How to perform data recovery if your computer won’t boot

Mar 13, 2017

You turn your computer on in the morning ready for a day of work or school and nothing happens. No noise, no beeps, no action at all. Or you hear the POST beeps and the computer won’t get past the loading Windows screen. What happens to all your files? What do you do now? […]

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Prevent data loss with a disaster recovery plan

Mar 6, 2017

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 […]

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Data recovery at home with Windows 10 File History

Feb 27, 2017

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 […]

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Data recovery myths that really need to be busted

Feb 7, 2017

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 […]

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

Jan 19, 2017

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 […]

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Why and how you should wipe your hard drive when selling it

Dec 15, 2016

Selling your old components is a great way to make enough money to buy new ones. With technology moving so fast, what was cutting edge a couple years ago is now old hat. With SSDs now cheaper, longer lived and more reliable than ever, they are now a very viable storage medium. Lucky for us […]

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The main causes of data loss and how to prevent them

Nov 24, 2016

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 […]

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Apple Data Recovery 101: 3 Essential Back-up Platforms You Should Be Using

Nov 9, 2016

It’s every computer user’s nightmare: system failure. In addition to destroying your computer, system failure requires Apple data recovery. This, in turn, sends you scrambling to retrieve your files from a corrupted or damaged hard drive. Fortunately, you can take proactive steps to make Apple data recovery easier, even if your system does crash. Read […]

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5 Things You Need to Know About Modern Data Recovery

Nov 7, 2016

Data recovery is a hot topic. As new internet and data threats emerge, the importance of retrieving lost data surges. In fact, the Graziadio Business Review reports that there are upwards of 4.6 million occurrences of data loss each year. User mistakes cause some of these episodes, while viruses and software corruption cause others. Thanks to the […]

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How to open and convert an Outlook OST file to avoid data loss

Nov 2, 2016

Dave’s Computer Repair Blog – How to open and convert an Outlook OST file to avoid data loss The OST format is a Microsoft file format for Exchange files. It contains Exchange mailbox data that can be used on the local system whether connected to Exchange or not. The idea is partly to allow access […]

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