Device Failure

Signs of Data Loss Risk

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Computer Wont Start Lost Data

Minimize the Risk of Lost Data When Your Computer Won’t Start. There are a myriad of reasons why a computer won’t start. One is a bad sector. Sectors going bad on a hard drive is a common occurrence. Modern hard drives are designed to recognize the failing sectors, copy the data to another sector and stop using the old one. Sometimes a sector goes bad before the hard drive can adapt, causing the loss of a file required for start-up.   Read More

Did a hard drive crash cause you to lose important files?

If a hard drive crash or any other data storage failure has occurred, and you have lost documents, pictures, databases or any other file, we recommend asking yourself, “How important is my data?”  The reason is that many data recovery services will make your data completely unrecoverable, due to lack of experience or expertise.There are many low cost options out there, but we see drives that are unrecoverable because they have been worked on by less professional companies.  Read More