DriveSavers -- Ready for iPhone 4
05 July 2010 13:02 Filed in: Drive
Savers
DriveSavers
has announced that data recovery services are now
available for Apple's iPhone 4 and its iOS operating
system. As the first company to successfully perform
iPhone data recoveries, DriveSavers offers the most
technologically advanced data recovery service to
iPhone users.
All iPhones use Flash-based memory technology, which requires less power, runs silently and are more resistant to shock than common hard drives. However, Flash-based memory can be compromised by user error, mismanagement and software or hardware failure. Videos, digital photos, address book contacts, calendar entries, notes and music are all vulnerable if the iPhone hasn't been synchronized with a desktop or laptop computer.
DriveSavers has successfully completed more recoveries on Flash memory-based, solid-state devices than any other data recovery company. With over 25 years of experience recovering data for Apple products, DriveSavers Data Recovery engineers are able to retrieve data from iPads, iPhones and iPods that have suffered common as well as catastrophic data loss.
"Apple consistently innovates how consumers interact with technology and the iPhone 4 is no exception," said Scott Gaidano, president of DriveSavers. "Since the launch of the first iPhone, users have grown to depend on these smartphones daily - storing precious videos, photos, and contact information. Our 25 years of experience recovering data from Apple products have positioned us as the logical choice for expert data recovery."
All iPhones use Flash-based memory technology, which requires less power, runs silently and are more resistant to shock than common hard drives. However, Flash-based memory can be compromised by user error, mismanagement and software or hardware failure. Videos, digital photos, address book contacts, calendar entries, notes and music are all vulnerable if the iPhone hasn't been synchronized with a desktop or laptop computer.
DriveSavers has successfully completed more recoveries on Flash memory-based, solid-state devices than any other data recovery company. With over 25 years of experience recovering data for Apple products, DriveSavers Data Recovery engineers are able to retrieve data from iPads, iPhones and iPods that have suffered common as well as catastrophic data loss.
"Apple consistently innovates how consumers interact with technology and the iPhone 4 is no exception," said Scott Gaidano, president of DriveSavers. "Since the launch of the first iPhone, users have grown to depend on these smartphones daily - storing precious videos, photos, and contact information. Our 25 years of experience recovering data from Apple products have positioned us as the logical choice for expert data recovery."
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Security, Encryption and Data Recovery
02 June 2010 21:27 Filed in: Drive
Savers
Encrypted data storage devices are becoming more and
more popular as a method of protecting sensitive data.
Many businesses, government agencies and individuals
are frequent users of encryption technology and some
states now mandate the use of encryption software;
imposing fines if proper security procedures are not
followed.
Recovering encrypted data is a challenge, but DriveSavers has been extremely proactive, forming partnerships with all leading encryption software vendors. Over the last several years, our engineers have been trained and certified by government-approved encryption vendors to recover files and disk-level encrypted data safely and successfully.
Many of the methods we use for recovering encrypted data are similar to those we use daily. For example, hard drives with media damage must still be brought into a ISO-certified cleanroom environment to address mechanical issues. Once cleanroom procedures are completed, a file system engineer addresses the logical structure of the drive, looking for any missing data while decrypting the files.
Sometimes data is so sensitive, DriveSavers is only allowed to ship a fully encrypted disk image to the customer. This minimizes the risk of a data breach during transit, allowing the customer to decrypt and verify the recovered data in their own protected environment.
Recovering encrypted data is a challenge, but DriveSavers has been extremely proactive, forming partnerships with all leading encryption software vendors. Over the last several years, our engineers have been trained and certified by government-approved encryption vendors to recover files and disk-level encrypted data safely and successfully.
Many of the methods we use for recovering encrypted data are similar to those we use daily. For example, hard drives with media damage must still be brought into a ISO-certified cleanroom environment to address mechanical issues. Once cleanroom procedures are completed, a file system engineer addresses the logical structure of the drive, looking for any missing data while decrypting the files.
Sometimes data is so sensitive, DriveSavers is only allowed to ship a fully encrypted disk image to the customer. This minimizes the risk of a data breach during transit, allowing the customer to decrypt and verify the recovered data in their own protected environment.
Give Crashed Hard Drives a Break
01 June 2010 21:24 Filed in: Drive
Savers
Over the last few months, DriveSavers engineers have a
noticed a steady increase in the number of hard drives
received at our facility that have severe media damage,
making them unrecoverable. While it is difficult to
pinpoint the cause of media damage, experience tells us
recovery attempts on these drives may have been made
using utility software, or perhaps the drive was left
running and a minor head slap became major media
damage.
In many cases, the customer's data had been scraped from the hard drive's platters, turning it into magnetic dust. While it's a fact that DriveSavers has the highest data recovery success rate, even we have our limits!
As we are fond of saying, "The first data recovery attempt is the best." Sometimes, it's the only chance we get if the drive develops media damage during the data recovery process. To minimize the risk of making a bad situation worse, if your customer's data is valuable or irreplaceable, do not run software utilities.
If for some reason you must attempt a data recovery, follow these important guidelines to avoid permanent data loss:
In many cases, the customer's data had been scraped from the hard drive's platters, turning it into magnetic dust. While it's a fact that DriveSavers has the highest data recovery success rate, even we have our limits!
As we are fond of saying, "The first data recovery attempt is the best." Sometimes, it's the only chance we get if the drive develops media damage during the data recovery process. To minimize the risk of making a bad situation worse, if your customer's data is valuable or irreplaceable, do not run software utilities.
If for some reason you must attempt a data recovery, follow these important guidelines to avoid permanent data loss:
- If a hard drive makes any repetitive clicking or grinding, do not attempt a data recovery. The drive may have media damage. Operating the drive in this state will make the situation worse.
- If you connect the hard drive to a computer and it is not recognized in the setup, stop the process. The drive may have a damaged circuit board and should not be swapped with an identical model, as it could remove the bad sector table.
- Avoid utility software that makes changes to the drive's firmware or bad sector table. This can permanently corrupt the data.
- Avoid home remedies such as placing a hard drive in a freezer. This will create condensation buildup inside the drive mechanism creating further problems.