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By: Hard Drive in Freezer: Melting the Data Recovery Myth

Hard Drive in Freezer: Melting the Data Recovery Myth — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:32:44 +0000

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By: Power Outage Data Recovery Case Study:Western Digital AAKX | Gillware

Power Outage Data Recovery Case Study:Western Digital AAKX | Gillware — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:39:09 +0000

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By: Hard Drive Freezer Method: Melting the Data Recovery Myth | Gillware Inc

Hard Drive Freezer Method: Melting the Data Recovery Myth | Gillware Inc — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:26:33 +0000

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By: Planned Obsolescence in External Hard Drives - Gillware Data Recovery

Planned Obsolescence in External Hard Drives - Gillware Data Recovery — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:15:17 +0000

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By: How to Fix a Hard Drive... The Gillware Way | Gillware Data Recovery

How to Fix a Hard Drive... The Gillware Way | Gillware Data Recovery — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:30:26 +0000

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By: Will Ascenzo

Will Ascenzo — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 20:20:15 +0000

In reply to Andre. Hi Andre, Thank you for leaving your comment. We've noticed that on the occasions when the freezer method does "work" it is because the hard drive was only experiencing an intermittent issue (which would have gone away just as easily if the drive were left alone), and the user was simply lucky that putting their drive on ice didn't just massively over-complicate their situation. If you're interested in reading more of our thoughts on the freezer method, we've just recently published a new case study as well as an article exploring the freezer method in greater detail. Spoiler alert: we don't like it! Western Digital Data Recovery Case Study: Winter is Coming Hard Drive Freezer Method: Melting the Data Recovery Myth

By: Andre

Andre — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:21:56 +0000

Hi, run into this before I indeed found that the “freezer” method invariably makes things worse on all but the oldest <900MB drives. In fact the only time its ever worked for me I am not even convinced it helped, the problem might have been a stuck actuator in the first place.
There are rare cases when something related helps, am in the process of getting a patent on the method.

By: Top Four Data Recovery Myths Busted - Gillware Data Recovery

Top Four Data Recovery Myths Busted - Gillware Data Recovery — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 22:12:51 +0000

[…] lot of your problems, not everything you read on the Internet is true, especially when it comes to do it yourself data recovery techniques. At Gillware, we’ve heard all kinds of crazy at-home data recovery methods over the years. […]

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How to Shop for Data Recovery - Gillware Data Recovery — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:50:11 +0000

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By: Hard Drive Cover Removal: Torque Settings and Clicking Read Write Heads - Gillware Data Recovery

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:10:01 +0000

[…] in the age of video tutorials and online forums, but when it comes to your hard drive, you should never attempt a cover removal or any home data recovery method yourself. When hard drives have their cover removed outside of a data recovery lab, it almost always […]