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CBL Pictures: Pieces of You


16 April 2010

When we got this drive by regular mail with little padding we were a little worried. Being able to hear pieces moving around freely within the hard drive is never a good sign.

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CBL Pictures: Shattered


23 March 2009

A hard drive with a platter completed shattered is generally not recoverable. Unfortunately this project did not have a chance from the very start.

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How to make a hard drive image with Pro-V


11 December 2007

For projects with logical problems one of the first steps we take is to make an image of the media. Working with the image as opposed to the original drive ensures the data source remains intact. One of the useful tools included with CBL’s Pro-V data recovery software is the...

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