JB Larson
JB Larson is technologist passionate about researching data storage devices, educating clients about technology, and playing the piano when he's not working.
Why is My External Hard Drive Beeping?
External hard drive beeping or clicking? Unplug it and stop retrying. Our engineers will evaluate the drive for free and tell you exactly what recovery takes. Start my free evaluation877-624-7206Open now External Hard Drives Usually Don’t Beep. If you hear…
Toshiba Hard Drive Clicking
Toshiba hard drive clicking? Power it off. Clicking means the heads can’t read the drive, and every retry can scratch the platters. We’ll evaluate it for free. Start my free evaluation877-624-7206Open now What to Do When You Hear Your Toshiba…
QNAP Data Recovery Case Study: RAID-6 Failure
A RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a way to string individual hard drives together so that they behave like a single giant hard drive. These drives are usually linked together in a network-attached storage device or storage area…
Cryptocurrency Password Recovery
Cryptocurrency prices have been down since the May 2022 Luna stablecoin debacle. Uncertainty surrounding the economy as a whole could lead to a difficult 2022 for crypto, but it’s unlikely that this is the end for digital assets as a…
Four Ways to Prepare for a Data Breach in 2022
Cybercrime has been a topic of much discussion over the last 10 years. As more and more facets of commerce that were previously ‘offline’ become integrated with the internet, the opportunities for cybercrime have increased tremendously. A record 36 billion…
PS5 Data Corruption
When the Play Station 5’s arrival was announced, gamers across the globe were excited, and for good reason. This next gen console’s predecessor, the PS4 was a massive success and believe it or not, it is still going strong. In…
QuickBooks Data Recovery Service
QuickBooks company file won’t open? If a failing drive or damaged file is behind it, stop retrying and stop copying the file around. Send it to us and we’ll evaluate it for free. Start my free evaluation877-624-7206Open now What is…
Is My Hard Drive 2TB or 1.81TB?
Our data recovery engineers are often asked ‘where is my missing hard drive space?’ or ‘what happened to my lost disk space?’. This is a simple question, with a somewhat complicated answer. Drive missing space, or missing entirely? A 2TB…
Drobo Data Recovery Made Simple: Trust Gillware’s Proven Techniques
Drobo was founded in 2005 (as Data Robotics) with a mission of creating innovative storage solutions for storage intensive consumers and small to medium sized businesses (SMB). Drobo offers a number of enterprise grade storage solutions. Drobo storage products have…