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.
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
What is QuickBooks? Intuit Quickbooks is a widely used bookkeeping software that enables small business owners to do much of the work that would be done by an accountant in more traditional companies. Introduced in 1983, Quicken originally offered basic…
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. Let’s say you go to your local Micro…
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…
Ledger Nano Recovery
Ledger is an industry leader in cold-storage cryptocurrency wallets. The core of Ledger devices like the Ledger Nano X and Ledger Nano S is a piece of specialized hardware called the secure element chip. Ledger cold-storage solutions are what is…
Don’t Backup your Data Day
This past March 31st was an exciting day in the technology community. World Backup Day was a global reminder for businesses and individuals to back up their smartphones, laptops, and desktop computers. While maintaining a thoughtful backup strategy may be…