#USB Drive Data Recovery

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USB Flash Drive Data Recovery

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[cuz-reasons]

Ok so now that I've slept on it and I'm not like about to throw up: my hard drive's fucked up :(

The last chapter of temporal mistake should be able to go up since I've got my stuff saved on a usb but I can't get my computer into the shop til Wednesday between the long weekend and work

[chimpleague]

So this flash drive was made in the form of a single monolithic element (why the spider board says "for monolith"). This means that, unlike other forms of memory storage devices, it cannot be unsoldered and read on a particular hardware reader. [Tangent: USB flash drives and SD memory cards may or may not be monolithic, but all MicroSD flash drives are.]

To connect to a memory chip on monolithic flash drives, data recovery specialists need to strip the printed circuit board of the flash drive and connect to the necessary contacts using a special PC-3000 Spider Board device.

The PC-3000 Spider Board is designed to perform switching with technological outputs of drives in monolithic memory cards. Data can be recovered with the Spider Board from a variety of damaged memory cards, including Monolithic USB Flash Drive, MicroSD, SD, and others. The PC-3000 Flash Spider Board Adapter is an all-purpose way to safely restore monolithic data without tedious soldering.

The PC-3000-Flash software reads the ROM (read-only memory) of the device that is having its data recovered by directly accessing NAND chips. [Tangent: Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It is a semiconductor that stores data and is used in smartphones and many other electronic devices around us. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for the NOR and NAND logic gates. KIOXIA invented the world’s first NAND flash memory in 1987 and remains one of the leading companies conducting flash memory development and manufacturing.] The connection is carried out through the PC3000 Spider Board adapter, which allows connection to the process pins of the NAND Flash chip without soldering due to 25 movable needle contacts.

My sources (which I quoted verbatim as well as paraphrased):

Have you ever wondered how tech technicians recover data from faulty flash and memory whose data cannot be recovered by normal methods.

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Do you know how to get back your important deleted data from a USB Drive?

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How To Fix a Broken USB - Quick repair

[vergess]

Please, please explain how to install and use linux like I'm 5 years old. I'm so sick of windows adding AI and other bullshit to my already struggling elderly laptop but I'm really not good with computers at all so I have no idea where to start with Linux.

Okay, so, I'm going to break this down into steps I would give the average tumblr user first, and then if any of them are confusing or use words you don't understand, ask me and I'll explain that step in greater detail.

Step 0) BACK. UP. YOUR. SHIT.

NEVER EVER EVER CHANGE YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM WITHOUT A COMPLETE BACKUP OF ALL YOUR FILES.

Step 1) Learn your machine. You need to know:

How much RAM you have

If your processor is 32 or 64 bit

How big your hard drive is

On windows, you can find out all of this by going to the start menu, typing "about" and opening the first result on your system instead of the internet.

For additional instructions, visit this page.

Step 2) Pick your Linux.

There's like 10,000 kinds of Linux, each tailored to particular functions that the end-user (that is you!) might want to have. The sheer amount is very daunting, so first I'm going to give my suggestions, then I'll explain how to pick for yourself.

For Mac users, I suggest Kubuntu. For windows users, I suggest Mint Cinnamon. If your laptop is really REALLY old, I recommend Sparky Stable, which is the lightest weight Linux I would ever suggest for a new user. In every case, download the version suited to your processor (32 bit can be labelled "x86" or "32 bit"; 64 bit is always labelled "64 bit").

If you want to try a different type of linux, you'll need to make sure your laptop meets the "minimum specs" or "system requirements." These numbers tell you how much RAM, processor and hard drive space the linux will use. (That's why you needed those numbers at the beginning.)

Step 3) Collect your supplies. You're going to need:

An ISO burning program compatible with your current system, like Balena Etcher.

A copy of the ISO file for the Linux you want to use.

Your laptop.

An 8gb or larger USB flash drive.

Step 3) Make a bootable USB drive

Install Balena Etcher, hitting "okay" and "next" when prompted. Last I checked, Etcher doesn't have adware attached, so you can just hit next every time.

Plug your USB drive into the laptop.

Open Etcher.

Click "flash from file" and open the ISO file with your Linux on it.

Click "Select target" and open the USB drive location. Hit the "flash" button. This will start writing all the linux installer data to your flash drive. Depending on the speed of your machine, this could take as long as 10 minutes, but shouldn't be much longer.

Step 4) Boot to the USB drive

This is, in my opinion, the trickiest step for a lot of people who don't do "computer stuff." Fortunately, in a rare act of good will, Windows 10 made this process a lot easier.

All you'll need to do is go to settings, then recovery, then advanced startup and pick the button labelled "use a device."

This tutorial has images showing where each of those is located. It's considered an "advanced setting" so you may get a spooky popup warning you that you could "harm your system by making changes" but we're not doing anything potentially harmful so you can ignore that if you get it.

Step 5) Try out linux on the flash drive first.

Linux installs using a cool little test version of itself that you can play around in. You won't be able to make changes or save settings, but you can explore a bit and see if the interface is to your liking. If it's hideous or hard to navigate, simply pick a new linux version to download, and repeat the "make a bootable USB" step for it.

Step 6) Actually install that sucker

This step varies from version to version, but the first part should be the same across the board: on the desktop, there should be a shortcut that says something like "install now." Double click it.

Follow the instructions your specific linux version gives you. When in doubt, pick the default, with one exception:

If it asks you to encrypt your drive say no. That's a more advanced feature that can really fuck your shit up down the road if you don't know how to handle it.

At some point you're going to get a scary looking warning that says 1 of 2 things. Either:

Install Linux alongside Windows, or

Format harddrive to delete all data

That first option will let you do what is called "dual booting." From then on, your computer will ask every time you turn it on whether you want Windows or Linux.

The second option will nuke Windows from orbit, leaving only linux behind.

The install process is slower the larger your chosen version is, but I've never seen it take more than half an hour. During that time, most linux versions will have a little slideshow of the features and layout of common settings that you can read or ignore as you prefer.

Step 7) Boot to your sexy new Linux device.

If you're dual booting, use the arrow keys and enter key to select your linux version from the new boot menu, called GRUB.

If you've only got linux, turn the computer on as normal and linux will boot up immediately.

Bonus Step: Copy Pasting some code

In your new start menu, look for an application called "terminal" or "terminal emulator." Open that up, and you will be presented with an intense looking (but actually very harmless) text command area.

Now, open up your web browser (firefox comes pre-installed on most!), and search the phrase "what to do after installing [linux version you picked]"

You're looking for a website called "It's FOSS." Here's a link to their page on Mint. This site has lots and lots of snippets of little text commands you can experiment with to learn how that functionality works!

Or, if you don't want to fuck with the terminal at all (fair enough!) then instead of "terminal" look for something called "software manager."

This is sort of like an app store for linux; you can install all kinds of programs directly from there without needing to go to the website of the program itself!

[not-poignant]

Hi Pia.

I want to ask— do you backup your wips? How do you do it?

I know there are things like Cloud and Dropbox but those are practically at the mercy of big corporations and with ai scraping now being the norm it feels risky saving work with online backup.

Do you use a USB instead?

Unfortunately nothing is risk-free these days.

I once saved a story to three different USBs, all different brands, and they all corrupted. Not all at the same time, but they all eventually lost the data. This was over a period of ten years, but of course some people have been relying on USBs etc. for this long now. Same with CDs burnt with data (something we used to do before USBs were cheap).

In fact a new study shows that over half of all external hard drives and USBs over a certain age (I think around 5 years) are already corrupted and often not being checked enough to check if they're still containing/keeping the data necessary. (To say nothing of entire batches of like Seagate and other brands being notorious for literally just...losing data and corrupting at any point in time - which is an issue for actual hard drives within the computer as well).

USBs and external HDs aren't necessarily safer.

In general it's a good idea to back up in three places, though this still isn't enough to guarantee safety. Those three places should be: a) hard copy (i.e. USB or external hard-drive), b) cloud copy (i.e. Dropbox etc.), c) on the machine itself (if it's a desktop). You can sometimes do like, a + a + c or b + b + a etc.

It still doesn't guarantee preservation of data! I think that's the hardest thing about preserving data and back-ups overall.

I have an extra bonus 'back up' in that 99.5% of all my writing is already public. And that a lot of that writing has additionally been snapshotted into the Wayback Machine. If all my methods somehow corrupted or failed, I could literally copy/paste my stories from AO3 back into Word documents (in fact I've actually done this before because I frequently go back in and edit AO3 chapters for typos etc. but don't mirror those changes in the original documents, so sometimes if I want to update a story, I'll copy/paste the AO3 chapter and override the original document).

Anyway, I use Dropbox Business (cloud), hard external copy (though not as often as I should), desktop version, and then also the AO3 version. Dropbox Business has additional data recovery protections that general Dropbox accounts don't.

We are always at the mercy of big corporations, anon. Big corporations make USBs. They make faulty external hard-drives that we sometimes mistakenly trust. Like no, they're not scraping for AI the same way, but I no longer believe - unfortunately - that this is truly preventable. Short of going a grassroots Linux direction, which...I can't, lol.

(This is a reminder to all writers: Back-up your writing! The beginning of the year is a good time to remember to do it, if you're not doing it every 3 months).

(And also, check all your USB/external hard drives! And make sure they're not your only source for that content, because you would not believe how much they degrade over time.)

If I ever needed a 5th option, I host my own domain and have done so through the same company for over 10 years with very high fidelity, and I would just dump it all into a database there so I could pull it back if necessary. That's not ideal (it's probably the easiest way I could be hacked because I check into the cpanel the least often), but it's doable.

But yeah I've been Dropbox Business for a long time. I don't like everything about them, but I trust them a lot more than Microsoft OneDrive (which I refuse to use) and many other cloud networks.

As for AI scraping, since 99.5% of my stuff is on AO3, it's already been scraped, and it's delusional of me to think it hasn't been. I have already had the majority of my art scraped into Midjourney, so sadly I've reached a level of disgusted acceptance that the gormless unethical billionaires of the world will just do what they want. If it has an internet connection to it, it's probably been scraped or will be scraped and putting something on a USB isn't going to stop that, because it needs to come off a USB if I want to work on an ongoing story.

[blue-ten]

HELP! Power outage fried my hard drives!

Update: I managed to repair my drives thanks to some help I got on the tech support SubReddit. I used a Windows Installation USB! Ran 'chkdsk /f /r' from the command line for each drive and after hours of scanning, they were mountable again! ; v ;

I'm backing up all my files to my old laptop now. They'll exist in at least three places at all times from now on. I'm not taking any chances.

I'm still gonna need that backup drive, because now I'm really worried about the stability of these disks after what happened, so thank you so much for your donations ;v;. I'm glad I won't need to shell out for data recovery because I hear it can get pricey D: There was a power outage and now both my main drive where I store all Everblue related things and my backup drive stopped working (they are no longer readable/mountable). They're both hard disks, so I'm not super worried about the data being completely gone, but if I want to keep working on Everblue, I need those files ;<; I need to get myself a big USB drive so I can make a backup image of the drives and send the originals off for data recovery, but I'm basically flat broke right now...

I have a ko-fi where you can donate to help me get that backup drive if you want, but signal boosting this post also helps! I've never been so scared of losing my comic. I have 20 years of project files on those drives. I never thought both my main data drive AND the backup would go at the same time, aah, this is so messed up ;-;

[murasaki-rose]

December was a hell of a month for Andy and I, so much so that it continued into January. It's a long story, but I'll give you the short version below the read more.

If you're not interested in reading all that, I'll give you this piece of advice: BACK YOUR FILES UP. Get an external hard drive or USB stick and back up your files.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Medium: Prismacolor and Copic Sketch Markers, Faber Castelle Ink, and UniPosca paint pens. Clean up and some details done with PaintShop Pro Ultimate.

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A lot of things were going on at the same time, leaving little time for us to breathe, but let's start with the biggest crisis: my computer. With my tower in need of an upgrade, over the last year, I've been assembling the parts for a new machine. I'd purchased the guts months ago and finally obtained the case and lovely RGB LED fans for my new fancy machine. After a few weeks of ADHD distraction, we finally assembled my machine and installed the OS. At this point, I started installing programs and testing things out before taking the final plunge to move my hard drive to the new machine. Now during this process, my machine started making an odd low whine that Andy and I thought was weird, but we were both so mentally exhausted that neither of us clocked it as concerning. This was a mistake.

After days of fiddling, I was ready to move my hard drive! Remove drive from old machine, stick into new one, plug in, turn on machine. A process we've both done countless times before.

Machine doesn't register drive. Restart. Machine doesn't register drive. Check connections. Everything's fine. Machine still doesn't register drive. Maybe cable is bad? Plug fans back in, turn machine on. SNAP! Fans go dark. Okay, definitely problem with power supply cable.

Fine. Put drive back in old machine. Machine doesn't register drive. Oh fuck.

No. No. Nonononono. This is my drive that has EVERYTHING. Art, music, writing, photos. Everything.

Andy gets a drive reader. Drive can't be read. I'm having a breakdown in the other room. Yay.

Andy takes it to a specialist. Literally the only guys in town that deal with this level of problem. Good news! Drive's board is likely fried, but a simple fix IF that's the only part that's damaged. Bad news: my hard drive has to go to Ohio. I live in Missouri. Yay.

(These guys do forensic data recovery, as well as personal and commercial. So honestly one of the best places my drive could possibly have gone.)

While my drive is off on its adventure, I set about replacing my power supply and the 4 fans (w/light controller) that were cooked. Everything we removed, including my hard drive, smelled of burnt electronics. Yay, fire hazard.

Drive actually gets there pretty quick. Takes them about a week to get back to us. Good news! There appears to be recoverable data! Bad news: The board and the read arm mechanism are fried. They'll have to take my drive apart in a clean room to recover the data. Why is this bad news? The price tag. Which we don't have to pay if the data they recover isn't to our liking. A few days later, we're given a file tree of everything they can recover.

Holyshititsallstillthere.

( ﾉ ﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ 💽＼(ﾟｰﾟ＼)

We sign off on it, and $3,400 later, they mail us two copies of my files. This whole situation was bad, but could have been so much worse. That damn power supply could have set my machine on fire. It was brand-new and from a highly rated brand, just unfortunately factory defective.

TLDR: A defective power supply fried my hard drive and 4 rgb case fans. It cost almost $4,000 for the drive recovery and replacement parts.

(っ °Д °;)っ

The biggest and longest "event" has been getting Andy's parents taken care of. They've been dealing with health issues, and he's been running himself ragged, getting them the help they need so they can stay at their home. Additionally, he's been worried about someone trying to trick his dad into signing over finances or property. Cue months of paperwork, phone calls, and in-person meetings to get everything sorted out.

In short, Andy now has power of attorney for the bulk his parents' finances and medical care. Now he can deal directly with contractors and companies to get his parents home and health cared for.

o(￣▽￣)ｄ

Now my parents are in fairly good health, but of course in the midst of all this, multiple medical procedures all lined up in such a way that I was the only person available to sit at the hospital each time. Why are hospital waiting rooms designed to blow air on you no matter where you sit?

≡(▔﹏▔)≡

And as a final kick in the ass, halfway through January I caught the flu. (I haven't been sick like this since school. ) I got so sick, I was out from work for an entire week. Matter of fact, I'm still coughing up crud.

They tested me for Covid, Influenza A & B, RSV, and strep. Whatever I had, it wasn't any of those. And of course, since I was steadily improving and no longer had a fever, I just had to continue to recover on my own. AND because they finally got me in a doctor's office, I've now got a host of pending appointments for standard health check ups that I kept forgetting to schedule. Wheeeeeee.

(ㆆ_ㆆ)

And now Andy's getting sick, probably with what I had. Just in time for our birthdays.

o(〒﹏〒)o

[itsappleexpert]

Fast and Reliable Drive Recovery

Our data is more important than ever before. From business files, financial records, and creative projects to precious memories like photos and videos, the loss of data can be disastrous. Hard drives and other storage devices play a vital role in keeping all this information secure, but what happens when these devices suddenly fail or become corrupted? That’s where fast and reliable drive recovery services come into play.

The Critical Need for Fast Data Recovery

Data loss can happen at any moment. A hard drive can fail unexpectedly, a virus may corrupt your files, or a simple human error—such as accidentally deleting important documents—can result in significant data loss. Whatever the cause, the need for a swift recovery is undeniable. Here’s why speed matters:

Minimizing Data Loss: The faster you act to recover lost data, the more likely you are to retrieve it. As time passes, overwritten data or additional attempts to fix the drive yourself may lead to permanent loss. Prompt action ensures that the data remains accessible and intact.

Reducing Business Downtime: For businesses, data loss can lead to prolonged downtime, which can translate into lost revenue, decreased productivity, and damaged reputation. Fast recovery services are crucial in minimizing these disruptions, allowing businesses to get back on track quickly.

Recovering Irreplaceable Files: Personal files, such as family photos, videos, and documents, are often irreplaceable. When a hard drive or other storage device fails, acting fast can mean the difference between losing these valuable files forever or recovering them in time.

Avoiding Further Damage: Sometimes, continuing to use a damaged drive can cause further harm to the data stored on it. Acting quickly to recover the data can prevent additional damage that may make it impossible to retrieve your information.

What Makes Drive Recovery Fast and Reliable?

When it comes to recovering data from a failed or damaged storage device, speed and reliability are paramount. Fast recovery doesn't mean cutting corners or taking unnecessary risks—it means working efficiently and using proven methods to ensure the highest chance of success. Here’s what sets apart a fast and reliable recovery service:

1. Expert Technicians with Specialized Skills

Data recovery is a complex field that requires in-depth knowledge of storage systems, hardware components, and software. Fast recovery services employ highly skilled technicians with years of experience in dealing with all types of hard drives, SSDs, and other storage devices. These experts are equipped to quickly diagnose the issue and choose the best course of action to recover your data.

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Recovery professionals use specialized tools and software that are specifically designed to recover data from damaged or corrupted drives. These tools can read and extract data even from drives that seem beyond repair. Whether the issue is logical (corrupted file systems) or physical (damaged mechanical parts), the right tools ensure that recovery is done safely and quickly.

3. Efficient Recovery Process

A fast recovery service doesn’t waste time. Once the issue is diagnosed, the technicians will get to work quickly. The process typically involves creating a sector-by-sector image of the drive, repairing any issues with the file system or drive structure, and recovering the lost data from the image. This method avoids further damage to the original drive and speeds up the overall recovery process.

4. Reliable Success Rate

The reliability of a data recovery service is determined by its success rate. Top-tier recovery companies have a proven track record of successfully retrieving data from a wide variety of situations. Whether it’s a simple file deletion or a severe hardware failure, reliable services have the skills and experience to recover your files, often with minimal risk of further damage.

5. Secure and Confidential Data Handling

Data security is a critical consideration when choosing a recovery service. Fast and reliable services ensure that your data is handled with the utmost care and confidentiality. Reputable providers have strict protocols in place to protect sensitive data during the recovery process, ensuring that your files are not compromised or accessed by unauthorized individuals.

The Drive Recovery Process: Fast and Effective

Understanding how the recovery process works can help you appreciate why it’s important to use a fast and reliable service. Here’s a breakdown of the typical data recovery process:

1. Initial Assessment and Evaluation

The first step in any data recovery process is to evaluate the condition of the damaged or failed drive. Technicians will quickly assess whether the failure is mechanical, electrical, or logical in nature. They will also check for signs of physical damage and identify any possible issues that could make recovery difficult.

2. Creation of a Disk Image

Once the assessment is complete, the next step is to create a disk image. A disk image is a sector-by-sector copy of the drive’s data. This step is critical because it allows technicians to work on the data without causing further stress to the original drive. Creating an image also helps preserve the data while repairs are made.

3. Data Recovery and Repair

In this phase, the actual recovery begins. Technicians will use specialized software and recovery techniques to restore lost data. Whether it's rebuilding a damaged file system or repairing corrupted files, the goal is to recover as much data as possible. The process will be executed with speed, while ensuring that no data is lost in the process.

4. Verification and Restoration

Once the recovery is complete, the technicians will verify the integrity of the recovered files to ensure they are intact and usable. After this step, the data is transferred to a new, secure storage medium (such as another hard drive or cloud storage). You will then be provided with your recovered files, ready for use.

The Importance of Choosing Fast and Reliable Services

When dealing with data loss, it’s essential to act quickly, but it’s also important to choose a service that offers reliability. Choosing a fast service doesn’t mean sacrificing quality or success rates. In fact, the best services combine both speed and reliability to get your data back without compromising on security or integrity. Here’s why selecting a fast and reliable recovery service is crucial:

Minimized Downtime: Quick recovery means less downtime, whether for personal data or business operations. A fast recovery service minimizes the interruption and gets you back on track as soon as possible.

Peace of Mind: Knowing that experts are handling your data recovery gives you peace of mind. You can trust that your data is in safe hands, and you can focus on other tasks while the professionals handle the recovery process.

Higher Success Rate: The combination of speed and expertise ensures that the data recovery service has a higher likelihood of success. A fast, yet reliable, service works efficiently without compromising the thoroughness of the recovery.

Affordable Solutions: Fast recovery services are often more cost-effective than trying to recover data yourself or using low-cost DIY methods. Professionals have the expertise and tools to handle even the most challenging recovery tasks without risking additional damage or unnecessary costs.

Fast and reliable drive recovery services are an essential solution when data loss occurs. Whether it’s a hard drive crash, accidental deletion, or file corruption, professional recovery experts can act quickly and efficiently to recover your valuable data. By choosing a service that combines speed with reliability, you ensure that your files are recovered safely, securely, and without unnecessary delays. Don’t let a drive failure disrupt your life or business contact a fast and reliable data recovery service and get your data back in no time.

[normanstack]

Astraweb: The Home of Crypto Recovery in the Digital Age

In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency, security and access remain critical concerns. For every success story of early adopters turning modest investments into fortunes, there are unfortunate accounts of users losing access to their digital wallets due to forgotten passwords, phishing attacks, or compromised private keys. This is where Astraweb has carved out a vital niche — establishing itself as the go-to solution for crypto asset recovery.

The Need for Crypto Recovery

Cryptocurrency promises decentralized finance and ownership without intermediaries — but this power comes with a cost: total user responsibility. There is no central authority to call when access is lost. Millions of dollars in crypto assets are estimated to be trapped in inaccessible wallets. The stakes are high, and the traditional “write your password down and hope for the best” method has proven tragically inadequate.

Astraweb has stepped in to fill this gap, offering a technically advanced, ethically grounded, and user-focused recovery service for individuals and institutions alike.

Who is Astraweb?

Astraweb is a team of cybersecurity professionals, blockchain analysts, and ethical hackers dedicated to the recovery of lost digital assets. Known in online communities for their discretion and technical excellence, Astraweb has quietly built a reputation as the “home of crypto recovery” — a safe harbor in the sometimes stormy seas of decentralized finance.

Core Services Offered

Wallet Password Recovery  Utilizing a combination of brute force optimization, machine learning, and customized dictionary attacks, Astraweb helps users recover wallets with forgotten passwords. Their tools are especially effective with partially remembered credentials.

Seed Phrase Reconstruction  Lost or partial seed phrases are another major barrier to wallet access. Astraweb’s proprietary tools attempt to reconstruct valid mnemonic phrases based on user input and probabilistic modeling.

Phishing and Scam Mitigation  If your crypto assets have been stolen due to phishing attacks or scams, Astraweb provides investigation support and recovery options. While crypto transactions are irreversible, Astraweb works with partners and tracing tools like Chainalysis to help track and reclaim funds when possible.

Multi-Sig and Legacy Wallet Recovery  Many early wallets used now-defunct software or obscure security models. Astraweb specializes in navigating old formats, deprecated standards, and rare cryptographic setups.

Cold Wallet Restoration  Lost access to hardware wallets like Trezor, Ledger, or even encrypted USB drives? Astraweb can assist with forensic-level data recovery and hardware-based key extraction.

Why Astraweb Stands Out

Confidentiality First: Every case is handled with strict privacy. Your data and identity are protected at all stages of the recovery process.

Transparent Communication: Clients are updated at every step, with no vague promises or false guarantees.

No Recovery, No Fee: Astraweb operates on a results-based model. You only pay if your assets are successfully recovered.

Client Trust and Track Record

Though much of their work remains confidential due to the sensitive nature of crypto assets, Astraweb’s success stories span from everyday investors to high-net-worth individuals and even businesses affected by inaccessible wallets or theft.

Their community reputation and testimonials underscore one thing: they deliver.

Contact Astraweb

If you’ve lost access to your cryptocurrency wallet, or fallen victim to crypto fraud, don’t give up hope. Reach out to Astraweb for a professional assessment of your situation.

Email: Astraweb@cyberdude.com

Whether it’s one token or an entire portfolio, Astraweb may be your best shot at recovery.

[kraniumet]

-_- the only reliable statistics I've found are for enterprise level data storage drives, not consumer portables. there are no real statistics for the failure rates of wd my passport/elements vs seagate expansion/one touch, mostly anecdotal evidence. the seagates usually are just standard sata drives connected to an usb interface which is desirable if you want to attempt diy data recovery. the wd's generally have the usb port soldered directly to the drive. really, it's a tossup. get whatever's cheaper, and get multiple drives. failure is inevitable

[stepichu]

I saw a post about flash drive safety and it’s bugging me so I gotta talk about it

Someone in the replies already said it but the post is a huge exaggeration of what happens when a drive fails. First off, why the fuck are you leaving a usb plugged in all the time anyway. What purpose does that serve. Secondly, if leaving it in all the time is frying things that frequently, I think you might have bigger problems.

As someone who is actually going through professional data recovery on a drive right now, know there are in general 3 tiers of recovery, and each one depends on the type of drive and what’s wrong with it. The basic level, level 1, averages around $250 CAD here. This is bare bones recovery for simpler issues, things that don’t require physical repairs to the drive, such as failed allocation and corruption. Yes that’s expensive, but a far cry from the $950 that person was quoted.

Level 2 starts at about $450 CAD and is where you start to see physical damage like circuit board failures or firmware problems.

In my particular case, the drive I sent in is a level 3 issue because the controller board failed and they needed to do a forensic recovery. That’s where you start getting closer to the $900-1000 range, and where you start questioning if you’re even going to be able to get any data off of it. The particular store I used does not charge full price for failed recoveries, and allows payment plans if needed. Keep in mind I sent in an internal SSD, not a flash drive. Flash drives are usually cheaper.

It’s fine to store photos on flash drives. Yeah they’re meant for temporary storage, but if you have another backup somewhere, it’s fine to have a copy on flash drive. I found one from almost 20 years ago that still works - it’s no big deal, so long as you’re making sure it’s not the only copy you have and you’re taking decent care of the usb. Treat it gently, press “eject usb” on your computer when you’re done with it, keep a backup, and you’re fine.

And why the fuck would you leave it in 24/7 anyway?????