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.
Clicking Western Digital (WD My Passport) Results in Damaged Platters and Data Loss
Dropped your drive and now it clicks? If your Western Digital My Passport hard drive is clicking, you’ve come to the right place to help. Read on to find out what makes your hard disk drive click, how much danger…
How to Fix a Corrupted USB Drive on Windows 10
One of the most frequent requests our data recovery experts get is to fix or repair USB devices, such as a corrupted flash drive, pen drive, USB stick, or a USB attached hard disk drive. These handy portable storage devices…
Windows 10 October 2018 Update Deleted Your Files — What Do You Do?
Last week, Microsoft released a doozy of an update for Windows 10, and many users who were first to install the patch quickly discovered that the Windows 10 October 2018 Version 1809 update wasn’t functioning quite as intended–unless the intent…
Gillware’s Ransomware Prevention Guidelines
We here at Gillware have provided a comprehensive Ransomware Prevention Guide to assist you and your clients in preventing a ransomware attack, or easily recovering from one if it occurs. Paying close attention to this advice and assessing your approach…
Hard Drive Freezer Method: Melting the Freezer Data Recovery Myth
We Hate the Hard Drive Freezer “Trick” As Wisconsinites, whether we’re in the sweltering throes of another record-breaking summer or the dead of winter, colder temperatures will always be on our minds… and with it, one of our most hated DIY…
Hard Disk 3F0 Error: What Is It?
Updated 1-2-2019 3F0 Error: What is “boot device not found”? Have you run into a Hard Disk 3F0 error on your HP laptop or desktop PC? When you try to power on your computer and you get this error message,…
[Solved] Surface Pro 4 Boot Loop: What to Do When Surface Pro 4 Will Not Boot Up
Updated 1-3-2019 Does Your Surface Pro Keep Restarting? Here’s Why Your Surface Pro 4 Will Not Boot Up Usually, when a computer gets stuck in a boot loop, the problem has to do with the operating system. Some file the…
Why Do Cyberattacks and Data Breaches Happen, Anyway?
Equifax, Uber, Yahoo, Boeing, UnderArmor, MyFitnessPal, Panera, and even US power plants and gas pipelines. Private sector or public sector, big or small, it seems cyberattacks hit anywhere and everywhere. The ever-increasing news about hackers leaking data—your data—just keeps coming…
Synology DS214+ with Flashing Blue Power Light
Updated: 1/11/2019 A flashing blue power light on a Synology DS214+ NAS device is usually a symptom of a motherboard failure. When the motherboard of your PC, server, or NAS device fails, your device’s individual hardware components can no longer…