External HDDs generally require a maximum of 12v
We hear many times “I plugged in the laptop’s power supply into my external HDD” when clients call us about data recovery.
The root cause of this situation is external enclosure manufacturers are refusing to implement simple safeguards against overvoltage. I generally hate proprietary power connectors, but they do [...]
There is nothing wrong with your drive, however, you may not be aware that you are currently at double the risk of failure.
Inside this particular box are two drives. By default, they are configured for RAID 0 configuration. That means that if any one of those drives dies, you will lose all data. Moreover, it [...]
We notice an alarming amount of cases where a specific Seagate Momentus hard drive inside an Apple laptop crashes and causes data loss.
Firmware 7.01 is definitely a problem and should be treated like a time bomb. Then there is also another firmware. I don’t remember the exact firmware for the other one, but it starts [...]
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I will review your e-mail upon my return.
All too often I see the same scenario “I ran CHKDSK and now my data is corrupt”.
The wrong way
The hard disk is physically failing, and you let CHKDSK /R or CHKDSK /F run on it. Running CHKDSK on a failing hard drive is basically suicide for your data. CHKDSK is not a data recovery utility. [...]
Ordinarily, only about 1% of hard disks are affected by a motor seizure failure.
However, we see a trend where a large number of problems with external HDDs wind up with this very expensive problem. This is an abnormal trend and there is only one factor that significantly increases its likelihood of occurrence.
External hard disk spindle [...]
The fresher your profile, the more clicks you’ll get
Think about the last time you used a dating website. Who caught your attention? They were “Active users from the last 3 days”, right? The reason is because they are far more likely to respond to your message.
If you are serious about online dating, you need to [...]
On the Internet, English majors win!
When you are in a nightclub or bar, you don’t know much about the person whom you are considering for a conversation. I am an excellent dancer (I am a VIP at a Salsa club) and a computer genius, but I don’t wear computer logo apparel to a nightclub very [...]
The hotter you look, the more views you get
You’ve read my article on aspect ratios and know what size of the picture would be ideal for your profile. Now you are probably wondering how to get that one ideal picture taken to grab everyone’s attention.
There are two approaches to getting the pictures for your profile
Just [...]
The prettier your picture, the more replies you’ll get.
Whether you like it or not, that is a fact of reality with online dating.
If your goal is to win a popularity contest, that’s great. If you want to have a one night stand, that’s also fine. If your goal is to find a someone worthy of [...]