The history of data storage technology is truly awe inspiring. Over the course of a few decades, innovative technologies have allowed for unbelievable advances in computing, and today, we’re continuing to see incredible improvements in the tools we use to...

At Datarecovery.com, we receive thousands of hard drives each month, and when we notice a specific issue with a certain model number or series, we try to spread the word. Recently, we’ve seen a large number of Seagate/Samsung Spinpoint M8...

We recently came across something we hadn’t seen before with a couple hard drives, both from DirecTV DVR/receiver systems. When put into a normal computer, they would not spin up or power on. However, the drives’ owner told us that...

One of the worst-case scenarios for a data recovery case is fire damage. Fires damage thousands of personal computers, laptops, and servers each year, and the results…well, they aren’t exactly pretty. At Datarecovery.com, we have special methods for retrieving information...

Know what steps to take if your hard drive is damaged by fire or smoke.

The History of the Travelstar Hard Drive Series The Travelstar series was originally introduced by IBM and Hitachi, and eventually re-introduced as a product of HGST (now owned by Western Digital). Developed for laptop computers, it is one of the...