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.
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…
Happy Mothers’ Day 2017 from Gillware Data Recovery!
This Sunday, May 14, 2017, is Mothers’ Day. On this day, we honor and cherish the moms in our lives, including our mothers, our grandmothers, and the mothers of our children. There are a lot of ways we can celebrate all the hard…
Seagate Hard Disk Short DST Failed
Disk Self Testing: The Long and Short of It There are two sorts of Disk Self Test or DST, procedures a hard drive can undertake to gauge its health. Both of these tests measure how well the hard drive is…
Recover Deleted Footage from DVR
Every once in a while, a DVR comes into Gillware’s data recovery lab to give our DVR video recovery specialists a challenge. Or, specifically, (usually) the hard drive from a DVR unit comes into Gillware’s lab. These things enter our…
Drobo Recovery Case Study: Invalid Node Structure
The client in this data recovery case study had a Drobo unit on the fritz. The Drobo unit, a storage device produced by Data Robotics, could not be mounted on the client’s Mac. Drobo’s dashboard reported no failed hard drives,…
FileVault Data Recovery: Half Baked Hard Drive
The client in this FileVault data recovery case study ended up in hot water when they decided to encrypt the data on their Macbook. The FileVault encryption process started up as normal and started implementing its full-disk encryption. And that’s…