What does a data recovery engineer do when a device has sustained electronic damage? A common misconception is that hard drives, flash cards, and other devices can be easily repaired by re-soldering or replacing electronic components. While simple electronic repairs...
Optical disk – a storage medium from which data is read and to which data is written by lasers. Optical disks can store much more data (up to six gigabytes) than most portable magnetic media. There are three basic types...
Magnetic storage is a storage medium commonly used for large volumes of data (e.g., video, image, or remote sensing data). Magnetic tape drives use magnetic tape to store the data. Large amounts of data are stored through tape drives because...
Hard disk drive failure is ultimately unavoidable. Every hard drive uses mechanical parts, and even with modern innovations like helium-filled enclosures, every mechanical component will eventually fail as these mechanical parts wear out. However, proper operating conditions can extend the...
What a Hard Drive Printed Circuit Board Is (and What It Does) A hard drive’s Printed Circuit Board, or PCB, allows electricity to pass between various components that allow the hard drive to function. If you have ever handled a...
What are Hexadecimal Flags for Partition Types? Hexadecimal flags are values that give information about a hard drive’s partition attributes. The drive’s Sector 0 contains its master boot record (MBR), which contains a simple code between 1BE and 1FF (in...
What is a Data Recovery Clean Room? A clean room is a work area with controlled temperature and humidity to protect sensitive equipment from contamination. Common features include plastic walls and ceilings, external lighting, and a continuous influx of clean,...