The complexities of flood damaged storage device recovery Flooding and liquid damage hard drive data recovery Flood damaged storage device recovery is complex. When computer equipment is affected by flooding, being able to recover the data contained on affected computers, laptops and servers’ hard drives is usually a priority. If important data such as photos, videos, database, emails or business documents were not backed up off-site…

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Finding a secure way to restore deleted files How to restore deleted files from a data storage device? Every year, organisations spend time and money trying to restore deleted files that have accidentally been erased internally. When users follow company procedures regarding file management or when they need more space on the system, disaster can happen, especially if there isn’t any back-up in place to rebuild…

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Physical damages to a dropped hard drive in need of a recovery Dropped WD Blue external hard drive recovery When an external drive has been dropped, the chances are that it no longer works properly and is making sounds and noises like clicking or beeping, scratching or spinning without the possibility to access the data. In other cases, it returns a not recognised error on the…

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Ransomware attack – how to protect your computer against the attack

The world’s biggest cyber attack hit more than 150 countries last Friday and infected at least 300000 machines since it started. The victims include hospitals, universities and government agencies in many countries. What is ransomware? It is a type of malware that takes control over a computer and prevents the user from accessing the data until a ransom is paid. How the ransomware affects the computer? Ransomware is a software…

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How to guard yourself against ransomware

Losing access to the files is something that happens for every computer user. If the data loss happens due to hard drive failure or other reasons, you can easily recover hard drive data. But if the worst happens to your system and if it gets infected with ransomware, what should you do? Do you need to pay the hackers to hand over the decryption key for your data? Here is…

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How the hard drive data is recovered by the experts

The digital age has created a false sense of security. The data on the computers, tablets and hard drives may seem immortal. It is believed so because unlike paper, it is not exposed to wear and tear or dust or go yellow with pages. But all these facts are believed to be true until one day when your hard disk crashes and everything disappears in one moment. Hard drive failure…

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Best practices for data protection and recovery

Protecting data is of critical importance for companies, but this task is increasingly challenging due to the complexity of where the information is stored and the large amount of data produced every day. The data recovery can require a considerable amount of time and resources. The data loss haapen mainly due to the failure of the hard drive. Listed here are a few tips for the companies in order to…

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Cloud backup for small businesses

Data has become an important asset for businesses of all sizes and types. The hard drive is the primary storage device of any system, but it does not have a long shelf life. The hard drive irrespective of the brand, size or type is prone to data loss. Data loss can be a catastrophic event for any business. The good news is that there are effective data protection methods that…

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How to manage the hard drive data loss

Most PC users at some point of time will experience an unexpected data loss. Data loss can happen due to various reasons and research says that the data loss happens mainly due to the failure of hard drive. Unfortunately, for some users it might be a permanent data destruction as they failed to have a best practice for backing up their data. Whenever data is lost from the hard drive,…

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Ways to protect yourself from Ransomware in 2017

Ransomware is a malicious software that encrypts files on your system. The victims will then be blackmailed with high ransom money demands. Ransomware doesn’t just impact home computers. Businesses and government organizations can also be infected with ransomware. How does ransomware work? The ransomware virus spread from one file to the next infecting all possible areas of a system and/or attached network until everything is encrypted. The most common type…

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