Data Recovery Service Blog
Check out some of our blog posts and learn about us as well as data recovery. Our data recovery lab is located at 7512 East Independence Blvd., Suite 100 (in the Quorum Business Park).

Our Blog Posts
529 Plans and Data Recovery
In today’s day and age computers and higher education are more common aspects of life than ever before. Whether it is community college, trade schools, or traditional four-year colleges and universities, people have been attending higher education facilities in record...
Recovering Data from Water Damaged Hard Drives
Recently, a Carolina Data Recovery client went through the rare and unfortunate events of a break-in. Their business, located in a business park, was vandalized, and forcibly entered. Thankfully, the break-in occurred when no one was actively working in the office....
Carolina Data Recovery Give Back
As fall draws near, we’d like to reflect on some of the fun we had in the summer-sun. There are few things that mean more to Carolina Data Recovery owner and founder, Ron Davis, than giving something back to the community and baseball. That’s why on June 11, 2021, we...
What is Ransomware?
The Colonial Pipeline cyber-attack has people buzzing about the scary technology at the heart of the story: Ransomware. The discussion has people raising questions about this form of Malware. What is Ransomware? How old is the Ransomware? How can Ransomware be...
Lost Your Data Because of Apple’s Big Sur Update
If you have an older MacBook Pro (late 2013 and mid-2014) you might find that updating your ISO to Apple’s Big Sur, also known as macOS 11, may brick your computer. Consumer Report sent out a notice mid-November letting users know of possible problems with Apple’s Big...
Why a Cleanroom is Key to Data Recovery
What is a data recovery cleanroom? Shouldn’t the whole business be clean? Why doesn’t every small business data recovery firm have a cleanroom? First, a cleanroom is more than just an extra-clean room. It is a room designed, ventilated, and monitored so that there...
Data Recovery During COVID-19
Photo by Bruce Mars on UnsplashCurrently, more Americans are working from home more than ever before. Due to the spread of the viral infection COVID-19, morecommonly called Coronavirus, many people are having to work with technology in new ways, and many more are...
Data Recovery: The Early Years
In today’s blog, we look at Ron Davis, local Charlotte data recovery expert, and his days at the forefront of data recovery. Much like a hard drive carries the varied stories of its users’ data, so too does Carolina Data Recovery keep a track of its history. Our story...
Spring Reboot: Spring Cleaning Your Tech Environment
March 8, 2020 began Daylight's Savings and with it came Spring; that time of year when people begin to prepare for summer. Grass seed is thrown, mulch and pine straw are put down, and every room in every house gets turned inside out for that most ancient tradition,...
Data Security Tips
At Carolina Data Recovery, we recover data from failed or damaged hard drives. We’ve been recovering data for over 25 years. Each year our clients ask us what things they could do to protect and safeguard their computer’s data. As we begin a new year and a new decade,...
Carolina Data Recovery Celebrates 20 Years
September 25, 2019 – This year Carolina Data Recovery is celebrating its 20th year at its Independence location in Charlotte, North Carolina located at 7512 E Independence Blvd., Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28227. For 20 years, Carolina Data Recovery has been providing...
O-M-D: An Overview of Optical, Magnetic, and Digital Recording
In computing there have been, and will continue to be, an abundance of ways to record data. Today, the three that are used, and that we work with here at Carolina Data Recovery, are magnetic, optical, and digital (semiconductor) memory, and these are often in the form...
Platforms
- Linux®
- UNIX™
- Microsoft Windows®
- Apple/Macintosh®
- NetWare®
- VMware®
Recovery Services
- USB / Memory Cards
- Laptops / Desktops
- External Hard Drives
- Solid State Drives
- RAID/NAS
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- Chain of Custody Protocol
- High Security Safekeeping
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Controlled Access
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