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Reselling backup solutions is not out of your reach!
What does it take to be a reseller for a business-grade backup solution? In most cases, it requires a huge upfront monetary investment and many hours of training. Large backup vendors put these requirements in place as a profit center…
HP and SanDisk and the Battle for Storage Class Memory
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The tech world has been full of surprises this year. Multiple mergers (including Western Digital’s acquisition of SanDisk announced this week), a new memory category announced in July, and now this month’s announcement of a strategic partnership between HP…
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 spinning, but not booting
Recovery Type: DesktopDrive Capacity: 2TBManufacturer: SeagateModel Name: BarracudaModel Number: ST2000DM001Manufacture Date: 09/2012Main Symptom: Not bootingType of Data: Word/Excel docs, photosData Recovery Grade: 9Binary Read: 51.6% Background: Most people are familiar with the noise a hard drive makes when it’s working. That sort of soft whirring sound that means everything’s working…
Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 not booting
Recovery Type: LaptopDrive Capacity: 320GBManufacturer: HitachiModel Number: HTS545032B9SA02Operating System: AppleMain Symptom: Not bootingType of Data: Photos, documents, audio and videoData Recovery Grade: 9Binary Read: 66.6% Background: Most people will agree that going through airport security is one of the more annoying parts about travelling. In this case, the…
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 not booting
Recovery Type: DesktopDrive Capacity: 1TBManufacturer: SeagateModel Name: BarracudaModel Number: ST1000DM003Manufacture Date: 07/2012Main Symptom: Not bootingType of Data: Outlook filesData Recovery Grade: 9Binary Read: 20.7% Background: Oftentimes, we take our computers’ good health for granted. When you press the power button on your machine, you expect it to turn on and…
7 Things IT Professionals Hate to Hear
IT professionals put up with a lot. Whether you’re a system administrator or a managed service provider, end users can sometimes drive you a little crazy. Even though I work in the industry, I’m sure I’m guilty of making our…
Thinking Big, Building Small: Cornice Case Study
Two years ago, Western Digital began shipping their new UltraSlim hard drives, which are roughly half as thick as the standard laptop hard drive — 5mm versus 9.5mm. That put them in competition with solid-state drives to fit into tight spaces, such…
Free Marketing Tools for Computer Repair and IT Professionals
We know your type. When it comes to computer repair, you’re a wizard. Virus removal? It’s a cinch. Screen replacement? A breeze. Networking? Troubleshooting? You’re a pro. But when it comes to marketing strategy, you can sometimes struggle. Recently, Gillware…
Fire-damaged RAID Recovery and Offsite Backup
This scenario demonstrates the need for a file-based cloud backup to keep important data safe from data loss threats such as hardware failure, theft, fires, floods or natural disasters such as tornadoes or hurricanes.