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.
Do “ Data Recovery Services Near Me ” Matter?
No matter what you’re looking for—a plumber, lawn care services, a grocery store, a computer repair expert, a pizza place that delivers—you want to find it as close as possible to where you live. It’s only natural. You don’t want…
3 Things You Must Do to Make Encryption Work for You
New cybersecurity threats seem to pop up on a daily basis. All the encryption in the world doesn’t seem to stop people from hacking into systems and leaking data that should have been zealously guarded. Is encryption just not all…
Dead Hard Drive Contains Bitcoin Wallet
Bitcoin Wallet Data Recovery Since Bitcoin was developed, Gillware has handled countless data recovery cases in which a client’s Bitcoin wallet was the most critical piece of data they needed back, if not among the most critical. ~ Cody Dorn,…
MAMR: The Future of Ultra-High-Capacity Hard Disk Drives
Hard drives have come a long way over the past six decades. The first hard drives were the size of refrigerators; they had record-sized platters capable of carrying a pitiful five megabytes of data. Seagate recently unveiled its upcoming twelve-terabyte…
Flash Drive Repair: Bent USB Drive
Updated 1/1/2022 The tiny thumb-sized USB flash drives we use to carry data around in our pockets are an odd mix of both fragility and resilience. These “thumb drives” or “jump drives” can survive perilous falls that would put any spinning disk…
EFI Firmware: Not So Firm? Gillware’s Take on Apple’s Firmware Issues
Over the past two weeks, the infosec (information security) and Apple community have been shocked by the discovery that, according to research performed by Duo Labs across roughly 73 thousand Mac systems, updates to thousands of computers’ EFI firmware were…
Recovering Data from a Dropped Seagate Barracuda External Hard Drive
In this hard drive data recovery case, the client had been storing research documents and family photos on an external Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive. One day, the client’s drive took a tumble off of their desk and onto the floor. External hard…
From IT startup to 50 employees – Interview with Brian Gill – Part One
I was making an amazing living as a software architect for some really boring stuff like insurance payment systems and cheese databases. I was bored out of my mind and wracking my brain for what was next. ~ Brian Gill, on…
The Usual Suspects of PC Failure
Our client in this data recovery case came to us for help with HP hard drive recovery. They had been having some difficulties with their HP desktop PC, which would no longer boot. When turned on, although the fans would…
Build Your Own NAS Server
If your data is important to you, you may have thought about the development of a network-attached storage solution. A personal NAS server will keep your data safe through redundant hard drive arrays. NAS servers are particularly useful for those…
What is the Difference Between SAN and NAS Storage?
Updated: 1/22/2019 If you’re looking to protect your data, you may have already encountered both SAN and NAS storage options. SAN and NAS are very similar on the surface, but they fulfill slightly different roles. A SAN system is a…
Western Digital Data Recovery: When Backup Isn’t Enough
Sometimes the backup you have isn’t the backup you need. And if you’re not careful, you could find that out the hard way. Such a thing happened to the client in this Western Digital data recovery case. When they dropped…