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I just got in yet another WD Passport drive that isn't encrypted. WD10TMVW-11ZSMS0 PC-3000 found an encryption key (which scrambled the data when I tried to use it to decrypt). Turns out it wasn't encrypted. This is about the third one like this that I've seen one that never got encrypted...

I'm looking to hire someone to do guest blogging for me on my site. The person would have to be knowledgeable of data recovery and able to create unique articles on a variety of subjects related to the business. No re-spun existing articles or Google translated articles will be accepted. I'd...

Here's a list that I've compiled of every PCB number from Western Digital that I've heard of. Thought it might be handy for anyone who's trying to collect them all. 2060-001003 2060-001047 2060-001062 2060-001076 2060-001092 2060-001100 2060-001102 2060-001113 2060-001127 2060-001128...

I've got a Samsung 2.5" ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB drive that comes ready (most of the time) and correctly ID's shows capacity, can even read modules. However whenever I try to access a sector it goes into an endless loop with the following readout with the AP Cnt steadily rising: S_0SR:0 AP:1...

Looks like Seagate is releasing an ST...AS series 8Tb SMR drive. http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_ar ... review_8tb This time the SMR is fully drive managed so it can be used in any OS. They are selling it as an archive drive, so obviously the performance will suck. I'm betting these are...

Three questions: 1. Does anyone know of any good software to do this? 2. If I hire a database guy to build an app, would anyone be interested in paying a few bucks for a copy? 3. If you answered yes to question #2, what specifics specifics would you want to see in the database? My stock has...

I've got a Toshiba drive here that's clicking. Normally I'd assume bad heads, but I decided to first try backing up the CP so I can later program a new PCB (don't have this one apparently). I used the normal trick of pressing enter in terminal after powering on, but this one never goes ready...

Just noticed this article: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases ... 37378.html Looks like they are about to start shipping 3Tb SSD drives to North America from Japan. Looks like the end of traditional hard drives may be coming quickly. Fortunately their 1Tb version is $990 so the 3Tb will...

I'm curious to hear how other people first got into doing data recovery work as a profession. So let me start with my story, and then perhaps you'd like to share yours. About 7 or 8 years ago I was working as an electrician for a company that also did quite a bit of networking and IT work for...

Anyone had any of these new M.2 SSD drives come in for recovery yet? I'd imagine that even PC-3000 SSD can't interface with them given the PCI-Express format used.

Anyone else been reading about this concept: http://m.channel3000.com/technology/why ... e/31469414 My thought is that even if they figure out how to write DNA data, retrieving it will be nearly impossible. Perhaps we should start saving up for some gene sequencing equipment now. :roll:

I must be retarded today or something. I'm going out of my mind trying to figure out why this 1.8" Apple LIF drive is coming ready, but I can't hear it spinning up at all. So finally I get the bright idea to remove the metal cover that's concealing the PCB board (or so I thought). And what do...

So here's a strange Seagate case I've never seen. Seems this drive gets stuck busy whenever it tries to access it's S.M.A.R.T. data. I can't even access or clear it because the drive just gets stuck busy. And every time it hits a bad sector it becomes busy and completely stops responding...

Here's a good laugh for you guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flom4k7lPUo#t=313 :lol:

Thought this was interesting so I figure I'd share. Recently for the first time I had a customer bring in an HP Simplesave external hard drive. The USB bridge was cooked, the drive had some bad sectors and was encrypted. The bridge had a 4061 number on it but a lot of the numbers were just...

Does anyone know good software to recover data from a Verizon Galaxy Note III that is running Android 4.4.4? I normally use Wondershare Dr. Fone but it just isn't working for this model. You guys know any other good options?

I've added a section for phones, tablets, cameras, digital photo frames, and other similar devices. I don't personally do much of this work, so don't expect much help from me, but some others who use this forum might be more experienced with that stuff.

Here's an interesting glitch: "Most users ever online was 25 on Tue Feb 24, 2015 12:48 am" It's still Monday the 24th, apparently the forum is now clairvoyant and knows how many users will be online tomorrow. :lol:

Just stumbled across this: http://storj.io It's another peer to peer cloud backup service similar to www.symform.com, however this one promises to allow you to rent out your extra storage space for monthly payments. I actually really liked Symform and had hoped to eventually be able to use it...

Has anyone ever found an adapter for these 1.8" Macbook Air LIF hard drives? Or at least knows the pinout to build a SATA connection? I know this has come up in other threads, but I never paid that much attention before.