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When you lose important data from a hard drive, USB flash drive, RAID server, Mac device or any other piece of storage media, you have a lot to think about: – Finding a data recovery company (if you’ve made it to this site, we hope you’ll start the data recovery process with us!) – Shipping your hard drive or storage media – Considering the price quote and determining if it’s fair – Managing the effects of the data loss on your company or your family, doing your best to do “business as usual” Free Price Quote and Storage Media Included When you choose 24 Hour Data, we make the data recovery and free price quote process as painless as possible…

Apple manufactures the bestselling laptops in the U.S. with the MacBook line. Mac users tend to be brand evangelists, but they have reason to be. A Mac laptop may cost a little bit more than its PC counterpart, but users say it’s better because of the: – Enhanced security … Macs are simply less prone to viruses and hacks than PCs – Processing capabilities, power and interface for tasks like photo and video editing – More intuitive interface – Style, design and image Macs and SecurityToday, many of the things that made Macs great are also available on PCs. But Macs remain more secure in regard to their vulnerability to hacker attacks and viruses. Or do they? A Mac with…

Are you in need of emergency data recovery services? At 24 Hour Data, we want to make it as easy as possible for you to call on us to recover your important home or business data.  That’s why we offer you a free 250 GB external hard drive where we store your recovered data. We ship the drive, along with your old hard drive or other storage media, back to you via FedEx ground and even cover shipping costs. (If you want your data back even faster, we’ll simply bill you for the price difference for overnight shipping.)  Data Recovery: Fast and Easy ProcessOur data recovery process remains as easy as ever. You ship us your drive, following best practices for…

It was a great meeting. You landed three big deals, had a great time at an industry party with some long-term clients, and can’t wait to type up your meeting reports and follow up emails on the flight home.  It’s a bumpy trip, but you’re so engrossed in your reports you don’t notice. And then it happens. You return home that night and turn on your laptop to check your email one last time before sinking into bed after the best business trip of your career. But a grinding sound and error message bring you back to earth in a very unpleasant way. Your hard drive is failing. Airline Flights Are Hard on LaptopsDo you travel frequently with your laptop?…

Have you considered professional data recovery services for your lost data but you’re not sure where to start? Are you ready to ship your hard drive or flash drive to 24 Hour Data for a free diagnostic, but you’re afraid it won’t arrive safely? Don’t worry! Lost data is stressful enough. These easy-to-follow instructions will help you package your hard disk drive, flash memory card or USB drive quickly and easily, so you know it will arrive to the 24 Hour Data diagnostic lab safely. Once we receive your storage media, we’ll offer a free diagnostic within about two hours. Pack up your hard drive for shipping to our data recovery facility in three easy steps. – Call 24 Hour…

According to a Priceline survey, the staycation trend is ending and people are traveling again for the summer. The Priceline survey showed about 86% of people planning summer vacations. If you’re in the majority of people traveling this summer, you might be bringing a smartphone, iPad, netbook, digital camera or maybe even your laptop computer. If that’s the case, you may be storing your vacation photos on one of these devices before you even head home. But airline travel can be rough on electronic devices. Follow these tips to protect your memories — and all your family’s important data — during your vacation. 1. Airport X-ray machines won’t harm smartphones, laptops, digital cameras or other devices. Remove laptops from their…

With air conditioners and pool filters often running 24-7, power consumption rises during the hot summer months in Dallas, Texas. This can lead to rolling brown-outs, which can wreak havoc on sensitive computer systems and result in lost data and the need for data recovery in homes and businesses across Texas. To help prevent data loss: – Save files frequently – Use a Universal Power Supply (UPS) with surge protection–  If you hear news of a brown-out or potential black-outs, or during lightning storms, unplug your laptop and work off the battery Keep Our Phone Number Handy for Data RecoveryEven if you follow these tips, the potential for data loss during a brown-out exists. When a computer isn’t receiving enough…

In-the-cloud data backup solutions such as Carbonite, Dropbox.com and others can help prevent data loss in the event your computer hard drive goes bad or your computer system fails. These data services typically charge a monthly fee based on factors like the amount of data stored or the number of computers being backed up, and put your files safely “in-the-cloud” for retrieval in case your hard drive fails or your computer system crashes. Many choices in data back-up services exist, including: – Carbonite – Mozy – Keepit.com – DropBox – KeepVault.com – SugarSync Rumors in 2009 suggested that many customers lost data stored on Carbonite, but these rumors remained unfounded. More recently, though, the Amazon EC2 crash, which caused the loss…

Many hard drive manufacturers are introducing self-encrypting hard drives (SED). If you are a business looking to protect proprietary trade secrets and other important data, or even an individual who stores bank account information and other personal details on your computer, a SED might be the best choice for you. How SED’s WorkSelf-encrypting drives scramble data as it is written to the disk, then descrambles it when you retrieve it. This provides an added level of security beyond password-protection on your hard drive. Rather than overwriting data to delete it if the hard drive changes hands (for instance, if you sell your computer), you simply delete the encryption key and other users won’t be able to access the data easily.…

If you’ve heard of a RAID array, you may presume it’s designed exclusively for businesses with massive amounts of data to store, who want a reliable storage method and faster data access speeds, too. But with the multimedia stored on the computers of many homes today, and the growing number of people who use their hard drive as a media center attached to their HDTV to watch movies, stream TV shows, and listen to music, RAID drives are no longer just for businesses or home computer enthusiasts.  Some of the benefits of certain type of RAID servers are:  – Faster data access speeds; no buffering when you stream video content to your flat screen – Data back-up is organic in…