
Water Soaked Hard Drive After Hurricane or Flooding: Not sure what to do…THEN DON'T DO ANYTHING Yet! We have had many calls with regard to the East Coast Flooding that RMD thought we should share our knowledge on what TO DO and what NOT TO DO if your hard drive gets wet, soaked or dirty after a hurricane or major flood. What Happens When Hard Drives Get Flooded or Wet? Here are the major challenges that a user will experience when a hard drive is damaged by water, dirt or any foreign matter. Firstly, a main issue is that water has many dissolved salts present in it: Salts dissolved in water will vary from state to state, and also by locality. For example, water form … [Read More...]

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 Firmware Failures: You may note problems with your Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive family model hard drive. The reported problem has shown specific Seagate hard drive failures reporting a 0 GB size or not show up in BIOS during a post. This means your data stored on your failed Seagate hard drive will not be accessible until the Seagate hard drive failure is “repaired”. The Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 firmware failure is typically a result of critical firmware modules that have become damaged. The table below shows the affected Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 model that may be affected. Family + Hard Drive Model Affected Firmware … [Read More...]

December 30, 2010 By rmdaccess Leave a Comment
Flash Memory Recovery: Flash memory is a storage media where your data is stored on a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The primary applications for flash memory are: memory cards, USB flash drives, iPhones, iPods, pda’s, solid state hard drives along with all types of associated electronic devices. We … [Read More...]

January 13, 2011 By blog Leave a Comment
RAID Hard Drive Failure: A RAID server failure or computer failure can occur in many ways. A server failure or computer failure could be a result of a some type of hard drive failure. The hard drive failure can either be a physical hard drive failure or a logical hard drive failure. Since this is the most serious type of RAID server failure or computer failure, we will discuss … [Read More...]

January 3, 2011 By rmdaccess Leave a Comment
RAID Server Failure: A RAID server failure can take place for many reasons. Most RAID server failures are typically attributed to a logical RAID server failure. However, a physical RAID server failure can also cause a logical RAID server failure or a failure of a NAS or SAN storage device. Most of the RAID data recoveries we have seen are attributed to a logical RAID server failure. The … [Read More...]

December 30, 2010 By rmdaccess Leave a Comment
Exchange Email Data Recovery: Exchange Email Recovery: Our findings indicate that most Exchange Email Servers fail because: An improper shutdown occurred due to faulty UPS or human error. A Virus attacked the exchange Email server. A partition table got corrupted (Logical Hard Drive Failure). A Physical hard drive failure occurred. The Jet engine failed and was … [Read More...]

January 13, 2011 By blog Leave a Comment
Buffalo Terastation - NAS & RAID Recovery Buffalo Technology, a manufacturer of RAID, NAS, and other storage devices, are now available at affordable prices. As a result, you may find a Buffalo RAID or NAS devices in your office or attached to your home computer. Using a Buffalo Technology RAID or NAS device is putting your data one step closer to having your critical business and or … [Read More...]
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