Are you falling for the top five data recovery myths? As soon as people began storing data on hard drives, hard drives began failing and data began to be lost. Here are some of the more common data recovery myths that I get asked about and educated customers on. I thought it time to quash … Read more
Clicking hard drive noise what causes it? If a dropped hard drive is clicking and it isn’t working anymore, it is likely that the platters, arm or hard drive head were damaged and misaligned from the impact. Also clicking issues can stem from a drive with physical issues from age or normal wear and tear. … Read more
Why you should never open a failed hard drive Small Particles Cause Damage When a failed hard drive is making a clicking or isn’t spinning there is a temptation by many customers to open the drive itself. A hard drive that is in need of data recovery should never be open. The cover of your … Read more
What is Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR)? Disaster recovery (DR) of backups involves policies, procedures, and deployment to recover data or the continuation technology infrastructure, systems and data following a data loss caused by a disaster. Disaster recovery focuses on the technology systems supporting critical business functions. Disaster recovery is, therefore, a subset of business … Read more
Hacktoberfest 2016 Eric’s Computer Services participated in Digital Oceans 3rd annual Hacktoberfest. It’s that time of year again! Hacktoberfest 2016 is almost over corner. Digital Ocean is back with new, featured projects and the chance to win the another limited-edition Hacktoberfest T-shirt you all love. Hacktoberfest is open to everyone in the GitHub community! To … Read more
World Backup Day! World Backup Day is March 31st! Have a backup is the most important thing you can do on your computer, phone or tablet. A backup is a second copy of all your important files — for example, your family photos, camera videos, business documents and emails. As opposed to having all your … Read more
Recovery From Lost Floppies Data recovery from lost floppies is hard work. When the data is on a non-standard operating system format it is even more challenging. One of Eric’s Computer Services data recovery partners, DriveSavers was able to help the family of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. His 5.25-inch floppies, yes 5.25-inch floppies not … Read more
Small Business Data Backups Small businesses are consistency trying to balance being efficient with cost. One place not to skimp on savings is small business data backups. Any business owner or anyone who has ever used a computer should know it is essential to back up your data. Data losses happen every day. Whether it … Read more
Intel unveils upgraded 6th Gen Intel Core processors Is it time to upgrade? It is if you’re going to get an upgrade to the new 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 and i7 processors. The 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors set a new standard for speed, performance and up to triple the battery life compared to … Read more