March 27

Spotted in the lab not too long ago we’re still finding innovative data loss solutions for Macs new & old.

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CBL Pictures: Old Mac, Old OS, New Recovered Data!
Losing Data and Cross Words

Jun 1, 03:13 pm

Losing Data and Cross Words

When we lose data, we get mad.

Cross words can be heard frequently coming from an office or a cubicle.

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Bits, Bytes and Blush

May 15, 10:43 am

Bits, Bytes and Blush

Can data live to see another day after a laptop crashes to the ground?

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CBL Pictures: Head Stack Assembly

Apr 24, 01:01 pm

CBL Pictures: Head Stack Assembly

Head stack assembly photo

Here’s a picture of a head stack assembly removed from a hard drive. It was taken from a multi-platter drive during a recovery. So how do you remove the head stack from a hard drive? Very carefully.

CBL Pictures: Shattered

Mar 23, 09:56 am

CBL Pictures: Shattered

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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March Madness - Rebounding Fouled or Blocked Drives

Mar 20, 04:42 pm

March Madness - Rebounding Fouled or Blocked Drives

The best defense against data loss is to regularly back up your PC or laptop. However, you can’t bury your head in the silicon. The unexpected can and will happen. It’s not a matter of if data loss disaster will strike; it’s simply a matter of when. One day you will lose data.

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