Data Recovery

What is data encryption and how does it work?

As you might imagine, the data recovery team here at Dave’s Computers spend a lot of time recommending and implementing encryption to our customers. Not long ago it was only enterprise and small business clients wanting to encrypt their data. Now everyone seems to want to know about it. That’s exactly what today’s post is … Read more

Five automatic ways to protect company data

Today I would like to talk about the other side of data recovery, protecting company data from loss or theft. We specialize in that other kind, when you accidentally lose or delete data and need data recovery to help get it back. This side of the equation is protecting your data so it cannot fall … Read more

Prevent data loss with a disaster recovery plan

Depending on the type of business you’re in, losing data can either be an inconvenience or a very serious matter. Either way, it isn’t a scenario any organization wants to be faced with. Yet the majority of new or smaller businesses have no idea what to do if disaster strikes. That’s where a disaster recovery … Read more

Data recovery at home with Windows 10 File History

Dave’s Computer’s data recovery service is one of our most popular. Both businesses and individuals come to us having lost or accidentally deleted data on their hard drives and need us to get it back for them. We are always happy to help our Hillsborough neighbors but we think it only fair to tell you … Read more

How to prevent data loss due to ransomware

One of the most ‘popular’ causes of data loss is ransomware. Here at Dave’s Computers, many of the data recovery requests we see are from virus or malware infections, especially ransomware. It is one of the worst types of attacks on the internet and a cause of a lot of angst for computer users. They … Read more

Data recovery myths that really need to be busted

Data recovery has been an industry since shortly after IBM computers became widespread in the 1980s. As soon as people began storing data on hard drives, hard drives began failing and data began to be lost. Thereafter, an industry was born. As someone who has been a part of that industry for many years, I … Read more

How to recover from data loss after a failed Mac OS X upgrade

If you have ever performed an in-place upgrade of Mac OS X, you will already know that it is quite a polished and reliable procedure. While it happens rarely, we have seen a number of MacBooks and Macs in Dave’s Computers having suffered that very thing. That’s what prompted this quick tutorial on how to … Read more

The main causes of data loss and how to prevent them

Data loss is something that affects all of us either as home users or within an enterprise. Whether it’s your personal family photographs or a copy of your resume to essential corporate data or PFI, data loss is serious business. It is something no computer user can ignore. As data recovery experts, Dave’s Computers has … Read more