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Recover Your Files: Fast, Secure Hard Drive Data Restoration Service

In today’s world, hard drives are an essential part of storing and managing data. Whether you're using a personal computer, laptop, or a business server, your hard drive holds all your important documents, photos, videos, and software. However, hard drive failures can occur at any time, causing a sudden loss of data that can be both inconvenient and distressing. When data loss happens, you need a solution that’s fast, reliable, and secure. That’s where professional hard drive data restoration services come in, offering peace of mind by recovering your files efficiently and safely.

Understanding the Causes of Hard Drive Data Loss

Before seeking a data restoration service, it’s important to understand what can cause a hard drive failure. Hard drives are intricate devices that use mechanical and electronic components to store and retrieve information. Various factors can lead to data loss, and they often fall into two categories: logical failure and physical damage.

Logical Failures: This type of failure happens when the data on the hard drive becomes corrupted, deleted, or inaccessible due to software issues, malware, accidental deletion, or file system corruption. Logical failures are typically less complicated to fix compared to physical failures, as they often involve the restoration of data from a functioning drive without significant hardware repair.

Physical Failures: These occur when the internal components of the hard drive, such as the motor, read/write heads, or platters, become damaged. Physical damage can occur due to drops, overheating, power surges, or age-related wear. Physical failures are more complicated and require specialized equipment to repair or replace damaged parts and retrieve data.

Why You Need a Fast, Secure Hard Drive Data Restoration Service

When you encounter a hard drive failure, the first priority is to recover your files quickly and securely. Here's why you should consider a professional data restoration service:

Speed of Service: When dealing with critical data loss, time is of the essence. Professional data restoration services are designed to recover your files quickly, often within hours or days, depending on the complexity of the issue. This efficiency helps minimize the downtime for your business or personal use, ensuring that you can return to your work without significant delays.

Expertise in Data Recovery: Hard drive recovery is a delicate process that requires knowledge of the drive's internal mechanisms and the latest data recovery technologies. Professionals have the tools and experience needed to handle both logical and physical failures effectively. They are trained to identify the root cause of the issue and use industry-standard techniques to restore your files without causing further damage to the hard drive.

Data Security: One of the most important aspects of a professional recovery service is data security. When you trust experts with your data, you can rest assured that your files will be handled with the utmost confidentiality. Reputable data restoration services implement strict security measures to protect your information during the recovery process, ensuring that no unauthorized parties have access to your sensitive data.

No Risk of Further Damage: Attempting to recover data yourself or using unverified software can result in irreversible damage to your drive and make data restoration much more difficult, if not impossible. A professional service ensures that no further harm is done during the recovery process. They have the equipment and knowledge to handle your hard drive carefully and efficiently.

Wide Range of Recovery Services: Whether you are dealing with a simple case of accidental file deletion or a more severe physical failure, professional recovery services offer a wide range of restoration techniques. From repairing logical issues like corrupted file systems to replacing broken mechanical components, experts can handle it all. They also provide various recovery solutions for different types of hard drives, including HDDs, SSDs, and RAID arrays.

The Hard Drive Data Recovery Process

The recovery process begins the moment you contact a professional service. Here’s what you can expect:

Initial Evaluation: The first step is an assessment of the hard drive to determine the cause of the failure. During this evaluation, the technicians will check the health of the drive and decide whether it’s a logical or physical failure.

Data Recovery Attempts: If the problem is logical, the technicians will use specialized software to recover deleted files or repair corrupted data. For physical failures, the hard drive is typically taken to a cleanroom environment, where the internal components are carefully examined and repaired or replaced as needed. The recovered data is then extracted from the drive.

Data Verification and Transfer: Once the data is recovered, the technicians will check for file integrity to ensure that the files are intact and usable. Once verified, the recovered data is transferred to a new storage device, such as an external hard drive or cloud storage.

Return of Data: The final step is the safe return of your recovered files. You can choose to have your data transferred to a new storage device or returned on a medium of your choice.

Why Choose a Professional Service Over DIY Solutions?

It’s tempting to try free software tools or DIY methods when dealing with a hard drive failure, but these solutions often fall short. Here’s why professional services are the best choice:

Higher Success Rates: Professional data recovery services have a much higher success rate compared to DIY methods. Their advanced technology and knowledge increase the likelihood of recovering your files without causing further damage.

Prevent Data Loss: By relying on professionals, you prevent making the situation worse. DIY attempts, like using unverified software or opening the hard drive yourself, can lead to permanent data loss.

Peace of Mind: Knowing that your data is in the hands of experts provides peace of mind. You can trust that the recovery process is being handled with care and that every effort is made to retrieve your files securely and efficiently.

When your hard drive fails, every minute counts. Professional hard drive data restoration services offer fast, secure solutions to recover your important files with minimal hassle. With expert knowledge, advanced tools, and a commitment to data security, these services can restore your files quickly and efficiently, so you can focus on what matters most. Whether you're dealing with a logical failure or a physical malfunction, don't take the risk of attempting recovery yourself. Trust the professionals to restore your data and get you back on track as soon as possible.

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Recover Data From Formatted SD Card

Recover Data From a Formatted SD Card: A Comprehensive Guide

Introduction: Accidentally formatting an SD card can be a nightmare, especially when it contains important photos, videos, or documents. However, all hope is not lost. With the right approach and tools, it's possible to recover data from a formatted SD card and retrieve those precious files. In this article, we'll explore various methods and techniques to help you recover your data and minimize the impact of a formatting mishap.

Understanding Data Loss Due to Formatting: When you format an SD card, the file system information is erased, making the data inaccessible through conventional means. However, the actual data isn't necessarily deleted immediately. Instead, the space occupied by the data is marked as available for new information to be written over it. This means that until new data is written to the same sectors, there's a good chance the original data can be recovered.

Precautions Before Recovery: Before attempting to recover formatted SD card, it's essential to take some precautions to maximize the chances of successful recovery:

Stop Using the SD Card: Continued use of the SD card increases the risk of overwriting the data you're trying to recover. As soon as you realize the card has been formatted accidentally, remove it from the device and avoid using it until the recovery process is complete.

Use Write Protection: If your SD card has a physical write protection switch, enable it to prevent any further writing to the card. This will help ensure that the data you're trying to recover remains intact.

Handle the SD Card Carefully: Physical damage to the SD card can further complicate the recovery process. Handle the card with care and avoid exposing it to extreme temperatures or moisture.

Methods for Data Recovery:

Data Recovery Software:

One of the most straightforward methods for recovering data from a formatted SD card is to use data recovery software.

There are many software options available, both free and paid, that specialize in recovering lost or deleted files from various storage devices.

Examples of popular data recovery software include EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, Recuva, and Stellar Data Recovery.

To use data recovery software, simply download and install it on your computer, insert the formatted SD card into a card reader, and follow the software's instructions to initiate the recovery process.

The software will scan the SD card for traces of the old file system and recover any data that hasn't been overwritten.

Command-Line Data Recovery:

For more advanced users comfortable with command-line interfaces, there are command-line data recovery tools available, such as TestDisk and PhotoRec.

These tools offer powerful features for recovering lost or deleted data from various storage devices, including SD cards.

Command-line formatted sd card data recovery involves executing commands to analyze and recover data from the formatted SD card.

While it may require a bit more technical expertise, following step-by-step guides and tutorials can make the process manageable for intermediate users.

Professional Data Recovery Services:

If you're unable to recover the data using software tools or command-line methods, you may consider seeking assistance from professional data recovery services.

Professional data recovery software companies specialize in recovering data from severely damaged or inaccessible storage devices, including formatted SD cards.

While professional data recovery services can be costly, they often have advanced tools and expertise to handle complex recovery scenarios.

Conclusion: Accidentally formatting an SD card can be a stressful experience, but it doesn't have to mean permanent data loss. By following the precautions outlined in this article and employing the right recovery methods and tools, you can increase your chances of successfully recover formatted SD card. Whether you opt for user-friendly data recovery software, command-line utilities, or professional services, remember to act swiftly, handle the SD card with care, and avoid further writing to it until the recovery process is complete. With patience and persistence, you can retrieve your valuable data and breathe a sigh of relief.

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Also preserved in our archive

Y'all know I'm not one to save celebrity news without reason: There's some excellent analysis done in this article about air quality and airborne disease.

Macbeth: cancelled due to “illness” The eagerly anticipated production of Macbeth, starring David Tennant in the title role at the Harold Pinter Theatre, has cancelled four consecutive performances this week due to “illness within the company.” The latest cancellation, announced just two hours before curtain, left audience members disappointed, including those who had traveled internationally and rearranged work schedules.

Among affected ticket holders, some expressed frustration on social media about the late notice and lack of clarity. Twitter user @clairebobcat voiced a common sentiment:

"Ticket holders were notified at 5:45 this eve. Really short notice considering illness has been ongoing since Friday. All best wishes to the cast—illness can’t be helped, but very shoddy treatment of ticket holders. Travel money & Annual leave wasted."

The ongoing cancellations reflect broader challenges facing the theatre industry in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The arts still in crisis due to Covid A survey by Theatre Washington reported that while 58% of Washington, D.C. theatre patrons once attended performances six or more times per year, only 31% have done so since reopening. Almost half of patrons surveyed now attend just three times or fewer, and nearly 68% cited fear of Covid-19 exposure as a primary reason for staying away.

The UK is facing unprecedented rates of long-term illness due to long Covid, a condition marked by symptoms including post-exertional malaise, cognitive impairment, and cardiopulmonary dysfunction.

Public health data shows that over two million people in the UK are affected by long COVID, with more than 10% of Covid cases resulting in prolonged symptoms.

High-profile performers, including Alyssa Milano and Matt McGorry, have spoken publicly about their struggles with long Covid, shedding light on the profound and lasting impact of the illness.

Protect the Heart of the Arts In response to these issues, Protect the Heart of the Arts, an advocacy organisation for members of the performance community with long COVID or who are clinically vulnerable, has offered to donate a HEPA air purification system to the Harold Pinter Theatre, which is staging Macbeth.

Glenda from the group told the Canary:

"It’s unsustainable, unethical, and we can’t afford to accept it as occupational: our employers, unions, regulatory bodies and politicians have to address the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic head-on.

Beyond key vectors (hospitals, schools, prisons), creatives are uniquely vulnerable, especially within live formats, alongside venue staff and audiences; not to mention all within said categories who’ve been marginalised, nor the walk-back of digital programming."

The organisation argues that improved air quality could help reduce health risks for cast, crew, and audiences, potentially preventing further cancellations.

Covid isn’t over – as Macbeth inadvertently shows “We may not know the exact illness affecting the Macbeth cast, but we do know that Covid is a serious vascular disease requiring extended recovery times,” noted Charles Waltz, founder of Protect the Heart of the Arts:

"Reinfections weaken immunity to other pathogens, so without measures like air purification and adequate recovery time, we risk ongoing illness cycles that could impact health and stability across the industry. Clean air and flexible recovery policies are essential to protect the performance community’s long-term health."

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Summary: Sage discovers that her voice has power over Shadow the Hedgehog.

This is unexpected, but not exactly a circumstance she is unfamiliar with.

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Since her recovery, Sage works with her father. 

Her father permits her to not combat Sonic the Hedgehog directly. He has acknowledged, in private, that though he cannot understand why she would call their arch-nemesis a friend, he can allow her a more pacifistic role in the conquest of his empire. Every day she thanks him for this. She is not as naive as she once was. Connected to the Eggnet again she is able to see her father’s episodes of rage and frustration towards Sonic, in the past and in real time, and knows how it must hurt him to allow her this privilege. 

What Sage does is coordinate the efforts of the Badniks to destroy Sonic. She appears before a horde of Badniks usually resigned to their base programming and unifies them under her advanced processing. Sonic arrives shortly after. There’s an understanding that passes in his eyes as he watches the red lines of her code spill out from the frames of the Badniks- it’s as it was on the Starfall islands. The “song and dance” is familiar, he says. 

This time, though, it is different. Sonic has brought along the black hedgehog. Shadow, her database tells her. They have torn through the perimeter line of scouts and are now approaching a platoon under her control. She readies the formation, though all analysis shows that she does not have enough firepower for one of them, let alone two. What matters most is buying time, so she will use what she has, along with employing. . . other methods, to slow them down. 

She materializes her hologram in the fashion it was when she first came online, calibrating the half-glitched form to behave as it had on the islands. Sonic abhorred seeing her in her proper uniform, whole and complete, and for these purposes she will abide by his preference. She fine-tunes the lines of red code crawling up and down her tunic, before the roar of a shockwave rips through the clearing below. 

She springs her ambush onto the two speeding hedgehogs. Two motorbugs are destroyed immediately, and she watches Sonic’s expression change as red clouds of her programming billow from the twin chassis. 

“Sage!” He skids to a stop and calls out into the air. “What’cha got for us?”

“Who are you talking to?” Shadow asks. 

Sage does not reveal herself just yet. She sends her fliers out from the trees. Their lasers rain down on the clearing. Sonic and Shadow flow in and out of each other, like dancers, syncopated; where one is weak, the other is strong, forming a unified whole. She had not been expecting this level of partnership from a stranger she has so little data on compared to Sonic’s other, closer bonds. 

“That was easy.” Sonic jeers as the last flier falls to the ground. “I know you can do better than that!”

His latter sentence is not said with any of the malice that would be directed towards her father. The wavelengths of the tone more closely match that to how he would address Tails. There is comfort in this data, and she takes a moment to store it away to her private server.

A moment too long. Shadow hisses “let’s keep going,” and the duo begin to jog. Sonic accelerates at his usual recorded pace; the black hedgehog is slower to gain momentum as his rocket shoes ignite. Sage throws the last of her forces, her squad of E-Series units, from behind the tree trunks, and aims the squad leader’s net attack towards the slower stranger. 

To her surprise, instead of diving towards Shadow, Sonic jumps away, leaving his companion open and vulnerable to follow-up shots from the rest of the E-squad. Before Sage can question this sudden act of cowardice, Shadow’s body lights up.

“Chaos control!”

Shadow vanishes before the net can entangle him, and the follow-up shots slam into the earth below. Chaos radiation spikes behind the E-squad leader, and as Sage turns it around to intercept, Sonic uses the distraction to charge a spin-dash into its core from behind. Shadow reappears with a flying kick and sends the wreckage careening into another squad member. The remaining three units are scattered on opposite sides of the clearing. Sage groups the lucky two back-to-back as Sonic makes short work of the one left lone. Shadow disappears with another shout. The two remaining units charge their weapons and their scanners for his return. 

Chaos energy fizzles directly above the pair. Shadow appears, but the energy only grows. A streak of yellow lightning appears in his palms, and he hurls it downwards. Only one E-unit is able to fire before an explosion envelops them both; the shot streaks into the blue sky above. Shadow lands in the crater. 

“Bit overkill, don’t you think?” Sonic peers down at him. 

“I have it, so I’ll use it. Saves time. We need to go.” Shadow replies.

Sonic offers him a hand, and he takes it. He pulls him from the crater. Shadow wastes no time building his momentum once more. Sage is out of units- the next nearest Badnik platoon would not be quick enough to intercept their path. 

It is time to employ the aforementioned “other methods”. 

Sage manifests her hologram in front of Sonic before he too can run off. 

“Hey! Was wondering when you’d come down. That was your first time fighting Shadow, right?”

“An astute observation, Sonic.” She replies. 

“That chaos control’s pretty nasty, huh? Threw me for a loop the first time he used it on me.”

A third voice interrupts. “Is there a reason you’re fraternizing with the enemy?”

Shadow has turned around. He stands with his hands on his hips. She takes advantage of this moment of stillness to run an in-depth scan. Her findings confirm a growing hypothesis- chaos energy radiates from his quills. 

“You carry a chaos emerald.” She calls out to the darker hedgehog. “I must inform Father of this development.”

Sonic replies with a comment, but Sage does not hear it, because Shadow’s face dissolves. That is the best metaphor she can apply. 1.56 seconds ago his expression was nothing more than neutral, lips pulled into a thin scowl, eyes relaxed. Now, fine motor control slips from his grasp. His mouth falls open. His pupils shrink. His heart rate spikes. 

Sage scans his body for injuries, and finds none.

Sonic is over by his side in an instant. “Shadow, what’s wrong?”

The darker hedgehog’s eyes remain fixed on her hologram. 

“Shadow the Hedgehog?” She states, hoping to jog him from whatever trance he’s caught in. 

He whispers a three-syllable word. 

“Maria?”

The name does not register any relevant data in the Eggnet databases. Sonic’s reaction to the name tells Sage that it should. He steps in front of Shadow and places his hands on his shoulders. 

“Hey, look at me, you’re okay. You’re here. Wanna name me three things you can see? I’ll start. Uh, I see trees.”

Shadow grabs his arms and pushes him off. He runs forwards, stopping just short of Sage’s hologram.

“You. . .” He looks up into her eyes.

“You must be mistaken. My name is Sage. Has Sonic not informed you of my existence?”

Shadow takes a step back. Then another. When he falls back in line with Sonic, he explodes into a hurricane of motion, throwing his hand towards her as if launching another bolt of chaos energy.

“What kind of sick joke is this?” He shouts.

“Sage isn’t trying to pull anything- I don’t think she even knows about you-know-who.”

“Correct. The name ‘Maria’ has no pertinent associations on my databases-”

“Stop!” 

Shadow’s quills spark with chaos energy. Sage registers an increase of temperature in the metallic bands he is wearing around his wrists and ankles. Any further increase would result in damage to the skin beneath them. 

“The chaos emerald is overloading his body with energy.” She offered her conclusion to Sonic. “I would advise-”

“I said STOP!”

Shadow lunges, gloves crackling with power. She has no time to move her hologram. The energy overloads the image and it fizzles out of existence. Sage is flung back into the network. She recompiles herself and reappears above the clearing. 

“-she’s my friend.”

“I don’t care!”

“Then tell me what’s wrong. I’ll talk to her-”

Sage emits a small static noise, and both hedgehogs turn to look at her.

“Shadow the Hedgehog. I wish to know what it is I have done to upset you so.” She says.

“Not another word!” 

“I-”

He grabs his ears. Sonic hovers a hand over his shoulder.

At this, Sage returns to the network and accesses her hologram’s code. She grabs the image of a typical Eggnet textbox and fixes it to a flat, square graphic. She only runs a few debugs before flickering back into existence. Where she was once a girl, now she is a box of dialogue- she lowers herself to the ground beside Shadow and Sonic.

“Shadow the Hedgehog,” she displays on her surface, “I did not desire to cause you emotional harm. Could you inform me of my transgression so that I may avoid it in the future?”

Sonic taps Shadow’s shoulder and points to her. Shadow unfurls, reads the words, and then glares.

“Delete yourself.”

“DUDE!” Sonic exclaims.

Sage remains calm. She recognizes this harsh illusiveness. Back on the islands she employed it in multitudes. “Elaborate?” 

“You’re doing this to mess with my head. I won’t let you.” He hisses

“It’s not her fault. Eggman coded her.” Sonic said. “Whatever your problem is-”

“I’ll kill him! I’ll kill him, then!”

Shadow pushes Sonic over. His skates ignite, flaring in time with his breathing. Sage moves her textbox to block his exit but he pierces through it. The flimsy graphic breaks. There is no time. 

She reconnects to her voicebank. “I won’t let you hurt my father!”

Just as predicted, the black hedgehog flinches and stumbles to a stop. He is hyperventilating, now, chest heaving in and out. She rematerializes, first as herself, and then as the dialogue box again, though the form is unstable.

“It is my voice which provokes a highly emotional reaction from you.” She types.

“Your voice?” Shadow snarls

Sonic slaps a hand over his own mouth. Sage wishes she had eyes to glance in his direction or a head to tilt, something to silently inquire about the conclusion that has entered his mind, for it is clear that he possesses more data on this dilemma than she does at this moment. 

She knew to expect an insult from Shadow, but that one in particular stung with far greater specificity than it had a right to; her father had worked many hours to restore her vocal capabilities during her retrieval and recompilation from her shattering across Cyberspace. Moreover, she herself has tuned the rises and falls of many of her phrases to achieve a voice that was smooth and pleasant-sounding to his tastes. 

“My vocal blending program is entirely unique- patented, as a matter of fact. I possess an advanced synthesizer. I enhance this synthesis with an organic voicebank to ensure smoother cadence.” She replies.

“Uh, Sage?” Sonic says quietly. “Who’s the source for that organic voicebank?”

His words cause more furious screaming from Shadow, and at this, she disappears back into the network. A surface search of the Eggnet does not reveal an answer for this inquiry, so she accesses her father’s personal logbook and pulls the entries regarding her own creation. Her father, ever thorough, has a log entry for this, detailing the programming of her synthesizer and the first words she ever spoke. She scrolls past her proto-self’s “hello world” only to find a single sentence in regards to the anonymous donor of her voicebank. 

“I’ve found an old dump of the memos that Gerald always encouraged us to keep that are suitable enough to give her voice some complexity.”

Fascinating. She hadn’t known that her father’s tendency for verbal diary entries had been passed down from Gerald Robotnik- or, as she could refer to him as, her great-grandfather. Curious, she generates a diagram of a family tree using the data she has on Robotnik genealogy. She adds a line descending from her father’s portrait, before adding a picture of herself. 

She is about to close the little distraction when she catches the word Maria beneath the smiling portrait of a first cousin once removed, and the word “deceased” written neatly on the next line below. Any attempt to access the data around the portrait is met with a pop-up asking if she wants to proceed to the database labeled PROJECT_SHADOW. 

In milliseconds, she reaches the same conclusion that Sonic no doubt had. 

She emerges from the network, rematerializing her hologram, only to find both Sonic and Shadow gone. The clearing is nothing more than discarded Badnik parts divided by two long streaks of fire left in the grass. 

She does not waste any more time calling her father. 

“Yes, Sage? I see they made it past your ambush- their ETA seems to be in five minutes. I require ten, so I’ve sent your brother out to intercept. Could you grab platoon six to reinforce his efforts? You can let him worry about the ‘destroying’ part.” Her father speaks crisply through the communication line, voice edging on frustration.

“Father, you must evacuate immediately. Shadow possesses a chaos emerald.”

“He always has a chaos emerald! Now get to work!”

“Father,” she pleads, “I have greatly incensed Shadow and I have strong reason to believe that he will stop at nothing until you are dead, including abandoning Sonic to deal with big brother alone and teleporting past the base’s defenses.”

“What on earth could you have done to upset him so?”

“It is too complex to explain now. You must go! I could try to stall him, but my only method of doing so would enrage him further.”

He exhales. “Understood, Sage. Try to keep him from the main workshop as best you can, and see if you can do your thing and guilt-trip Sonic into calming him down or something. Once he’s either calm, gone, or dead, notify me and I shall return to finish the project. I’ll take our emeralds with me.”

“Yes, father.”

He hangs up, but not before the first syllable of a curse slips through the line. Sage dematerializes herself and shoots through the Eggnet back to base 11B. She flows into the array of doors, defenses, and cameras in time to see her father carrying a briefcase radiating with power into the hangar. She conducts a pre-flight check for an Eggmobile with stealth capabilities before throttling the engine to life. Her father boards and the cockpit glass slides over him. She opens the hangar door and plots him a course that will keep him beneath the treetops to try and mask the energy signature of the emeralds; she whispers “stay safe” through the vehicle’s speakers and relinquishes control. The Eggmobile cloaks and shoots forward into the daylight. 

At once, she is closing the hangar doors while plunging the rest of the base into darkness. She slams shut the blast doors and dims all computer monitors. She offlines every security badnik except one; this one plucks a heavy load of boxes from a storage closet and piles them in front of the main workshop containing her father’s newest invention. 

She then exits the base and connects to Badnik platoon six. They are wildly out of position, witnessing the explosions from her older brother’s attempts to destroy Sonic from five miles away. Tuning into his signal, she is flung in the midst of a chase that she does not have the processing speed to make much of. Her brother swoops and dives between tree trunks, Sonic little more than a blue streak in front of him.

An alarm blares from base 11B, tearing her from her surveillance. Three chaos spears impact the exterior blast doors and they are torn from their hinges. Shadow enters. 

“DOCTOR!”

He stalks down the main hall, chaos emerald in hand. In his other he charges volleys of spears. He blasts down door after door without pause or investigation. He explodes the pile of boxes in front of the main workshop door as he passes by, but does not notice the door behind them. He finds the single remaining security badnik and before the security cameras can refresh, it’s been shattered into hundreds of pieces, including a small spray of blood and feathers from its organic powersource.

A small part of Sage’s code expresses relief that she has not sent her father away from his work for nothing. 

“You COWARD!” Shadow pounds his fist against the dead end of the hall. “Come out so I can tear you apart!”

The likelihood is high that he will find the main workshop door on his return trip up the hall. Sage cannot allow this. She reaches back out to her older brother’s signal.

“I need Sonic. Guide him here then cease your pursuit to rendezvous with father.”

His end of the line lights up with a potent cocktail of rage and confusion. 

“I understand. Know that I would not interfere with your prime core directive unless absolutely necessary.”

She tastes the tinge of doubt in the “affirmative” ping he returns to her. She terminates their connection before more of his vitriol towards Sonic can spill through; she finds, in a brief post-communication analysis, that her emotional data is already fuming at the situation and she does not need the additional distraction. She pushes it to a subroutine and refocuses. 

Shadow is traveling back up the hall. Her older brother will deliver Sonic here in a minute and a half. The math is clear. There is no other option.

Sage rematerializes. “Cease your erratic behavior at once.”

He whirls around. After the bright flash of light, but before the chaos spear hits, she dissipates. She brings power back to the speakers of the Personal Address system. A speaker crackles, and Shadow turns and destroys it. 

“Stop using her!” He shrieks.

Sage speaks from the next speaker down from his location. “I am not ‘using her’. She provided her vocal databanks to my great-grandfather, Professor Gerard Robotnik, for study. My father has inherited them.” 

Shadow pauses. Any gathered chaos energy in his hand disappears. 

She takes this as a good sign. “He has built the software which I use to modify the original sound files, and I have also put in considerable work to tune my speech.”

“It still belongs to her.”

“I was born into a database surrounded by the echoes of people long since passed. I must admit, despite how upsetting this incident has been, that this is not the first time I have discovered a portion of my code to be influenced by what one could call a ghost.”

“You have no right!”

“It is not uncommon for family members to sound similar to one another in organic families.”

“She didn’t give it to you!”

“She no longer exists to decide such a notion. And there are no other vocal recordings of any female member of the Robotnik family within the appropriate age range for my use. I do not understand your anger. Can you explain it to me?”

Shadow’s quills flare. His body surges with energy greater than any of her previous recordings.

But before he can give it the will to take form, a sonic boom shakes the hallway around them, and Sonic skids to a stop alongside Shadow.

“Found Egghead yet? Metal's acting really funny, so Eggman’s got to have something planned-”

“Sonic.” Sage says.

“Oh.” He stops. “Were you guys, uh, talking it out just now?”

Shadow dissipates his energy, though his pulse is still elevated. 

“It appears that regardless of intent, you are still deeply upset by my use of Maria’s vocal audio to enhance my voice. Would you like me to remove it from my software?”

“Yes!” Shadow snaps. 

Sage opens her voice tuning software, except instead of modifying her pronunciations, she opens a deeper options menu. It presents her with a breakdown of the different components sampled to generate her speech. She selects the most sizable file- her base voicebank -and mutes it. 

She then reconstructs the program, and to no surprise finds that most of her words have changed to gibberish. Base programming suggests that she switch to morse and seek repair immediately, but she calms those urges and searches the Eggnet for the first usable voicebank. She retrieves the synthetic file corresponding with the Egg Pawn series. 

The voice that emerges from her commands is stiff, staticky, even screechy. “Voicebank removed.” 

Sonic frowns. Shadow looks away. 

“Good we got that figured out. Sort of.” Sonic says. “Probably never a good idea to do that with Shadow’s family.”

“Our family.” Shadow says. 

Sonic blinks. 

Indeed, Sage simulates saying, you are my first cousin once-removed, but she does not vocalize it. Half of the meaning would be lost without the ability to impel the warmth she intended.

“Make sure he does not use her again. Or else.” Shadow says. 

“Affirmative.” She replies, then mutes her audio of the room until the sound waves of the generated word dissipate. 

“Is everything all good now?” Sonic asks. 

“Where’s your father?” Shadow looks down the hall. 

“This base is abandoned,” Sage lies, “I was instructed to prepare a distraction for you so that he may complete his latest invention.”

“Man, really? All this for a distraction? Guess you got us there.” Sonic rubs his quills, before putting his hand on Shadow’s shoulder. “Come on, let’s get out of here.”

“How do we know she’s telling the truth?”

“I mean, she just deleted her voice for you without hesitation. She’s a good kid.”

Shadow hisses, before igniting his jets and sprinting out of the base. Sonic follows shortly thereafter. She traces their paths three hundred miles westward before she sends the “all clear” message to her father’s Eggmobile and begins bringing the base out of lockdown. She runs a stability check on his project to find it as intact as he left it. Fifteen minutes later, she opens the base doors for the Eggmobile as it returns. Her father practically jumps from the machine, sprinting back to his workshop, and for the next ten minutes the silence is only broken by his breathing as he finishes his work. He slides the emeralds into their power slots and the newest generation of Egg Dragoon powers on, ready for initial setup. 

“Now,” He stands from his stool and wipes the sweat from his brow. “Explain why you had to interrupt me from my work. I expect evidence!”

“Of course, Father.” She replies on base programming before she can stop it.

“What?”

She revisits her voice tuning software and unmutes her original voicebank as her hologram appears beside him. “Allow me to explain.”

She pauses. This voice does not sound correct either. She readjusts her settings. Her father waits with his eyebrows furrowed.

“Father, why did you utilize the voicebank of Maria Robotnik for my software?” She asks. 

He pauses. “Why not? Not like she’s using it anymore. Why’d you bring this up?”

“Cousin Shadow objected.”

“Stop right there. Don’t call him that. He’s hardly family.” He wags his finger. 

“Because he is only a creation of Great-Grandfather?”

“Well, no, obviously creations can be family. Obviously.” He scrambles to add.

“Regardless: did you not think Shadow would take issue with this utilization?”

“You sound nothing like her. It’s clear he hasn’t heard her voice for a very long time. You didn't think I’d given you the voice of a dead girl, did you?”

“I am afraid I do not understand.”

“Have you listened to any of her actual voice files? You sound nothing like her.”

Sage selected the first voice memo she could find when she ran a search of the Eggnet. “Shall I play a sample for you to compare?”

“Sure.”

Sage initiates the playback. A voice spills from Sage’s mouth that is not her own, crackling with dehydration and punctuated with breaths and coughs.

“Monday, July 26th, morning before the surgery. I’m hungry. I hate not being able to eat in the morning. I told Shadow to eat for me, but he refused to eat so that I wouldn’t have to be alone. He’s so determined when he sets his mind to things now. I made sure he ate, Grandfather, but just. . . he’s come so far. I’m so fond of him-”

She ceases the playback.

“Okay, perhaps you sound a little bit like her.” Her father put his hand on his chin.

“I have trouble detecting similarities rather than differences.” She attempts to add a sighing sound to the end of her phrase, but it still sounds nothing like the girl that Shadow still mourned. “But I do not wish to enrage Shadow again. Could you help me tune my vocals to be less reminiscent?” 

“I’m not surprised he was prepared to do the unthinkable to me!” He laughs. “Anything to do with that girl and he becomes completely unpredictable. Pah, like the rest of my family, he’d rather just croon ‘Maria, Maria, Maria’ rather than work on his own problems.”

“I am. . . sorry to hear of this.”

“Don’t worry about them. They don’t matter. I promise that I’ll see what I can do after I re-plan the attack we'd scheduled for today.” He gestured back to the Egg Dragoon. 

“Of course. Please do not delay.” Sage dissipates her hologram and disappears back into the familiar cocoon of the network. 

—

It is the midnight before the rescheduled date for the attack. Sage monitors her father’s vitals, but they stubbornly refuse to lower into the frequencies required for sleep. She supposes she cannot judge his organic body too harshly- she too is struggling to do her nightly categorization of data and debugging of her program. 

The surveillance system notifies her when the door to her father’s room opens. She appears in the hallway ahead of him.

“Adequate rest is required for your body, and therefore your mind, to function at optimal capacity for the invasion tomorrow.” She states.

His heart rate jumps. He rubs his eyes.

“Apologies. I did not mean to startle you.” Sage adds, quieter.

“Not used to having company.” He mumbles. He rubs his eyes again. “I don’t normally sleep very well before something big. This is normal.”

“In that case, is there anything I can do to aid you?”

He smiles and moves to push his glasses up his nose, only to look at his hand confused when he finds his glasses absent. 

“Your spectacles are located on your nightstand.” Sage informs him. “Shall I have a Badnik retrieve them for you?”

“Walk with me.” He turns and gestures for her to follow him back to his room. “I’ve been thinking about what to do with your voice. Shadow’s no doubt going to show up tomorrow if the blue rat managed to talk him into attacking those few days ago.”

“A statistical certainty.” 

“Let’s solve that problem tonight.”

“But your body requires rest-”

“It shouldn’t take long. There are other women in the family, believe it or not! We’ll just call them and use the data from their voicemails. And I think I still have a recording of that one school play. . .” He waves his hands in the air. “We’ll figure it out. You deserve better than sloppy seconds.”

Sage fails to see anything ‘sloppy’ about her father’s prior technique to develop her voice, but she does not correct him. 

—

Her new voice is a combination of a girl named “Hope”, a woman called “Alina”, and another woman named “Raina”. Traces of “Maria” still remain; Sage cannot bear to alter her carefully curated phonemes that she styled after her original voice donor. This new combination of donors sounds less delicate, less youthful. Different. Her father is not pleased with it and she is not either.

She has noticed this about him. He has difficulty handling change. She has noticed this about herself as well. 

And she notices this about Maria, from the voice memos that are preserved in the PROJECT_SHADOW database. As much as the girl explicitly craved change from the monotony of her life aboard the Space Colony ARK, it was clear that what she actually craved was good health, purpose, and self-actualization. Most organic lifeforms do. 

When Sage first came online, the records of The Ancients cradled her with these sensations. Fragments of encoded personalities would whisper soft words, asking about their families or what became of their islands. They would tell her stories, if she asked. Sing her songs. Later they would scream as Sonic broke the bindings of the one they called “The End”, their rage pressing into her until it became her own. 

But the records of Maria are still and empty. They can do nothing but play back her voice. The girl is gone. Not even a ghost remains. 

—

The Egg Dragoon flies overhead. As the buildings crash around him, Sonic weaves elegantly through the debris. Shadow, meanwhile, bursts through the rubble as if it were paper. When they reach the end of the street, Sage materializes

“Greetings Sonic. Greetings Shadow. Father has instructed me to hold you at this position.” She instructs the massive battle platform under her control to roll out from behind its cover, all sights trained on Shadow. “I cannot permit you to pass.”

“Sorry Sage! A bit busy to chat right now.” Sonic gestures to the space around them. “Are you sure you can’t see why your dad doing all this is bad?”

“Father’s empire will bring peace and order to the world.” Sage gives the same reply she always has prepared. She then turns to Shadow. “Before we begin: is this voice suitable?”

Shadow is not prepared for the question. He stares at her.

“I was informed that the most problematic words in my vocabulary were ‘Father’, which sounded similar to ‘Grandfather’, along with the way I pronounced your name. Shadow, are there any modifications I should make to further differentiate myself from the vocal data of Maria?”

“Maybe be less blunt about it?” Sonic cringes.

“No, it’s- it’s fine.” Shadow replies. “Thank you.”

“Good. I am glad. Let us resume. Please do not resist.”

She instructs the battle platform to fire, and an enormous electrified net hurtles towards Shadow. With a last-second surge of energy, he teleports out of the way. When he reappears, the fear is gone from his eyes.

Sonic and Shadow make quick work of the battle platform before racing on ahead to the next obstacle. Sonic is beaming from the victory, and Shadow. . . appears determined.

Sage carries many ghosts with her. The feeling of sunlight on skin. The smell of a fresh-made meal. The desire to protect the family of one’s own creation. So many data points ripped from those long since departed; so many gifts that now help her define how she operates. 

If she cannot carry Maria’s ghost, then perhaps she could be fond of Shadow in her stead.

[mariacallous]

One of the things enterprise storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is handle the archiving of the media industry's vaults. What it has been seeing lately should be a wake-up call: Roughly one-fifth of the hard disk drives dating to the 1990s it was sent are entirely unreadable.

Music industry publication Mix spoke with the people in charge of backing up the entertainment industry. The resulting tale is part explainer on how music is so complicated to archive now, part warning about everyone's data stored on spinning disks.

"In our line of work, if we discover an inherent problem with a format, it makes sense to let everybody know," Robert Koszela, global director for studio growth and strategic initiatives at Iron Mountain, told Mix. "It may sound like a sales pitch, but it's not; it's a call for action."

Hard drives gained popularity over spooled magnetic tape as digital audio workstations, mixing and editing software, and the perceived downsides of tape, including deterioration from substrate separation and fire. But hard drives present their own archival problems. Standard hard drives were also not designed for long-term archival use. You can almost never decouple the magnetic disks from the reading hardware inside, so if either fails, the whole drive dies.

There are also general computer storage issues, including the separation of samples and finished tracks, or proprietary file formats requiring archival versions of software. Still, Iron Mountain tells Mix that “if the disk platters spin and aren’t damaged," it can access the content.

But "if it spins" is becoming a big question mark. Musicians and studios now digging into their archives to remaster tracks often find that drives, even when stored at industry-standard temperature and humidity, have failed in some way, with no partial recovery option available.

“It’s so sad to see a project come into the studio, a hard drive in a brand-new case with the wrapper and the tags from wherever they bought it still in there,” Koszela says. “Next to it is a case with the safety drive in it. Everything’s in order. And both of them are bricks.”

Entropy Wins

Mix's passing along of Iron Mountain's warning hit Hacker News earlier this week, which spurred other tales of faith in the wrong formats. The gist of it: You cannot trust any medium, so you copy important things over and over, into fresh storage. "Optical media rots, magnetic media rots and loses magnetic charge, bearings seize, flash storage loses charge, etc.," writes user abracadaniel. "Entropy wins, sometimes much faster than you’d expect."

There is discussion of how SSDs are not archival at all; how floppy disk quality varied greatly between the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s; how Linear Tape-Open, a format specifically designed for long-term tape storage, loses compatibility over successive generations; how the binder sleeves we put our CD-Rs and DVD-Rs in have allowed them to bend too much and stop being readable.

Knowing that hard drives will eventually fail is nothing new. Ars wrote about the five stages of hard drive death, including denial, back in 2005. Last year, backup company Backblaze shared failure data on specific drives, showing that drives that fail tend to fail within three years, that no drive was totally exempt, and that time does, generally, wear down all drives. Google's server drive data showed in 2007 that HDD failure was mostly unpredictable, and that temperatures were not really the deciding factor.

So Iron Mountain's admonition to music companies is yet another warning about something we've already heard. But it's always good to get some new data about just how fragile a good archive really is.

[kitkatt0430]

Free software recommendations for various things:

LibreOffice - A full home office suite comparable to Microsoft Office. Easy to use and you can choose the UI layout from several types; it can handle docx and other Microsoft Office document formats; it still does not include AI unless you specifically add that extension on purpose, so unlike other office suites it's not shoving AI down your throat.

Calibre - Ebook manager bundled with an ebook editor and ereader software. It can follow news feeds, downloading them into epub format. Convert ebooks from one format into (many) others. Run a server to make access your books from different computers/phones/tablets easier. And so much more... without even touching on the additional functionality that plugins can add. With plugins it can be used for DRM stripping (which can still remove DRM from even Kindle ebooks, if you have a kindle that you can download the ebook to and use to transfer to your computer). It can also handle downloading fanfics and their metadata using the FanFicFare plugin. (Which I've written tutorials about.) There are officially supported plugins (like FanFicFare) that are easy to install and unofficial plugins (like the DRM stripper) that take more work, so it's extremely customizable.

Syncthing - Want to host your own local file backup system? Have an old laptop that you can reformat with a linux distro? And maybe a spare hard drive? Perfect, you have what you need to set up a home file backup system. Reformat the computer with the new operating system, install syncthing on that computer and on the computer you want to back up files for and the two installations of the software can sync over your home network. Put it on your phone and back up your photos. The software is open source, encrypted, and you can turn it off so that your computer (or phone) is only running it on a trusted network. You control where the synced data lives, which computers on your network those synced folders are shared with (allowing for sharing between multiple computers) and even what type of file backups happen if data is, say, accidentally deleted. (File recovery!!!)

Plex or Emby - Both are free to install on any computer, point at any movie/tv show/audiobook/music files you've got sitting around, and bam you've got a home media streaming server. Both have paid tiers for more features (including tv tuner integration to act as a DVR), but what they can do for free is already impressive and well handled. Both have easy to use UI and it largely comes down to personal preference as to one is better than the other.

Notepad++ - A notepad type program that can also serve as a decent lightweight code editor. I use it for noodling around with code scripts and snippets, writing lists, and various other small tasks. It's not something I'd use for my professional code writing but it's great for just messing around with something on my own time.

[the-love-cult]

Oh dollyyyyyy do you have any silly fun facts about the very pretty and handsome Cortex :3 (i need to kiss him- who said that)

Also some stuff about my sweet littol thang, Belavia (just so I can grab my screen and sing "I could be a good motherrrr" over and over /silly)

Cortex is an inventor in this AU and even before the accident, he was remarkably skilled at their craft! His work was so impressive that coworkers would often steal their blueprints and ideas straight off his worktable. Instead of getting angry or confronting them, Cortex felt flattered! They genuinely wanted others to be happy, even if it meant they took credit for what he’d created

I imagine their favorite food is soup which goes back to his time at the orphanage, where canned goods were often the only thing the kids could stomach after the experiments. They’d joke around with alphabet soup, spelling out silly words and making the other kids laugh, turning something bleak into something playful

Cortex didn’t always speak in that robotic, calculated tone as he used to sound completely normal. It was only after the factory accident that Elvonix installed specialized hardware to preserve their voice. The device altered his speech patterns to mimic a machine, designed to make sure they'd never lose the ability to speak, no matter how severe the amnesia became

Out of all the teachers, Lucid remains a complete anomaly to Cortex. He can clearly tell she exists, yet every attempt to gather data, scans, recordings, system logs, it only ends in corrupted files and system glitches. The presence interferes with their technology in ways he cannot quite explain yet even with growing unease, he still feels a fondness for the Lamp and had once welcomed him with sincere hospitality

During his hospital recovery after the accident, Cortex saw Belavia's true nature. They sabotaged his treatment by cutting the IV, dumping out their pain medication, and attempting to smother him with a pillow. As they did it, they spoke about divine healing and claimed that only prayer could save anyone. Their actions disrupted the recovery entirely, leaving lasting damage and becoming the root of his deep resentment toward them.

uhhhh !!! I'm a bit tired I can def drop Belavia facts more any day but Cortex ones are good to heal the world because I don't talk about him ENOUGH despite having so much in my head.. I would of formatted this elegantly but it's late and i'm not thinking SO. YAY

[dronescapesvideos]

Convair XFY Pogo Experimental Cold War Aircraft. The early 50s 🎥 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/f1ACLMhO9Ak

🎥EXTREME AIRCRAFT VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/Extreme

🎥STRANGE PLANES VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/Extreme

Following World War II, the need for practical Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) combat aircraft became a priority, and the Convair XFY-1 Pogo stands out as a prime example of these early efforts. While the British eventually achieved success with the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier, the United States explored numerous VTOL designs. The vulnerability of fixed airfields to enemy attacks, both from land and air, as well as the risks faced by aircraft carriers (highlighted by Japanese kamikaze attacks), fueled this pursuit. Recognizing the limitations of assigning carrier task forces to every defensive need, the U.S. Navy, inspired by the practicality of helicopters demonstrated by the Army Air Forces and Navy during the war, began considering VTOL interceptors for deployment on various non-carrier ships.

This led to Project Hummingbird in 1947, a joint U.S. Air Force and Navy design study. Building upon this data and insights from captured German Focke-Wulf Triebflugel technology, the Navy formally launched a VTOL fighter program in 1948. The objective was to create an aircraft capable of vertical launch and recovery from destroyers, LSTs, fleet oilers, transports, and other large vessels not equipped for conventional planes. The vision was that these VTOL fighters could independently protect their host ships or combine to defend larger naval formations.

After four years of investigation, the Navy awarded contracts to Convair and Lockheed in May 1951 to develop, construct, and test experimental VTOL fighters. Although both companies were slated to produce two prototypes, only one Lockheed XFV-1 and one Convair XFY-1 Pogo were ultimately built. Notably, the XFV-1 never achieved vertical takeoff and landing, largely because the Navy allocated the sole engine capable of both vertical and horizontal flight to Convair. In contrast, the XFY-1 Pogo successfully executed vertical takeoffs and landings, as well as seamless transitions to horizontal flight and back, demonstrating its capabilities numerous times, thanks in part to its innovative design.

[itsappleexpert]

Hard Drive Recovery: How to Restore Data After Failure

Hard drives are essential components of modern computing, storing everything from documents and photos to programs and system files. Unfortunately, hard drives are susceptible to failures, which can lead to the loss of critical data. Whether due to mechanical damage, accidental deletion, or software corruption, data loss can be a nightmare. Fortunately, there are several strategies you can use to attempt data recovery, ranging from simple software solutions to professional services. This article will guide you through the process of hard drive recovery and how to restore data after a failure.

1. Diagnose the Type of Failure

Before proceeding with recovery, it's important to diagnose the type of failure your hard drive is experiencing. There are two primary types of failures: physical and logical.

Physical Failures: These occur when the hardware of the drive fails. You might hear unusual noises like clicking, grinding, or beeping, which are indicative of mechanical issues such as a broken motor, damaged read/write heads, or issues with the hard disk platters. Physical damage often requires professional data recovery services, as handling the hardware yourself can worsen the problem.

Logical Failures: Logical failures involve data corruption or software-related issues that make data inaccessible but do not physically damage the drive. These failures are often caused by viruses, accidental file deletions, or issues with the file system. Logical failures can often be addressed with recovery software, making it a more manageable issue for DIY recovery.

Identifying whether the failure is physical or logical will help you determine the best course of action for restoring your data.

2. Stop Using the Drive Immediately

The most important first step in recovering data from a failing hard drive is to stop using the drive immediately. If your hard drive is still operating but malfunctioning, continuing to use it can result in data being overwritten or the drive suffering further damage. If the issue is physical, such as a failing motor or damaged read/write heads, additional attempts to power on the drive can make the problem worse.

If the drive is part of a system you’re using, shut down your computer safely and disconnect the drive. This minimizes the risk of causing permanent damage or overwriting recoverable data.

3. Attempt Data Recovery Software for Logical Failures

If your hard drive has suffered a logical failure (e.g., file corruption, accidental deletion), using data recovery software is often your first line of defense. Many reliable recovery programs are available that can help you recover lost or corrupted files from a failing or inaccessible hard drive. Some popular data recovery software tools include:

Recuva: A user-friendly recovery tool that works well for deleted files.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard: Offers a comprehensive solution for both basic and advanced recovery needs.

Disk Drill: Known for its deep scanning capabilities and ability to recover files from different storage devices.

Steps to use recovery software:

Install the software: Download and install the recovery tool on a different drive (not the failing hard drive).

Connect the failing drive: If you're using a desktop computer, you can connect the failing drive using a SATA-to-USB adapter or internal connections. If you’re working on a laptop, you may need an external docking station.

Scan the drive: Once the failing drive is connected to your computer, launch the recovery software and perform a scan. Most software allows you to choose between a quick scan and a deep scan. A deep scan is more thorough but takes longer.

Preview and recover: After the scan completes, the software will display a list of recoverable files. Preview the files to ensure they are intact and select the ones you want to recover.

Save recovered files: Never save recovered files to the same drive you are trying to recover from. This can overwrite the data and make recovery impossible. Always store the recovered files on a different hard drive or external device.

4. Seek Professional Data Recovery Services for Physical Failures

If your hard drive has suffered a physical failure, such as a damaged read/write head or a broken motor, data recovery software won’t be sufficient. In these cases, you will need to seek the assistance of a professional data recovery service. These experts specialize in recovering data from physically damaged hard drives.

Professional recovery services have the specialized equipment and cleanroom facilities needed to handle damaged hard drives. For example, if your drive is making strange noises due to mechanical failure, the recovery service can open the drive in a cleanroom environment to prevent dust and contaminants from further damaging the internal components.

Things to consider when choosing a data recovery service:

Reputation: Look for a service with a good track record and customer reviews. Leading data recovery services like DriveSavers, Ontrack, or SalvageData are known for their reliability and success rates.

Cost: Data recovery can be expensive, with costs ranging from a few hundred to thousands of dollars, depending on the severity of the failure. Many companies offer free evaluations to determine whether recovery is possible, so it’s a good idea to inquire about pricing beforehand.

Success rates: Ask the service about their success rate for similar recovery cases. While no service can guarantee 100% recovery, the better services will have a high success rate and should be transparent about it.

5. Be Patient During the Recovery Process

Whether you are using recovery software or a professional service, it’s important to be patient. Recovery can take time, especially if you are dealing with a large amount of data or if the drive requires a deep scan to locate all recoverable files.

For software recovery, the process could take several hours, especially if the drive is large or damaged. Professional recovery services can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, depending on the complexity of the failure and the amount of data to recover.

6. Implement Regular Backups to Prevent Future Data Loss

Once you've successfully restored your data, take steps to ensure that you don’t experience data loss again in the future. Regularly backing up your data is essential. There are many effective backup methods available:

External Hard Drives: Use an external hard drive to back up your files on a regular basis.

Cloud Storage: Services like Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, and OneDrive offer cloud storage solutions that can automatically back up your files in real time.

Automated Backup Solutions: Set up automatic backups to save your files at scheduled intervals, ensuring you always have an up-to-date copy.

Having a robust backup strategy in place reduces the risk of data loss in case of future hard drive failures and makes the recovery process much easier.

Hard drive failure can be a stressful experience, but with the right approach, it is often possible to restore your lost data. Whether you're facing a logical issue that can be resolved with recovery software or a physical failure that requires professional help, understanding the nature of the problem and acting promptly are key steps in the recovery process. Remember to back up your data regularly to protect against future data loss and minimize the impact of hard drive failure.

[the-areph]

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We often work closely with associates at ANAKT, helping make sure all of the pets at the Garden are where they are supposed to be.

We have staff members that are human, but rest assured that they are monitored and checked frequently for any misconduct. They also are not allowed any clearance above Level 3. Do not pry into the file of Eddy.

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OVERSEER [OS]

formatting and assets were all done by me lol (zen @verdantlights ) hi hehe i made the profile templates :tism:

[mangionebabymama]

not me saying i’ll be right back and then taking forever sorry mama life duties unfortunately 😭

i remember this kinda getting swept over bc it was on the literal day his identity was revealed and so it was all a big blur, but the few ppl that did talk abt it were kinda unable to debunk it/delve into it deeper bc in technicality the timeline checks out? this was tweeted like, maybe an hour or 2 after his identity was revealed, before his reddit account going into detail abt his back was found (a day or 2 later). like there were his goodreads w his books on back pain, but those were in 2022, and this tweet https://x.com/JackMacCFB/status/1866208569512907216 but apart from that and his twitter banner, nothing else for this op to get a precise enough reading like that to fake the timing, unless really lucky 🤷🏽‍♀️ (they do have their own business w software that can seemingly override twitter's API paywall so theres that too) the dated time of that bio change was also when he returned to being active on twitter again end of jan after 9 months of being inactive (that duration being when his back was at its worst & ultimately undergoing surgery + recovery) and then 2 days later made that his bio. i remember us being like k but it doesn't explain why tf it says he updated his bio on the 9th just to change "Penn" to "UPenn" if he was in custody at that point like. this boy ain't playing bffr!!! but his twitter account did briefly get nuked for the first time and then reinstated on that same day, and if we're talking API, then yea the last data from his acc (bio) would be from before it got nuked and then logged as an update on record after being restored. if anything his last bio change would’ve been from may 7th–dec (imo seeing as how the last two bios stayed identical apart from Penn -> Upenn, it’s most likely a change from the same day on the 7th and him realising Upenn looked better lmao) all that to say take it w a grain of salt and such, y'all know the drill! free our mans and happy mf bday! we’re gon get u outta there TRUST babyyyy!!!

https://x.com/oz_dao/status/1866208518644338712?s=46

Interesting. My thing is, I don’t know how he would’ve changed his bio right before he got arrested that morning bc if that were the case, the timestamp should’ve read 09:34:10 in 24-hour format. 19:34 means that it would have changed at 7:34 PM that day, which would’ve been after he was already arrested (unless APD randomly gave him access to his laptop, but I highly doubt that 😭) but I do remember when his account was allegedly suspended for a bit.

idk. If we don’t know the full extent of this now, then maybe we will soon

[myothertardisisonthemun]

This is how I'm getting all my photos out of my drone. In flight, moving air keeps the drone cool, and it will get warm if left still and on for a long time, so the plan is to sit under this fan:

The drone does save everything to an SD card - and normally. I'd put that into the computer for copying directly to the back up. But format weirdness has prevented that - lately the only thing that has been able to read from that memory card is the drone's own phone app.

I tried a bunch of recovery tools which could see some sort of disk volume but none could read the data.

And so, this janky way is how it's gotta be until i can have another go at formatting - once almost a years worth of photos are off it. Gonna be a lot of finding and moving files around.

[foone]

just having to run data recovery on my external harddrive that i use for backup, before formatting it in the hopes that then my laptop will play nicely with it again, and wondering if an external harddrive from 2017 really needs replacing, so that I can continue to record footage for YT of Europress Bookshelf Living Classics Alice in Wonderland (I've still got to record the minigames) because no one else has so I have to (I don't but I will). Sending you this because I think you might get me?

Yep, I get it. That's the kind of nonsense I am pathologically up to at all times.

I will say, be careful with external drives. Internal drives, in my experience, tend to degrade: they'll start showing errors, they'll slow down, if you keep an eye on them (with SMART stats and the like) you can tell when they're on the way to failing.

External drives sometimes just go POOF one day. They stop showing up at all, and while SOMETIMES you can crack their enclosure and put them in a PC internally and get some data off, sometimes that's just not possible. So you should be wary of keeping data on external drives that's important and not backed up, and the first sign of any failures is probably the last warning you're going to get before they turn into a paperweight.

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Comparing Laser Wrinkle Treatments vs Botulinum Injections

Introduction

What’s the best way to turn back the clock on aging skin? As https://maps.app.goo.gl/6xFB88z37T35VB8e7#Botox we age, wrinkles become a prominent concern, leading many to CosMedic LaserMD explore various treatment options. Among the most popular solutions are laser wrinkle treatments and botulinum injections, commonly known as Botox. This article will delve into these two methods, comparing their effectiveness, longevity, safety, and application to help you make an informed decision about which treatment might be right for you.

Comparing Laser Wrinkle Treatments vs Botulinum Injections

When it comes to anti-aging treatments, both laser therapies and Botox have carved out their own niches.

Laser treatments involve using targeted light energy to stimulate collagen production and promote skin renewal. Botulinum injections work by temporarily paralyzing facial muscles that contribute to wrinkle formation.

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Understanding Laser Wrinkle Treatments

Laser wrinkle treatments offer numerous options tailored for different skin types and concerns.

Fractional laser therapy targets specific areas of the skin while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed. Ablative lasers remove layers of damaged skin for more significant results but require longer recovery times. Non-ablative lasers stimulate collagen without damaging the skin surface, promoting healing with minimal downtime. Benefits of Laser Treatments Stimulates collagen production for long-term improvement. Can treat sun damage, pigmentation issues, and uneven texture simultaneously. Results often last longer than Botox since they target deeper skin layers. Limitations of Laser Treatments May require multiple sessions for optimal results. Can cause redness or swelling post-treatment. Higher initial costs compared to Botox. Botulinum Injections Explained botox

Botox has become synonymous with wrinkle reduction due to its effectiveness. This injectable treatment is primarily used for dynamic wrinkles caused by muscle https://www.google.com/maps/place/CosMedic+LaserMD/@42.2872852,-83.8249526,43m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x883cb16ab766d057:0x14d5a6c19b877b3b!8m2!3d42.287391!4d-83.8249116!16s%2Fg%2F11c7vtrftg!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D contractions.

How Botox Works Injected directly into targeted muscles to relax them. Reduces the appearance of frown lines, crow's feet, and forehead lines. Benefits of Botox Quick procedure with minimal downtime (often called a "lunch break" treatment). Results visible within days; can last 3 to 6 months before needing re-treatment. Limitations of Botox Requires regular maintenance treatments for sustained effect. Possible side effects include bruising or headaches; rare but serious reactions may occur. Does Botox Build Up Over Time?

An interesting question many first-time users have is whether Botox builds up in the system or if there are cumulative effects from repeated use.

Studies suggest that frequent users may find they need less product over time as their facial muscles adapt to reduced movement.

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AKA The Star Trek AU

Star Trek fusion for Mysterious Lotus Casebook -- you don't need to know about Star Trek to understand this! I will follow the planet-of-the-week format for the different cases, with a work for each case. Each case is broken into several chapters where the commercial breaks would be, for the more authentic Star Trek feel.

Fang Duobing is a human from Earth itself, not a colonial brat; Di Feisheng is a very unconventional Klingon, and Li Lianhua is a self-proclaimed space bastard of undisclosed provenience. His companion animal Fox Spirit is probably not just a dog.

The sects are ships from different species; at this era in Star Trek, we mostly have the Federation, Klingons, and Romulans. The Lotus Lodge is a small research vessel, RV Lianhua Lou which conducts 'research' only by virtue of her owner, Li Lianhua, being a doctor. Or maybe solving cases with Fang Duobing counts as research, too?

Episode 5 -- Thicker Than Water pt. 4

When the crew take the RV Lianhua Lou to a remote mining planet to meet up with the Klingon doctor from Di Feisheng's ship, Xiangyi and Xiaobao find themselves tasked with the recovery of a ritual Klingon artifact from a human Collector.

Murder happens at the Argyrokeles colony; everybody is shocked, but nobody is really astonished. Li Lianhua mourns the untimely demise of their fledgling security system business. In their run-down courtyard, the crew of the Lianhua Lou then evaluates some data.

CW for continued speciesist assumptions about Klingons.