The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a disruption campaign against ALPHV, a ransomware group responsible for hundreds of attacks on businesses and critical U.S. infrastructure. ALPHV, also known as Blackcat or Noberus, is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang. RaaS groups...

If you cannot read data from an external hard drive, that’s a serious issue — and if your operating system recognizes the drive as ASMT1051 (rather than the model name of the drive), the issue probably needs to be treated...

The sudden growth of the artificial intelligence (A.I.) industry has prompted a flurry of concerns: Will A.I. make human workers obsolete? Will models start repeating each other, bringing down the quality of the internet?  But there’s another significant concern that...

You can certainly use a computer without understanding the technologies behind data storage — but where’s the fun in that? Granted, we’re a little bit biased. But by knowing the basic methods that different types of devices use to keep...

While SD, microSD, and related formats are generally reliable, no storage device is perfect. One common cause of data loss is overheating — or, rather, damage to the components of the card caused by overheating. Heat issues are often caused...

If a hard drive can be plugged into your computer, it should work in most circumstances. You’ll need to format the drive to use a filesystem that is compatible with your operating system. For example, if you use Windows, the...

In the early years of our business, we frequently received requests for floppy disk data recovery — and we gladly took those cases. Floppy disks are relatively easy to restore, given their simple construction and low data density.  Of course,...

Recently, we had a client ask whether data has a physical weight. This isn’t a bad question — although if you understand the basics of magnetic data storage, there’s an obvious answer. A hard drive filled with terabytes of data...

If you’ve lost data from a hard drive and you need to get it back, the best practice is to clone your drive — but only if the drive is in working condition.  Cloning a hard drive is an intensive...

A file system is a method used to store and manage the files on a computer. It contains metadata — the file’s name, size, and other key characteristics — and defines rules for storing, deleting, and organizing data.  Different operating...