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.
Hard Disk Failure Recovery: Deleted and Dropped
The client in this data recovery case had a problem. And soon enough, that problem turned into two problems. Their first problem was that they’d accidentally deleted a bunch of their documents from their Samsung external hard drive. Their second…
Recovering Data from a Hard Drive After a Power Surge
Hard drives, like any electronic devices, need electricity to function. But they can also suffer a lot of damage if they’re exposed to too much electricity. For your phone, your TV, your computer, etc. an electrical surge is a bit…
Toshiba Data Recovery: Send In the Clones
The client in this Toshiba data recovery case came to us after their CNC milling machine stopped working. They investigated the milling machine itself and found nothing wrong. They then took a look at the computer controlling the machine. There…
ZFS Data Recovery: PowerVault MD1000 Failure
What Is ZFS? ZFS is an open-source file system designed by Sun Microsystems. The ZFS filesystem takes on a lot of responsibility—more so than most file systems. Among ZFS’s bag of tricks are advanced journaling and self-healing features designed to…
Data Recovery Lab Prices: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A lot of work and materials go into data recovery. As a result, it’s not an inexpensive service. All of the specialized work, materials, and facilities involved in data recovery work have to be compensated for in our data recovery…
WD MyBook Duo RAID Configuration Issues
“Your Device Has RAID Configuration Issues” – How? The error message our client saw in this WD MyBook Duo data recovery case should rightly bewilder anyone who is even vaguely familiar with how RAID-1 works. MyBook Duo external hard drives…
Encrypted Data Recovery: The Case Study That Destroyed Humanity
Recently, a potential client contacted us, wondering if we could recover data from their Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3.0 USB drive. The USB flash drive itself was in perfect condition. However, the data was inaccessible because the device was password-protected…
Who Gets Your Data After Death? Accessing and Managing a Deceased Person’s Digital Remnants
Updated: 1/3/2019 When a loved one passes away, dealing with the mundane little things is an unfortunate, and often headache-inducing, necessity. Canceling a deceased loved one’s bills and magazine subscriptions, dealing with their financial situations… And now you have to worry about…
Crashed Hard Drive Recovery: A Tale of Basketball-Induced Hard Drive Failure
We’ve seen many a crashed hard drive come from dropped laptops. It just comes with the territory—a portable device with a small data storage device inside it, filled with sensitive moving parts. You drop it—it breaks (usually). What a relief…