According to the 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon, ransomware was present in 44% of all analyzed breaches over the past year — a sharp increase from 32% in 2024.  When an infection occurs, the first step is to...

Happy 2026! At Datarecovery.com, we’ve set a few new goals for the New Year — and one of our resolutions is to help our customers avoid permanent data loss by following a few industry-standard best practices. Here’s what we want...

When a hard drive stops working, it’s typically for one of two reasons: a mechanical failure or an electronic failure. In a mechanical failure, the moving parts inside the drive — commonly the HDD actuator (Hard Disk Drive actuator) or...

The HDD actuator (Hard Disk Drive actuator) is the mechanical component that positions the read/write heads over the magnetic platters to access your data.  It’s similar in design to the arm of a record player, except that the read/write heads...

Toshiba has officially released its Mx11 family of helium-sealed enterprise drives, headlined by a new 28TB model that pushes storage density to new extremes.  According to reporting from Yahoo Tech, the series includes the MG11, offering up to 24TB...

DroidLock is a newly discovered Android malware variant that hijacks your device’s screen and threatens to wipe your personal data unless a ransom is paid. The most effective way to avoid infection is to strictly limit app installations to the...

Your computer will show the capacity of a 1 Terabyte (TB) hard drive as only 931 Gigabytes (GB). That’s simply a difference in how manufacturers and operating systems define storage (manufacturers use base-10 math, while Windows computers use base-2).  But...

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...

You attempt to save a document or transfer a file, and your computer throws an error: The drive is “Write Protected” or you’ve got a “Read-Only File System.”  If this isn’t a permissions error, it’s an issue with your storage...

Head parking ramps are small, static plastic guides located near the outer edge of a hard disk drive (HDD) platter that provide a safe resting area for the read/write heads when the drive is powered down or idle.  By physically...