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Store data on a sapphire disk – Long term data preservation

DoctorDR — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 04:42:51 +0000

“The problem ? LOSS OF DATA. Today you store your most precious memories on digital media. CDs, USB keys, hard drives… have a lifespan of 30 years at best. They get scratched, demagnetized, coffee-stained, and become incompatible with your latest computer. The Cloud gets hacked, it is expensive and dematerializes your personal information. Our solution ? The NANOFORM : A sapphire disk that protects your data for eternity and in style.” – http://www.fahrenheit2451.com/

An example of data preservation on a sapphire disk:

http://www.fahrenheit2451.com/kolor/fahrenheit2451/index.html

1 gram of DNA is theoretically capable of holding 455 exabytes!

DoctorDR — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 05:25:08 +0000

Did you know? -Just 1 gram of DNA is theoretically capable of holding 455 exabytes – enough for all the data held by Google, Facebook and every other major tech company, with room to spare. It’s also incredibly durable: DNA has been extracted and sequenced from 700,000-year-old horse bones. But conditions have to be right for it to last.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530084.300-glassedin-dna-makes-the-ultimate-time-capsule.html#.VTIw61ImKJI

Seagate has worlds thinnest 500 Gig portable Hard Drive

DoctorDR — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 04:14:14 +0000

Seagate has taken the lead with the worlds thinnest 500 Gb portable Hard Drive, only 7mm Thick!
http://www.legitreviews.com/seagate-seven-external-usb-drive-review_159087

Wireless Hard Drive Adds 2TB to Your Phone Without the Cloud

DoctorDR — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:04:44 +0000

Western Digital wireless hard drive, up to 2TB of storage without having to connect the device to a computer!

http://www.wired.com/2014/09/wd-my-passport-wireless/

Western Digital unveils world’s first 10TB hard drive: Helium-filled, shingled recording

DoctorDR — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:09:31 +0000

Western Digital have unveiled the worlds first 10 TB hard drive.
Helium filled and using shingled recording technology.
Great for archiving large amounts of data.

Helium is hermetically sealed inside, allowing more platters to be used by reducing friction, and cutting down on heat produced.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/189813-western-digital-unveils-worlds-first-10tb-hard-drive-helium-filled-shingled-recording

Partners Page

DoctorDR — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 04:07:59 +0000

Attention all partners and potential partners:

Doctor Data Recovery is adding a “Partners” page at http://www.doctordatarecovery.com.au/

We would like to invite all partners to send a copy of their logo and contact details to jason@doctordatarecovery.com.au

Once the page has been created your logo will displayed on this page with a link to your business’s webpage.

If you did not receive a partnership information pack in the mail, and would like one, or to find out more information about Doctor Data Recovery’s Partnership program, please email: jason@doctordatarecovery.com.au

Best Wishes
Jason Curtis (CEO)
Senior Data Recovery Technician
Doctor Data Recovery

DIY hard drive repair, is your data worth the risk?

DoctorDR — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:43:37 +0000

Do you have some pictures that are irreplaceable? Important work documents, or just files that you don’t want to lose?

What are the risks of DIY recoveries?

Removing the lid of a hard drive, can not only introduce contaminates to the platter surfaces, it can also effect the alignment of multiple components within the drive. Simply opening the drive and closing it again can cause irreparable damage if the drive is powered up again, minute contaminants can get trapped under the read-write heads and cause physical damage to the platters, such as scratching. Once scratching has occurred more contaminants are spread throughout the drive, which will lead to more physical damage.

Before you attempt any sort of DIY recovery, send your drive into the Doctor’s office, and we will give you a free same day evaluation and let you know exactly what is wrong with the drive and how much it will cost to get your data back.

What do I do if I have opened the drive up myself?

The best thing to do would be to put all the screws back into the drive, and send it into Doctor Data Recovery, where we can determine if any damage has occurred and if recovery will still be possible. In most cases where a drive has been opened prior to being evaluated at Doctor Data Recovery, the recovery process can still continue as normal, after the contaminants are removed from the platters.

Doctor Data Recovery will NOT charge you for bringing in a drive that has been pre-opened by yourself, a friend/relative or another data recovery company.

The Freezer Myth

There has been a myth circulating the internet for many years now, that putting a drive in the freezer can get your drive working again. In some cases this may seem to temporarily fix the problem but only for very short periods of time. Each time the drive is powered up after it has been “frozen” condensation forms inside the drive and on the platters, as the drive spins up, the condensation can cause horrific damage to the patters, scratching them and sometimes worse than if there was only dust contaminants.

Other DIY no no’s

Banging or knocking the drive to try to get it to spin again, will very rarely help, and will cause further issues, such as spindle and head stack assembly misalignment.

Changing the printed circuit board.

When standard hard drives became mainstream, some were very easy to repair by swapping the circuit board over. These days most require components to be swapped over or the board to be repaired itself as no other boards will work with it. Any DIY recovery attempts here could render all the data on your hard drive lost; too much heat on a critical component could see your data lost for good.

Send your drive into Doctor Data Recovery and save yourself the heartache of losing your valuable data, We have free evaluations, and a no data no charge policy.

Storing data in liquid?

DoctorDR — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:29:20 +0000

Researchers from the University of Michigan and New York University are working on a new type of hard drive that could enable them to store up to 1 Terabyte of data in a teaspoon full of liquid.

Only in the research and testing phase at the moment, this could lead to much larger capacity hard drives and possibly different form factors of drive.

Nano particles are attached to a central sphere, and by using heat the particles can rearrange themselves into predictable configurations, it is only early days for this new type of data storage, but it could have great potential and lead to higher reliability of hard drives.

If you would like to read more about this interesting upcoming technology, visit the links below:

Liquid hard drive could store 1TB data in a tablespoon

Are liquid hard drives the future of data storage?

Who makes the most reliable hard drives?

DoctorDR — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:10:40 +0000

We often get asked the question “What hard drive should I buy that won’t fail?”

Every hard drive will fail eventually, depending on how it is used, the environment it is in and how often it is used. Hard drives can fail within weeks of buying them, or can last many years.

The guys over at extremetech.com have done up a comparison of the different brands of drives available that offers some insight into the reliability of them.

A link to the article follows:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/175089-who-makes-the-most-reliable-hard-drives

Portfolio mobile app

DoctorDR — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:47:31 +0000

Client:

Awesome Company ltd.

Task:

Mobile App Development

Executives:

Richard Brown, Anna Green, John White

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