Data Recovery Scenario: The client reported that while unplugging the drive from the USB port that resided on a shelf above the client’s desk the drive was dropped and fell approximately sixteen (16) inches. The client, realizing that this incident may have damaged the drive plugged the drive back in to see if the drive […]
Western Digital Encryption Recovery
For those who have purchased Western Digital 3 terabyte external USB 3.0 drives in the past three years or so, there is something that you really need to be aware of in reference to the safety of your data. These drives, by default, are encrypted. Normally, data encryption would be a good thing. Drive is […]
Western Digital Data Recovery – My Passport 1Tb
I was reading what turned out to be a very unfortunate forum post on Tom’s Hardware. The post originated with a user expressing his dissatisfaction with a piece of western digital data recovery software that was taking a very long time to scan his WD My Passport hard drive. The software had not incremented any progress […]