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Does Defragmenting A Solid-State Drive Cause Data Loss?
Defragmenting a solid-state drive (SSD) is a bad idea...under most circumstances. Here's a brief overview of how defragmentation works, why it's largely unnecessary for solid-state drives, and what you can do instead.
September 30, 2019
The First 1TB microSD Cards Are Now Available
Storage manufacturer SanDisk has officially launched its 1TB SanDisk Extreme microSDXC UHS-I card, the first microSDHC card to offer a terabyte of storage space. The card — unlike many other microSD cards in its class — offers fast read speeds...
May 15, 2019
The Rapid Growth of Storage Technologies: How Data Capacities Changed (And How They’ll Keep Changing)
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...
September 5, 2018
Samsung’s 4TB SSD Is A Breakthrough, But There’s A Problem
Solid-state drives (SSDs) provide better performance than hard-disk drives (HDDs), but with several significant caveats, including one big one: For the last decade or so, one of the major problems with SSD technology has been affordability. That might change soon....
August 8, 2018
Seagate ST1000LM024 and ST1000LM025 Drives Appear to be Prone to Head Failures
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...
August 17, 2017
Why Datarecovery.com Recommends JetStor Storage Solutions
When you’re storing and accessing large amounts of important data, custom hardware is extremely advantageous. To that end, many of our RAID data recovery clients ask us for recommendations; these clients have dealt with significant data loss, and they want...
May 12, 2017
What is the TRIM Command on Solid State Drives?
The TRIM command allows solid-state drives (SSDs) to function efficiently. An operating system tells the SSD that blocks of data aren’t in use; the SSD can then wipe out those blocks. If you’re having trouble understanding the concept of the...
January 30, 2017
Apple vs FBI Over iPhone Security in San Bernardino Shooting Case
Recently, Apple has refused orders from the FBI, resulting in significant controversy. The FBI is attempting to access an iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino assailants, but Apple says that breaking the phone’s security would set a dangerous...
February 18, 2016
Unlock DVR Hard Drives for Normal Use: A Guide
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...
January 11, 2016
Synology RAID Data Recovery Services from Datarecovery.com
Datarecovery.com engineers are leading specialists in Synology NAS data recovery. Decades of experience with every RAID configuration help our dedicated recovery teams complete jobs quickly, reducing downtime and providing fast results in an emergency. We maintain full-service laboratories across the...
September 11, 2015