A No Bootable Device Found error means your computer’s BIOS or UEFI — the firmware that starts your hardware — cannot locate an operating system to load.  Usually, you’ll see this error when you’ve changed your computer’s hardware in some...

A device which does not exist was specified is a critical Windows error that occurs when the operating system loses its hardware connection to a storage device in the middle of a task.  When this message appears, the communication link...

“The parameter is incorrect” (Error 0x80070057) indicates that Windows can’t access a device, or that key system files are corrupt. Learn more.

Most mechanical hard drives have a small hole along with text that reads something like: “DO NOT COVER.” This is the hard drive’s breather hole, which equalizes internal pressure with the outside environment. Covering this hole can break your hard...

A developer’s simple request to clear a cache resulted in the total loss of a hard drive partition after Google’s experimental Antigravity AI agent executed the wrong command.  The incident, which is currently going semi-viral on Reddit, has an important...

Cryptocurrency scams rely on social engineering, technical deception, and urgency to steal assets that are designed to be difficult to recover. Even if you think that you’re too smart to get scammed, you’re susceptible. We’ve worked with hundreds of individuals...

Happy Thanksgiving from Datarecovery.com. While you are enjoying time with family and friends, the last thing you want to worry about is data loss — but we can say with certainty that some people will lose their files this weekend....

Bit rot (also known as data decay, data rot, or silent corruption) is the slow, gradual deterioration of a storage medium that causes individual bits of data to flip from 0 to 1 or vice versa. Bit rot occurs at...

If you’re hoping to store digital data on a standard hard disk drive (HDD) for a century, the short answer is no. While most hard drives have an expected lifespan of three to five years with regular use, even a...