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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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When the Lease Expires, Does the Data?


30 April 2007

So the lease on your laptop has expired? The guy in IT has advised you that they’ll be collecting the old ones and issuing new ones. So you backup your files and data on CDs, DVDs, or USB thumbdrives as every computer user should on a regular,...

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