Data Recovery
When Rock Stars Lose Data - DriveSavers Comes to the Rescue
02 June 2011 17:18
| When Rock Stars Lose Data - DriveSavers Comes to the Rescue |
Metallica -- One of the world's best-known heavy metal bands has joined the ranks of DriveSavers Hall of Fame. Over the years, Metallica has counted on DriveSavers to recover everything from lost live recordings to personal data belonging to members of the band.
Recently, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett (who ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time) lost access to his laptop's hard drive, which contained irreplaceable photos from his travels around the world. Attempts to recover the data using software utilities failed.
Fortunately, Kirk's assistant knew just where to send the drive. When it was opened in DriveSavers cleanroom, our engineers discovered media damage on the platter. In addition, a more serious issue was reveled -- firmware corruption.
Most modern hard drives store various drive parameters (firmware) on a rewritable chip attached to the printed circuit board. When the firmware becomes corrupt, the drive cannot function. DriveSavers technicians addressed the firmware using special equipment and customized software to essentially rewrite the corrupt programming code. Without special tools and years of data recovery experience, it would have been impossible to recover the data.
Kirk was very pleased to receive his lost data and to show his gratitude, he sent us a photo and a drumhead, both signed by the entire band. Metallica agrees -- DriveSavers Rocks!
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iPhone Data Recovery-The Next Generation
01 July 2009 20:27
iPhone Data Recovery-The Next Generation
It would be hard to believe that every technology fan on the planet hadn't already heard the news, that Apple Computer introduced its new 3GS series of iPhones last month. Here at DriveSavers, we're celebrating the introduction of Apple's new iPhones and reflecting on our past successes.
As many of our partners are aware, DriveSavers was the first company to recover iPhone data, and the jobs we've received have been challenging to say the least. Nearly every iPhone we've worked on suffered some kind of physical damage. Some ended up being waterlogged when they were dropped in lakes, ponds and toilets. Others met their fate as they literally "hit the pavement".
To date, our most spectacular save was the iPhone that was intentionally dropped 26 stories down a garbage chute in a New York City apartment building, by an angry wife. With the odds stacked against us, we completed a full recovery of the critical data - in this case, they were photos needed by the disgruntled woman's spouse.
Today, DriveSavers is celebrating its continued success recovering data using a myriad of new techniques we've developed along the way, streamlining the process with increased capabilities, recovering not only the most common kinds of important data: photos, notes and contacts, but even deleted text messages!
Mike Cobb, Director of Mac and UNIX Engineering summed things up, "When it comes to iPhone data recovery, our capabilities are unmatched."
It would be hard to believe that every technology fan on the planet hadn't already heard the news, that Apple Computer introduced its new 3GS series of iPhones last month. Here at DriveSavers, we're celebrating the introduction of Apple's new iPhones and reflecting on our past successes.
As many of our partners are aware, DriveSavers was the first company to recover iPhone data, and the jobs we've received have been challenging to say the least. Nearly every iPhone we've worked on suffered some kind of physical damage. Some ended up being waterlogged when they were dropped in lakes, ponds and toilets. Others met their fate as they literally "hit the pavement".
To date, our most spectacular save was the iPhone that was intentionally dropped 26 stories down a garbage chute in a New York City apartment building, by an angry wife. With the odds stacked against us, we completed a full recovery of the critical data - in this case, they were photos needed by the disgruntled woman's spouse.
Today, DriveSavers is celebrating its continued success recovering data using a myriad of new techniques we've developed along the way, streamlining the process with increased capabilities, recovering not only the most common kinds of important data: photos, notes and contacts, but even deleted text messages!
Mike Cobb, Director of Mac and UNIX Engineering summed things up, "When it comes to iPhone data recovery, our capabilities are unmatched."