SSD vs HDD Lifespan - Which Technology Lasts Longer?

September 06, 2022

Many comparisons can be made between a Solid State Drive and a Hard Disk Drive (SSD vs HDD): cost, speed, data storage capacity. However, in this post, we’ll be looking specifically at the durability...

September 06, 2022

One iPad's Terrible Trip and the Possibilities of Recovery.

One of our customers accidentally dropped his iPad from a train, in the middle of the woods. Amazingly, they were able to locate the iPad, but it was severely damaged and all the data was lost. Our...

September 06, 2022

How Ontrack Recovered the Data from Space Shuttle Columbia

What Exactly Happened to Space Shuttle Columbia? February 1th, 2003, after 17 days in space, Space Shuttle Columbia was to land at the Kennedy Space Center at 9:16 am and complete the STS-107...

September 06, 2022

Linux Data Recovery and Linux File Systems - An Overview

Earlier this year we entered a new era of hard disk storage when manufacturers rolled out a 1TB single hard disk drive. One hard disk drive manufacturer is planning to deliver 4TB hard disk drives in...

September 06, 2022

Overview of 'Wear Leveling' With SSD Controllers

Wear leveling - what is it? Wear leveling is a technique that some SSD controllers use to increase the lifetime of the memory. The principle is simple: evenly distribute writing on all blocks of a...

September 06, 2022

Unexpected Data Recovery on Uncommon Devices

In the last couple of years we have been hearing more and more about “The Internet of Things,” but what most people don’t talk about is how many devices in our lives which create and store data. Yes,...

September 06, 2022

Data Backup Still Uncommon According to Ontrack Survey

A worldwide survey of just under 350 Ontrack data recovery customers at this year's World Backup Day revealed that more than a third of the respondents did not back up at all when they lost their...

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