CBL Pictures: Too Much
20 July 2022
A look at a severely fire-damaged server spotted in the lab. Disasters don’t have to mean data loss but fires definitely make recovery much more difficult.
CBL Pictures: When Fire Damage Makes Hard Drive Recovery Harder
15 July 2021
Technology that suffers the wrath of a catastrophic event like a wildfire is not a pretty sight. Here are some archive photos from the initial findings after wildfires ripped through the community of Fort McMurray, Alberta in 2016 with some pieces that eventually made their way to our labs for recovery assessment.
Severe Summer Weather Predicted - 3 Strategies to Keep Data Safe
22 July 2020
An above-normal seasonal prediction from the NOAA is a good reminder to be aware of strategies to protect your technology and data from the effects of severe summer weather.
CBL Pictures: Burnt Bytes and Backups
16 November 2017
Recently, we received this laptop for recovery. The fire had ravaged the client’s home, destroying the laptop, and the backup device sitting nearby.
CBL Pictures: Fire Damaged Hard Drives
22 July 2016
When we receive fire-damaged hard drives and computers in need of data recovery service, usually they aren’t in terribly bad shape. As you can see in these photos, unfortunately wildfires in Fort McMurray, Canada incurred extreme destruction on these drives. Sometimes the effects of a disaster are too much for recovery.
More pics after the jump …
CBL Pictures: Hard Drive Fire & Fusion
11 April 2014
We don’t often see fire-damaged drives that are in this bad shape. In a fire, rising temperatures affect the exterior and...
CBL Pictures: From the Ashes II - Server Fire
25 September 2013
In a fire computers in your home or office really feel the heat. Rising temperatures affect both the exterior and interior of a machine as electronic components made of metal and plastic burn, melt and corrode. It’s a mess our labs often get dirty with. And the...
CBL Pictures: From the Ashes - Burnt Server Hard Drive
13 January 2011
When your home or office gets caught in a fire computers definitely feel the heat. Here’s an example of an extreme data loss situation we work on from time to time.
Are Your Archives Safe?
9 February 2010
Most companies with any sort of important historical data have archives. Years of old data packed away in the basement collecting dust. However it is important to note that even they can be at risk for disasters.
Frightening Tales Of Data Recovery
31 October 2008
Tales of data that gets drowned, burned alive and electrocuted! No matter what has happened, CBL can often recover data from the most frightening of situations.
Data Loss Disasters Strike at Any Time. Do You Have an Emergency Data Recovery Plan?
21 August 2008
In the early hours of August 10, 2008, a horrific propane explosion occurred at a Sunrise Propane facility in the Toronto neighborhood of Downsview. Thousands of people evacuated the area. The majority of residents have since returned to their homes and the clean up and rebuilding of lives continues.
Attention California Residents and CBL Customers
24 October 2007
As wildfires continue to ravage Southern California, CBL Data Recovery’s San Diego County laboratory remains open. CBL reminds computer users throughout the country that data can often be recovered successfully from fire-damaged storage media.
Doug Owens, Managing Director of CBL’s laboratory in El Cajon...