RAID 1 Fatal Crash

When working with redundant disk drives in a RAID array, it is very important to frequently backup the data.  We just assessed a setup where the data stored on one drive is mirrored to the other in real time (RAID 1).  In this particular case, the second drive failed...

Non Responsive Monolithic SD Card Recovery

We recently received a project that involved an SD card that would not detect in Windows at all. When we removed it from its plastic casing with the plan to do a chip off recovery, we discovered that it was a monolithic device with the NAND embedded in the circuit...

Happy New Year!

The entire team at Recovery Force would like to thank you, our clients, for all the data recovery projects you sent in over the year of 2015. We have experienced growth that we did not anticipate and look forward to growing our team and capacity in the New Year. Over...

Christmas 2015 Holiday Hours

The Recovery Force team would like to wish our clients a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. Thursday Dec 24, 2015 – 8am to 2pm Friday Dec 25, 2015 – Closed Monday Dec 28, 2015 – Closed Tuesday  Dec 29, 2015 – Open 8am to 5pm...

Seagate 7200.12 Head Crashes

As we get close to the end of 2015, we have been noticing a trend with Seagate 7200.12 series drives coming in for recovery.  Many are coming from older Apple iMac systems, but others are coming from external hard drive enclosures and other brand name computers....

Warning: Data Recovery Scam Website

Recently, after following a, “too good to be true,” Google ad, we found a “data recovery lab” who claims that they can recover data from any hard drive with any problem for a flat rate of $99.  Better yet, they will return the drive back to you...