Whilst the use of SSDs in data centres is certainly growing (we've recovered data from thousands of enterprise SSDs), their lower power consumption and cooling costs are still offset by the fact that they store less data than enterprise HDDs and are more expensive. But could that be about to change? Intel have unveiled an SSD capable of storing 32TBs of data (three times the amount of data held in the U.S. congressio...
Recovering data from a failed, damaged or mismanaged piece of storage media can be a complex process. By identifying the problem, the most appropriate solution and the tools that will be required before beginning the recovery process, however, the whole thing becomes a lot more manageable. For this reason, each piece of media – whether an SSD, RAID array, smartphone or anything else – that arrives in our lab goes thr...
Whilst there's no denying SSDs have become far more commonplace over the last decade or so (SSD Data Recovery is a search term that regularly leads people to our website) they're still not quite as ubiquitous as initially expected. This, though, could be about to change: the price of solid state drives (SSDs) are set to fall significantly in the latter half of 2018, a market research firm has claimed. DRAMeXchange, a...
Did you know that the amount of digital data stored in the world is doubling every two years? How about the fact that more than 90% of the data we store is only accessed and used within the three-month period that follows its creation? In short, chances are that most of us will either need to clear out our hard drives or invest in some extra storage at some point. Here then are our top tips for those that need to sto...
According to several experts, society is on the verge of a data storage crisis. Research has suggested that the total amount of data stored worldwide is doubling every two years. Additionally, more than 90% of the data we create is only accessed within the first three months of its existence before going on to spend the rest of its days accruing metaphysical dust. In short, we need media with significantly greater st...
It may have already been the reason that thousands upon thousands of people around the globe have lost access to their data, but ransomware shows no signs of abating. In fact, it’s becoming more effective. Having begun to infect the storage media of unsuspecting users in January of this year, GandCrab ransomware quickly gained notoriety following it becoming ne’er-do-well’s virus of choice. Those who were inclined to...
Corrupted files are one of the most common causes of data loss. Most people have experienced it in some form, with files becoming inoperable for no apparent reason. As common as it may be, though, very few people understand why it happens or what can be done to return corrupted files to working order.Why files can become corruptedFiles of any kind can become corrupted for a multitude of reasons; so many, in fact, tha...
Clicking hard drives cause so much panic that they spawned the term ‘click of death’. Whilst a clicking hard drive is never good news, though, it isn’t necessarily a reason to panic. There are multiple reasons why a hard drive can click and although this invariably means there’s a problem, it isn’t necessarily always the extremely problematic mechanical kind people usually expect (though we’d still recommend powering...
‘How much will it cost to recover the data on my hard drive?’ is undoubtedly the most common question Fields Data Recovery’s technicians receive. In spite of this, though, it’s also a question that can’t be answered accurately before we’ve had the opportunity to examine the drive. Yes, we can provide a ballpark figure but, as hard drives can fail for any number of reasons, the cause of the data loss must be identifie...
No one can deny that smartphones have had a significant effect on the way we create, consume and store our data and Fields Data Recovery now recover data from hundreds of iPhones etc. every year. Often, though, due to their relatively low storage capacities, users need to carefully select their most important files (their favourite music or video files, for example) which they will then afford a space in their phone’...