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Data Recovery WD5000AAKS Case1

Data Recovery Western Digital WD5000AAKS Case Study#1 Model: WD5000AAKS-75A7B2Family: AtlantisProblem: Customer says drive is clicking and PC won’t start, but no known impact or surge to PC. Customer did not attempt any recovery, and has kept power off since they noticed clicking noise. Customer states data is critical.Stage 1: Evaluation of WD5000AAKS for data recoveryDue to customer statement of “clicking” noise, drive must be examined in cleanroom before powering on. (Powering on any failed drive can cause unrecoverable damage, particularly if the drive is making unusual noise)Heads are visibly damaged. Read More

Latest Hard Drive Reliability Stats from Backblaze

Backblaze.com recently released the 2015 quarter 2 stats regarding their experience with hard drive reliability. This data is from, “46,038 hard drives spread across 21 different models, from 1.5TB to 8.0TB in size”, and gives percentage failure rates for hard drive manufacturers by drive capacity as well as for individual hard drive models. Here’s a summary of the results: 1.5/2TB Hitachi/HGST were the best staying under 5% failure rate for 2TB drives in 2014 and so far in 2015. Read More

Recover Data After Virus Attack

A frequent question we get at Data Recovery San Antonio, is, “Can you recover data after a virus attack?”. The short answer is “Most of the time”. Depending on what virus has attacked your computer, your data may be recoverable. There are some viruses, like cryptolocker, (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/cryptolocker-ransomware-information)  that will encrypt your files, so that they can’t be recovered without the encryption key. Other viruses that cause data loss attack the MBR, delete files, mark files as “hidden”, and corrupt firmware. Read More