a stylish design that fits in the palm of your hand, there’s space to store, organize, and share your photos, videos, music, and documents. But what to do when it fails and you […]
Why my portable Toshiba drive is clicking?
There are three major reasons for a Toshiba hard drive to start clicking. Modern disk drives are complex devices and while most last three or more years eventually they do fail. Like others, Toshiba hard drives have seen great improvements in recent years achieving greater speeds and storage capacities. Today Toshiba hard drives come in […]
Western Digital Hard Drive Makes Clicking Noise
There are three major reasons for a Western Digital hard drive to start clicking. Modern disk drives are complex devices and while usually last three or more years they do fail at some point. Like others, Western Digital hard drives have seen great improvements in recent years achieving greater speeds and storage capacities. Today these […]
Dropped Portable Hard Drive
The most natural action after dropping an external hard drive or laptop, is to turn it on to see if it still works? If you are reading this post, there is a good chance that you had an external hard drive dropped and hit the floor, and after you powered it up it doesn’t work […]
My Seagate Drive is Clicking
Modern hard disk drives are complex devices and while usually last three or more years they do fail for one reason or another. Hard drives have seen great improvements in recent years achieving greater speeds and storage capacities. Today these are made in variety of shapes and sizes and for less money. Hard drives are […]
Riviera Beach agrees to pay $600K to cybercriminals due to ransomware attack
About three weeks ago someone in Riviera Beach, FL police department opened an email infected with ransomware triggering the entire computer system to go down. The security system for the computers that hold all the city’s critical data was so outdated, it was no longer serviceable by company that made it? However city council previously […]
Seagate launched 16 TB Helium-based CMR Drive
Although not the first 16 TB drive publicly announced – Toshiba MG08 series was the first, last week Seagate launched their 16 TB conventional magnetic recording helium drive. These are available under two product lines – the Exos X for datacenters, and the IronWolf / IronWolf Pro for NAS units. Exos X16 The Exos X16 […]
