Always Encrypt USB Sticks when Traveling with Information
USB sticks have become much smaller, can contain more data, and with USB 3.0, are faster than ever before. But due to their size, USB sticks have a downside: They can be easily lost. My partner...
Recovering Deleted Data: A Dell EMC Storage Success Story
Accidents happen. When it comes to data, a single slip of the finger while running a command is all it takes for critical information to go missing from your hard drive. Fortunately, Ontrack performs...
Where on earth is cloud data actually located?
Think of cloud computing and the first thing that comes to mind is usually a mainstream application like Google Drive, Dropbox or iCloud, but there is a lot more to it than you might think. Firstly...
Understanding corrupt Hard Drives | Ontrack Blog
What is a corrupted hard drive and what are the symptoms? Data corruption is a state where the data within a file or storage device is altered from its original state, causing it to behave...
Data Recovery 101: Logical Data Loss or Physical Data Loss?
Now that you’ve thoroughly explored the details of your data loss scenario, it’s time to diagnose which type of data loss has occurred. Logical Data Loss This Samsung Galaxy S8 was run over by a...
Data Recovery 101: Improving Your Chances of a Successful Data Recovery
This is the finale of Ontrack’s Data Recovery 101 training series, a collection of blog posts designed to help identify device failures and data loss scenarios that may need professional data...
The World's First Data Recovery
Almost 30 years have gone by since KLDiscovery performed the world’s first successful commercial data recovery. How this significant milestone was reached can be traced back to 1985, when a company...