Texas will likely become the first state to regulate digital asset providers, which could have enormous ramifications for the cryptocurrency community. House Bill (HB) 1666 is awaiting the governor’s signature. Introduced by State Representative Giovanni Capriglione (R), the bill would...

When we treat water-damaged hard drives, solid-state drives, and other storage devices, we often receive the devices in plastic bags filled with white rice — which tends to complicate the data recovery process. Of course, “put it in a bag...

If your computer stores data on a SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drive, you may run into an unusual issue: Windows may recognize the drive as a removable device — rather than as an internal drive. This is caused by...

A new ransomware variant targets Zimbra servers — but doesn’t demand a direct payment for decryption.  The ransomware, dubbed MalasLocker by BleepingComputer, began affecting Zimbra users in March 2023. It encrypts emails, adding a message that reads:  This file...

Modern hard drives use S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) metrics to forecast hardware failures.  In most cases, home computer users don’t need to worry about S.M.A.R.T data — but if your hard drive seems to be operating at slow...

If you’re hit by ransomware, you’re certainly not alone. By one estimate, 2,708 ransomware attacks occurred from April 2022 to March 2023 — but since many attacks aren’t reported, the true number is much, much higher. When a ransomware infection...

When you’re digitizing a large number of videos, you’ll need to choose an appropriate format for the digital files.  Most video formats use compression, which reduces the data (and consumes less space on your storage media). Without compression, a single...

The market for solid-state drives (SSDs) was valued at over $30 billion in 2022 — and it’s continuing to grow, for somewhat obvious reasons.  SSDs are much faster than traditional hard drives, more resistant to physical damage, and capable of...

At Datarecovery.com, we discourage the use of data recovery software. Software can exacerbate issues like hard drive head crashes, potentially causing permanent damage (and preventing a successful recovery, even if the drive is treated in a professional data recovery laboratory). ...