There are plenty of claims out on the internet which suggest that putting a failing hard drive in a freezer is going to bring new life to the hard drive long enough to recover the data. Unfortunately, there is greater risk of causing more damage to a hard drive than...

In the GTA looking for a professional data recovery lab with affordable prices? Recovery Force Inc, located west of Toronto in Guelph has drop-off and satellite locations in Toronto. As we develop more partners in and around Toronto, you can expect our list of Toronto...

We just received a Western Digital hard drive that was taken to a local technician because of read errors.   After the technician assessed the situation, he reported back to the client that he opened the top and bottom of the drive and that the heads and surface look...

We would like to welcome the Computer Troubleshooters in North Vancouver as the latest addition or our data recovery satellite locations as Recovery Force's official Vancouver Data Recovery centre. As a Recovery Force satellite location, not only can Recovery Force...

Several months ago, we posted an article (for fun) on what not to do to recover data.   This time around, we are posting the general steps taken by data recovery professionals. Step 1. Analysis - determine the source of the problem Step 2. Stabilization - temporarily...