His Day Without Data Was A Dark, Dark Day
His Day Without Data Was A Dark, Dark Day

20 November 2008

Data loss occurs more often than you would think. In fact, even individuals who pride themselves in their backup regimen can incur data loss. That external hard drive that they use for backups can be susceptible to data loss.

Such was the case for one CBL customer…

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A Day Without Data is Like a Day Without Sunshine
A Day Without Data is Like a Day Without Sunshine

22 August 2008

Floridians would agree that Fay’s departure is long overdue. Her visit to the Sunshine State has been accompanied by horrific gale-force winds and record rainfall. In fact, Bloomberg News reported in an article that Fay has dumped almost 30 inches (76 centimeters) of...

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Yes, Virginia, Your Holiday Photos can be Rescued
Yes, Virginia, Your Holiday Photos can be Rescued

13 December 2007

Don’t let data loss ruin your holidays.

Forty years ago, beaming mothers queued up at local drug or department stores to have their children, dressed in their finest clothing, photographed on Santa Claus’ knee, a memory forever captured on glossy paper and displayed once a year on the coffee table or...

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Rare Music Files Rescued from Severely Damaged Hard Drive
Rare Music Files Rescued from Severely Damaged Hard Drive

5 November 2007

Heads and Tales: Out of the Ashes

When vintage music store, M.C. Productions Vintage Recordings, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada was destroyed in a fire, owner Mickey Clark lost all of the CDs he had compiled from his massive record collection, all of the backup disks from the music files he had digitized, and half of his inventory of 20,000 original recordings dating back to 1902. In addition, both of his hard drives were drowning in two feet of water. To the distraught performer, that meant the possible loss of thousands of music files many of which were Clark’s only copies which he started collecting at the age of eight.

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Heads and Tales:  When Data Loss Disaster Strikes, Don't Shutter.
Heads and Tales: When Data Loss Disaster Strikes, Don't Shutter.

20 July 2007

When Malcolm Rose’s digital camera stopped detecting the SD Card containing the photographs he had taken, he was worried the memories of the family vacation to Paris were lost forever. Upon his return home to Ottawa, one of Mr. Rose’s first priorities was to investigate whether someone could salvage...

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Digital Photos Could be Lost in a Flash
Digital Photos Could be Lost in a Flash

13 June 2007

Summer is a busy time of the year. Graduation events. Weddings. Anniversary parties. Birthday celebrations. Family barbeques. Vacations overseas. Weekend get-a-ways.

Just as we continue to adopt technology into our professional lives, we continue to embrace technology in our personal lives. At many social events, one...

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