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
Searching for a Good Data Recovery Service
One year while establishing a referral system with computer repair companies a member of our marketing team hit upon an important question asked often by customers; how much data recovery cost? “Well that’s a variable cost, as you know, dependent on the severity of...
All the Data, Safe in Its Nest: A Brief Overview of Nested RAID Systems
There’s a business that is just on the cusp of large-scale expansion. They deal with multiple customers, routes, products, and more, all being managed by their many employees, and all of this is about to start increasing by the year. They have an online system that...
Carolina Data Recovery Announces New Uptown Charlotte Location
Charlotte, NC (April 10, 2019) – Carolina Data Recovery, a leading provider of Data Recovery Services, today announces that they are opening a new Charlotte Uptown location in order to better serve Charlotte’s downtown business community. Carolina Data Recovery is...
Cloudy with a Chance of Data: How the Cloud Works
The early years of the 21st century was a technological boom. The world, having survived the rumored technological meltdown of Y2K, developed better, faster, smarter personal computers, music devices, and the almighty smart phone. Amongst this distinguished group of...
Hard Drive by Manufacturer FAQ
Data loss has never been a more serious issue than it is today, and because of that there has never been more people looking for data recovery solutions. But what if the loss was preventable? Thankfully, there are many ways a person can prevent data loss in their...
Breaking Through the Cloudiness of Cloud-Based Backup
To many people the Cloud (as discussed here) is something many people don’t understand and aren’t fully utilizing. Certain systems and apps are backed-up to the cloud, like an iPhone backed-up in the iCloud, it is used as temporary storage or a shared storage system...
RAID 5 Data Recovery
RAID 5 systems are not infallible and should be monitored at all times. Immediately upon the failure of any drive in the system, a notification via email, text, etc. should be generated and sent to the responsible party for drive replacement. Always replace a problem...
In most cases data is recoverable from failed hard drives
When Your Hard Drive Fails Do not panic!!! Power down your system, take a deep breath and think about what just happened. Carefully consider the following before taking any other action. Now that you have caught your breath and calmed down we will guide you through...
Things You Need to Know About Recovering Data From Hard Drives
All hard drive data access problems can be classified into 3 distinct areas; HEALTHY DRIVES 1.Data level issues...any meta data corruption within boot sector, catalogue, master file table, etc. and/or logical corruption of file system structure such as accidental...
What hard drive should I buy?
Being in the data recovery business, many of our clients often ask us "What hard drive should I buy?" That is not an easy question to answer without some additional research and data. In a previous post entitled “Looking To Replace Your Hard Drive” I discuss six key...
Should You Invest in a New Hard Drive? 5 Signs Your Hard Drive Is Failing
When it comes to saving business files, important documents, or personal data like audio and photos on our storage devices, we seldom ever worry about losing them or really even stop to think about how much longer our hard drive will be kicking for that matter. We...
A Brief Overview of NAS and RAID Systems
NAS systems are defined as Network Attached Storage devices and are increasingly popular arrangements that provide a central storage point—almost like a private cloud—where small businesses can backup critical files and data. Comprised of an external storage device...
Platforms
- Linux®
- UNIX™
- Microsoft Windows®
- Apple/Macintosh®
- NetWare®
- VMware®
Recovery Services
- USB / Memory Cards
- Laptops / Desktops
- External Hard Drives
- Solid State Drives
- RAID/NAS
Secure
- Strict Non-Disclosure
- Chain of Custody Protocol
- High Security Safekeeping
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Controlled Access
- Secure Location