All digital storage devices can fail. This is just the nature of our current technologies. When a storage device fails and it contains data that wasn’t backed up on another storage device, the owner ...

Ever encounter a failed storage drive or delete an important file by mistake? Here's what you need to do. Step 1: Figure out if you can do it yourself or need to call in the professionals. Data ...

If you accidentally delete important files or photos, your hard drive crashes, or some glitch damaged data on your SSD, all hope is seemingly lost. Fortunately, advanced data recovery software exists ...

Have you ever upgraded your PC from one generation to the next and wondered where the performance-boost was to be found? Certainly, our CPU’s continue to get through tasks faster and faster, but when ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HDD crashes more than doubled in the last four years, prevailing as the most common cause of data loss according to customer data 1 provided by Kroll Ontrack, the leading ...

What happens when a routine security patch cripples both your data recovery tools and, in some cases, the very storage hardware they’re meant to protect? That’s the question facing Windows users this ...

Update 3/24/2023: Secure Data Recovery provided us with a little more information on the defective HDDs tested. It said that 37 percent of the Western Digital and Seagate drives analyzed featured SMR.

But, a single pass is more than sufficient unless the NSA is on your arse, in which case they will probably just beat the information out of you. So much easier, faster and more reliable than trying ...

SSDs The fastest external SSD I've tested is an extra $20 off its usual discounted price and well worth a look if you need some extra storage SSDs I've tested a ton of USB SSDs over the last few ...