Will Ascenzo
Will is the lead blogger, copywriter, and copy editor for Gillware Data Recovery and Digital Forensics, and a staunch advocate against the abuse of innocent semicolons.
Samsung Data Recovery: Windows Boot Error
This client came to us for Samsung data recovery services after their computer stopped booting from their Samsung HM321HI hard drive. The computer had trouble reading the hard drive, and while it could see a device to boot from, it couldn’t…
RAID-10 Recovery Case Study: Failed Virtual Disk
The client in this RAID-10 recovery case study came to us after their Dell RAID-10 server had crashed. After restarting the Dell PowerEdge server, the RAID controller reported that the virtual disk had failed. Two drives in the array were…
Risky RAID-5 VHDX Rebuild
In this VHDX recovery case study, the client had several Hyper-V virtual machines stored in the VHDX format on their three-drive RAID-5 server. The RAID-5 server was comprised of two 600 GB Western Digital SAS hard drives and one HP…
Beeping Seagate Hard Drive Caused by Stuck Read/Write Heads
The client in this data recovery case study came to us with a beeping Seagate hard drive. When they powered on their laptop one morning, it wouldn’t boot. The computer told them that the hard drive was not detected. So the client…
RAID-5 Crash Video: How Not to Keep Data Recovery Possible
After a RAID-5 crash, your data is especially vulnerable. How you treat your crashed server before you bring it to a data recovery lab can have a huge effect on a data recovery lab’s chances of success at recovering your data.…
Planned Obsolescence in External Hard Drives
Planned obsolescence is a term that was first coined by real estate broker Bernard London during the Great Depression. It was his philosophy to stimulate growth by making products that were deliberately designed to fail, forcing consumers to replace older…
Formatted Crucial SD Memory Card Photo Recovery
Formatted SD Card Recovery – Small Change, Big Consequences A reformat is a small change with big consequences. Whether you do it to a hard drive, an SSD, or an SD card, it tends to play out in the same…
When Your Hard Drive Heads Can’t Shake Hands
The client in this data recovery case study came to Gillware with an unreadable hard drive. When they went to plug the hard drive into their computer, the drive would spin up without any trouble. But the real trouble came…
An External Hard Drive Cat-Astrophe
In this external hard drive recovery case study, the client came to us after catastrophe had befallen their Western Digital My Passport Ultra. The drive had taken a tumble off of their desk, clattering to the floor. When the client…