Electronic components generate heat, and ventilation is certainly a factor in the long-term health of your computer. Most modern computer cases are designed with adequate airflow, but a failure in ventilation can lead to catastrophic data loss.  When internal fans...

Yes, your Solid-State Drive (SSD) can and will eventually fail. No storage device is perfect — and while SSDs don’t have any moving parts (depending on how you define “moving parts,” if you want to get technical), it’s still susceptible...

The most reliable way to securely wipe a traditional hard disk drive (HDD) is to perform a single-pass overwrite, which writes a pattern of zeros over the entire drive. That’s sufficient to make the original data unrecoverable by even the...

No, you should not rely on the ATA Secure Erase command to wipe a USB-connected solid-state drive (SSD). The ATA Secure Erase command is a powerful, built-in function for sanitizing internal drives, and it’s perfectly sufficient for sanitizing internal SSDs....

While Datarecovery.com provides services for all digital storage devices, the vast majority of the cases we receive involve solid-state drives (SSDs) or hard disk drives (HDDs).  The prognosis for data recovery is strong for both device types, provided the work...

Yes, in many cases, data can be recovered from a water-damaged Solid-State Drive (SSD). The success of the recovery depends heavily on the type of water exposure (e.g., a minor spill versus full submersion in saltwater). The most important factor,...

Unless you’ve purposely purchased a solid-state drive (SSD) built for an enterprise server, you’ve got a consumer SSD — and given that enterprise SSDs are significantly more expensive than consumer models, that’s a safe bet for the vast majority of...

Firmware corruption can brick your solid-state drive (SSD) by damaging its internal operating instructions. Without functional firmware, the drive can’t effectively communicate with your computer, and your data becomes inaccessible.  Fortunately, SSD firmware corruption is usually treatable — but the...

NVMe drives are fast, but the technology that powers their performance also makes data recovery a significant challenge. The difficulty stems from the NVMe protocol itself, its direct connection to your computer’s processor, and the complex, proprietary ways drive controllers...

You can significantly extend the life of your Solid-State Drive (SSD) by managing its storage capacity, ensuring it operates at a cool temperature, and keeping its firmware up to date. In this article, we’ll explain why those practices are effective...