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: Easy to See Not-So Hot Fate for Not-So Burnt Hard Drives
27 August 2021
Throwback to this pair of fire-burned drives spotted in the lab whose not-so hot fate was pretty easily determined early into the recovery project.
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.
Raptor Made out of Hard Drive Parts - Lab Catches NBA Finals Fever
10 June 2019
Raptors fever in the lab: techs put heads together to make this. Wishing Toronto’s team good luck!
CBL Pictures: #10YearChallenge #2009vs2019
25 January 2019
Have you seen the social trend popping up the last few weeks using the hashtag #10yearchallenge? We liked seeing these and thought as we completed our 25th year recovering data we surely could also get involved with our own spin. Some of our followers online showed interest in learning more about exactly what was shown in the photo so here’s an expanded breakdown.
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: What Are These?
24 March 2015
Likely unfamiliar to younger people and not seen in ages by our older readers…
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...
