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.
External Hard Drive Not Showing Up
Sometimes, your computer fails to recognize your external hard drive and there could be a few reasons behind it. Usually, removable disk drives such as external hard drives, SD cards and USB flash drives should be relatively easy to use.…
Monolithic Flash Drives
Have you ever seen a flash drive where the USB connector was built-in to the rest of the device? That was (almost certainly) a monolithic flash drive. What is a Monolithic Flash Drive? Monolithic flash drives are simply a one-piece…
Looking for Data Recovery Services Near Me?
No matter what you’re looking for: a barber, lawn care services, a grocery store, or a computer repair expert; most people try to find products and services that are as close as possible to where they live. The Closest Data…
Fantom Drives Data Recovery
Fantom Drives is a US based computer hardware manufacturer that specializes in premium storage appliances. Fantom Drives prides themselves on producing hard drives with an emphasis for both data security and data accessibility. External Hard Drives – A Modern Necessity…
Why is My External Hard Drive Beeping?
External Hard Drives Usually Don’t Beep. If you hear your external hard drive making beeping or clicking noises, your hard drive has likely undergone serious internal damage. There are various factors that can cause external hard disk drives to beep,…
Toshiba Hard Drive Clicking
What to Do When You Hear Your Toshiba Hard Drive Clicking When a hard drive is clicking, something is usually wrong with its insides. Normally, your hard drive clicks just once when you turn it on. This click comes from…
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…