Tablets, The new Everything Machine.

Tablets are destined to become consumers’ preferred vehicle of choice for accessing the Internet. Although industry numbers differ, tablet sales have shown strong growth from 2010 through 2011 and are expected to have phenomenal growth 2012 through 2015.

Morgan Stanley saw 16 million units shipped globally in 2010 and projected 55 million through 2011 and 85 million in 2012. Transparency Market Research counted 67 million units in global sales for 2011 – an increase of 276 percent over 18 million units counted in 2010 – and expect a total of 248 million units delivered by 2015.

The tablet was a result of the vision of Steve Jobs, whose Apple iPad 2 immediately took over the market when it came out in April 2010. Jobs identified the tablet as the “car” upon the technology landscape as compared to the desktop computer’s “truck.” His vision appears correct as international demand, primarily in the Asian countries, continues to grow at a rate twice that of the United States.

Consumers are finding tablets more compact and portable than netbooks and laptops, and easier to use to surf the web, check email, do social networking and watch videos. Business productivity has been greatly improved with the advent of Microsoft Office packages for both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms on tablets. Microsoft continues to improve the Windows platform.

With its Office Suite apps, Microsoft has practically defined and reoriented business productivity across various platforms. The company’s recent introduction of the Windows 10 platform promises to enable seamless transfer of Microsoft Office documents across smartphones, tablets, laptops and computers. The full release of Windows 10 has powerful potential for enhancing the tablet market.

Tablets have already demonstrated phenomenal uses in health management. Doctors and nurses not only have access to patient records, but they can also control medication over wireless connections while measuring physical reaction using tablets.

The ability to access texts, video and documents through online storage is changing the way education is delivered. Certainly the printing industry is affected while, of course, more trees remain to refresh the environment.

Realtors can show properties in videos on tablets, and the TV, movie and broadcast industries and their advertising partners now have a more flexible media to engage. Certainly the future speaks well of tablets, and tablets project well into the future.

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For the everyday user, additional monolithic storage drives amounts to an aisle in their favorite electronic store. They stroll down the aisle, pick the drive that—according to the packaging—meets their needs, buy it, and simply plug and play. But if that aisle had a hood like a car, and you lifted it, you would see a complex world filled with unrivaled diversity. And that is what makes data recovery such a unique business.

The Diversity Of Electronic Storage.

Within the casing of some USB sticks, all MicroSD types, and some regular SD cards you can find surface mount (SMT) NAND wafers. Other flash storage drives can have NAND wafers that have legs on each side. These legs act as the connections to the circuit board (PCB). Lastly, some (when opened) have a solid circuit with no NAND chip (i.e. a monolithic or mono device). Each of these devices presents a unique challenge when data recovery is required. In fact, mono devices are some of the most complex storage types to recover files from.

NAND Wafers.

NAND flash memory chips are compact, fast, and cost effective. They can handle large amounts of data. Memory chips withstand brutal upload, download and overwriting. These monolithic storage drives are tough.

What is a NAND flash wafer? If you’re thinking of a vanilla wafer, you’re in the wrong mindset! But you know how thin and delicate the layers of a vanilla wafer are. NAND wafers, although not eatable, are also thin and delicate. These pieces of high tech equipment are why NAND memory is so compact and fast. NAND storage also makes for a data recovery challenge.

Only a few companies around the world have developed safe and effective NAND data recovery technology for accessing and reconstructing data dumps from corrupt or damaged NAND memory devices. eProvided is one of the few.

The More Complex Monolithic Storage.

Monolithic storage memory is even more intricate than NAND. Monolithic flash memory is composed of electronic components and their connections. Consequently, they are all built into a single layers semiconductor wafer. This wafer is then diced into 3D integrated circuits (ICs).

Mono memory has become increasingly popular among storage drive manufacturers. Monoliths are cheaper to produce versus traditional controller and NAND devices. Mono memory is the next big breakthrough in USB, SD card and microSD memory device technology. In the meantime it poses a challenge in the event of device damage or corruption.

Recovering data from monolithic storage is far more complex versus NAND. There is no room for error. In fact most recovery companies won’t even attempt it. Some feel the complexity and time involved outweigh arriving at a fair price for the customer.

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Access Raw Files inside Monolith Storage Based Drives

eProvided is one of the few and leading data recovery experts capable of tackling monolithic memory recovery. NAND data recovery is the key to this success. Many of the leading file recovery companies (eProvided partners) send all their cases to the eProvided labs in Las Vegas Nevada. Their cutting edge technology allows them to delve into complex memory devices. They carefully remove lost or damaged data for all customers. eProvided has the ability to access the RAW data from within the actual memory chips themselves. Their experienced hands are at your disposal for NAND flash and monolithic data recovery.

Adjusting To Ever Changing Memory Technology.

Technology constantly improves. As the information technology industry improves flash memory performance will improve. New devices that are more compact should be expected. It is imperative that data recovery specialists keep up. The creation of NAND flash and monolithic storage memory storage drives present document recovery experts with a challenge. Some companies have chosen to ignore the challenge, a few eProvided included decided to tackle it head on. As a result, you can rest assured that every effort will be spent to recovery your data. Accordingly, in the event of any damage or corruption on any storage device.

As the technology matures, you can to, regardless of what memory types you purchase in your computer store. Always remember to have a back-up plan. Back your data up regularly to a secure location. You never know when your memory device will fall victim to unforeseen accidents. Water damage, breaks or bends happen at random.

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Data recovery software risks are avoidable. According to Computer Troubleshooters, half the critical corporate data is held on laptop and desktop units. Thirty percent of companies questioned claim they have no program in place to recover data in the event of a loss. Without doubt, any firm, regardless of its size, admitting to this mistake will face consequences. In particular, if technical or human error caused the data loss.

Data recovery company professionals know how devastating a loss of vital media or documents can be. Whether you accidentally format a memory card without backing pictures or videos up to your computer, or your hard drive becomes damaged, losing data can be a problem. Likewise, it creates tension on a personal and professional level.

When this happens, you may feel tempted to try data recovery software. This may seem like a quick, easy solution. But, there are risks involved with downloading software programs.

Installing Software may Overwrite your “Lost” Data.

You realize data is missing because you’ve deleted files & emptied your recycle bin. Similarly, you might have formatted your hard drive. Afterwards, you might download and install a free data-recovery program. Believe it or not, this can make the problem worse. When you delete data or format your drive, the data itself disappears from the drive’s table of contents. Thus, it’s only temporarily overwritten. When you install a new program, it can overwrite the data already there. Especially, eliminating your most important files.

Data Recovery Software Risks and Failure to Evaluate Lost Data.

When you download software, it may help you recover data. But, it won’t evaluate your hardware and identify technical flaws. Therefore, if you lost your data once, it may happen again if the hard drive is experiencing problems. You may have corrupt firmware or modules, crashed heads, or even scratches on the platter. Thus, software cannot help with these problems. Only trained, experienced eProvided data recovery professionals can. If the device becomes badly damaged, no software will ever see the memory device at all. Therefore, it will never show up as a drive letter.

Failing Drives can Receive Increasing Damage.

When you run a data recovery utility on a damaged drive, this will, of course, make the heads attempt to read sectors which may be failing – this will create a domino effect, making the bad heads even worse: continuing damage, potentially causing irreversible destruction. Even worse, all of this will be for nothing. Recovery software can’t retrieve data on SSD drives with physical problems. Some hard drives won’t appear at all.

Software won’t scan with Reliable Accuracy.

Software scans your drive to find data thats recoverable. Therefore, it will bypass any bad sectors or even crash when it finds one. To this end, this can lead to numerous problems. For example, it makes sense that software will skip over trouble spots. All in all, it may miss vital data contained within. Also, it can take dozens of attempts before the software discerns the sector is bad. By the time it does, any damage may have already been done.

Threat of Viruses.

You’ll likely want to go for a cheaper option when searching for data recovery software. Particularly, if the data you’ve lost is more ‘lightweight’ in value. These may be documents or media you want retrieved. In addition, you won’t necessarily lose anything by not restoring them. Your budget may prevent you paying for more reputable software. Indeed, if you buy without reading any reviews or checking its reputation, you could be downloading a program loaded with malware. In other words, causing further damage.

Data recovery software risks specialists.

Regardless of the value attached to your lost data, you should contact data recovery specialists, such as those at eProvided. We’ll take a look at your hard drive, locate the source of the problem, and use various techniques to retrieve missing data. In other words, If we can’t help (rare cases), we’ll be honest, and explain why. Want to know more? No problem, give us a call toll free 1-866-587-5950!

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Many of us use USB drives to store and transfer very important data. Given their compact size, easy of use, and relative low-price, USB flash drives are a favorite for those working on computers. Everyone uses data sticks at libraries,  friend houses, or in the workplace. Provided you treat your USB drives properly, without dropping, cracking or bending them, they should provide years of performance.

Status “USB Unreadable” Are Your Files Lost Forever? Facts You Should Know.

However, in some cases, your USB drive may become unreadable, across various computers. At eProvided, we’re data recovery experts. We specialize in helping people like you access files when thought to be lost forever. USB unreadable status messages can come as a shock. One of the more common storage devices we work with are USB drives, in its different forms. To help you get the most out of yours, we’ll take a look at the following questions:

What causes USB memory sticks to become ‘unreadable’, and what can you do? There are many USB drives made, they come in different sizes and versions. No matter where you are globally, eProvided recovers from any type of storage drives.

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Possible Causes of Technical Issues Leading to Data Loss.

Whether you’re a professional photographer saving photos on a USB drive, a designer with a presentation stored on your stick, or a student writing your thesis, glitches could mean disaster. Or, at least, that’s how it seems. When computers and storage drives go wrong we panic. Having a USB unreadable status message pop up is a primordial fear. Many of us live life on such hardware (whether uploading pictures of our children to show friends, or keeping financial records in spreadsheets). Any slight glitch of our device can feel like the onset of substantial data loss.

Data recovery specialists understand that, in most cases, your data can be recovered. This may involve actually taking the USB drive apart to retrieve from the data-storage components, or something less complex. There are many techniques available for retrieving lost files.

Here are some common causes of the dreaded ‘USB unreadable’ message when you insert your USB drive:

• Improper use of your USB drive on PCs cause corruption, rendering the data unreadable.

• Roughly removing the drive from the computer, or while data is written.

• Virus infections.

• Broken file directory (MBR, essential for reading files on your flash drive).

Most people will know to exercise great care when handling their USB drive near their computer’s ports. Placing drives in too hard causes damage to both devices, removing it with too much force, at the wrong time, can be equally bad for the hardware and any files being stored. Other causes – such as malfunctioning components and viruses. These can be less obvious, leaving you confused.

What can Consumers do to Retrieve Data Safely?

Important, if your USB drive becomes physically damaged, avoid trying to fix it yourself. Attempting to piece it back together, without proper knowledge of the internal structure or the right equipment, you will cause irreparable damage, and lose your data. Get the most out of your drive. Back-up files in other locations as you save to the memory stick. Email files to yourself, this ensures you can access documents anywhere.

Once discovering problems with your flash drive, whether in the form of an ‘unreadable’ message, or it’s unrecognized altogether, take it to data recovery specialists. At eProvided, our experienced team will assess the problem and do whatever they can to retrieve your data.

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Finding the right storage devices for your business or domestic needs can be problematic, whether you’re struggling to balance cost with the amount of capacity you expect to need, or unable to decide on the right data storage array. For some people, choosing between modular and monolithic storage is incredibly difficult: each type offers its own advantages and disadvantages, and will appeal to people for various reasons. Understanding the difference between the two types can be quite a challenge, given the complexity of their design and performance, but at eProvided, we’re here to help you make sense of all things storage and data recovery – we’re going to explore the basics of modular and monolithic storage, to help you make a more informed choice.

Modular Storage

Modular storage arrays are typically based on two controllers, which are kept apart from the unit’s disks. In essence, this ensures that, if one controller experiences a failure, the second will take over from the first automatically. These are held on a shelf which runs on a separate power source to the disks. Also, they’re connected via cables (usually copper or optical). One of the key advantages of modular storage is that it’s cheaper than monolithic storage. Therefore, they can be expanded over time. You may want to start with a single controller and one housing disks. You can then add more as your needs dictate, until you reach optimum capacity.

Generally, smaller locations with low storage demands begin with low-capacity modular storage devices. This is more cost effective. Later one can expand as the budget allows and your data needs demand.

In general, modular storage is usually up to 25% cheaper than monolithic devices. These tend to offer interfaces designed for user-friendliness & easier capacity-expansion. Thus reducing the need to make calls for technical assistance.

Monolithic Storage

Unlike modular storage, monolithic is based on disks fixed into the array frame and linked to the various controllers via massive amounts of cache memory. These offer helpful redundancy features, so that any failures are immediately compensated for by another – thanks to this design, monolithic storage rarely fails.

With plenty of cache memory (shared among any linked devices), these offer greater storage capacities than modular arrays, and are typically equipped for better data-management. The more cache memory your storage device has, the faster and smoother it will run. These typically boast the better service and support of the two, and their proven disaster-recovery appeals to many businesses – you may be more willing to pay for long-term reliability (if your budget allows).

Making the Choice

Having taken a brief look at modular and monolithic storage, which is right for you and your needs? The choice, of course, is down to you – cost will certainly be a factor, and easy-expansion may be a priority, too. Depending on the size of your business or department, you may find that modular storage is the best all-round choice for its cost-effectiveness and user-friendly design; on the other hand, the additional cache memory and reliability monolithic options offer may just swing it for you. There is no right or wrong answer – just weigh up the pros and cons of each and compare these to your business needs.

At eProvided, we offer data recovery across all devices, regardless of its construction. With more than fifteen years in business and a team of experienced experts, we use the latest techniques to retrieve your vital lost data – whether you fear your favourite images have been overwritten or damaged for good or your hard drive appears to have shut down or broken, We’re here to help. Just give us a call 1-866–857–5950, or email  us.

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Flash Drive File Corruption Causes.

Cloud storage is a popular option for businesses today. Flash drives continue to play a vital role in day-to-day business. In addition, these are cost-effective and convenient to store & carry.  Furthermore, many come with varying capacities. Flash drives are useful to have around the office. There are various types of USB flash drives available on the market. USB sticks and SD memory cards are used with cameras and tablets. Flash drive file corruption can be avoided. Physically broken USB sticks are serviced daily. Let’s discuss what methods and best practices can be applied.

Whether holding documents or media, flash drives are an essential method of storing and transferring data. However, flash drives can prove problematic. For example, technical and physical flaws will cause flash drive file corruption. Cracked casings or failure to be recognized by a computer occur. Failures lead to data loss. In addition, flash drive corruption prevents access to the work you need. File corruption is one such issue. When there’s no way to retrieve the data you need, frustration rises.

eProvided has an expert team boasting the knowledge and the experience to retrieve the data you need from your corrupted flash drive. Below, we take a look at the causes for such corruption, and how it can best avoided.

NAND Write/Erase Cycles.

Rechargeable batteries can lose power after being reused again and again. Likewise, a NAND flash drive can experience problems if used heavily. For example, after thousands of write/erase cycles, flash drives may begin to struggle with retaining data. Likewise, your files are likely to be stored incorrectly. Your flash drive might not save the files correctly every time.

You should change your drives after years of extensive use. But what if you don’t realize just how much use they’ve gone through? You may try to save important files, which are corrupted during the process. Likewise, you may fail to realize this until you access the data at a later date. At this point it’s likely you already erased it from the original device. Concurrently, you have no way to view your files now.

Environmental Factors.

This may seem like an unlikely cause of file corruption. Condensation, due to high temperatures or humidity, may damage the USB drive circuit board. Humidity and moisture corrodes the USB circuits and contacts. To avoid this, you should keep your flash drives in a cool, dry place, and never let it become exposed to water, or worse, salt water.

Incorrect USB Flash Drive Removal.

Incorrectly removing a USB flash drive without preparing it for disconnection is not advised. This is an easy mistake to make. In fact, it will cause damage to files, and render them inaccessible. The item itself may need disassembling to recover data. Swapping broken USB components is common. Therefore it’s important to click the option ‘remove storage device’ before unplugging the USB drive from your PC.

Flash Drive File Corruption. Tips for Avoiding Data Loss.

At eProvided, we understand just how frustrating and upsetting data loss can be. Whether you feel you’ve wiped a set of beloved family pictures for good, or caused an important document to vanish, we’re dedicated to helping you recover the data. No matter how complicated the techniques may be, we get your data back.

To ensure you get the best use from your flash drives, and to avoid data loss wherever possible, we’ve provided the below tips:

• Backup wherever possible – this may sound obvious, but many people become complacent when using flash drives, and forget to save files elsewhere. This may mean creating multiple copies on your hard drive, uploading to the cloud, or saving the files as drafts in your email account.
• Take care when carrying your flash drives – whether you prefer to keep drives in your pocket when taking them from one place to another, or you zip them into your bag, always make sure they’re safe and secure. Not only could you accidentally drop them or allow heavy items to push up against them, you could even cause them to overheat in certain climates.
• Pay attention to storage capacities – never overload your flash drives; as powerful as NAND systems are, there is only so much space available.
• Switch between drives – try to alternate between two or more drives frequently, to ensure you don’t wear one out in a short time, without realizing.

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At eProvided, our professional file recovery team has encountered all kinds of damaged devices. Examples include smartphone salt water damage. And thus, we use every technique and tool available to retrieve your lost data. A common problem with smartphones is failure after exposure to salt water or fresh water. In particular, spilling a drink over your cell phone, or maybe you dropped your smartphone in the toilet. To illustrate, if immersed in salt water, serious harm to the internal components will take place.

Smartphone salt water damage.

In particular, salt water is very detrimental, due to the build-up of sodium and oxidation. You should keep your smartphone bagged or on shore altogether when near the sea. Damage to smart phones is common once submerged in salt water.

To this end, our team has great experience in recovering data from smart phones or cell phones. Storage devices affected by salt water damage, even if immersed for two months have a chance at file recovery! Consequently, make sure your cell phone or storage device continues to perform at its best after exposure to salt water. eProvided has created a list of tips in case your phone becomes corrupted or won’t boot. Follow these smartphone tips closely if you want a chance at saving your lost data. Here’s some tips.

Leave smart phone turned off.

Whatever you do, leave your phone switched off – if you turn it on, you can cause it to short circuit … and damage it beyond repair. Remove the battery and the SIM card, and try to keep the handset as still as possible (the more you move it, the more likely moisture will seep from one area to another).

Remove smartphone from water ASAP.

This is an obvious tip, but don’t underestimate its value. Don’t sit and watch your phone soak. Extract the phone from water as quickly as you can. Also, as safely as you can. You should never endanger yourself, or others to reach it. Therefore, you need to think fast to remove it.

Freshwater cell phone damage, salt water file corruption?

Salt water damaged smartphones corrode faster, ship to eProvided.

Fresh water inside your smartphone is not the same as salt water. Salt water is much more damaging to the circuits inside your phone. Corrosion to the NAND chips, controller circuits and connections become extreme.

Soak your phone in fresh water.

Dropped your phone in salt water? Okay – don’t panic. As salt is known to corrode the internal components, drop your phone into fresh water to wash the salt away. How long should you do this for? That can vary. The longer your device was exposed to salt water, the longer the rinse should be. If your phone was not in water long you might not need to soak it at all.

Grab a soft cloth, start wiping.

Use a soft cloth (or tissue paper) and dry any excess moisture inside the phone. Move the tissue carefully, be gentle. Avoid letting lint or strips of tissue remain inside your smartphone after drying.

Dig out the bag of rice.

Place your phone and its battery into an airtight container, and fill it with dried rice – this will absorb all excess moisture. A Tupperware box will work, provided it’s big enough, while jars or sealable plastic bags make good alternatives. When phones have been exposed to fresh water, leave it in the rice for 24 hours; when it’s been for a soak in salt water, try 48 hours.

Putting it all back together.

Insert the battery and the SIM card back into your phone, then switch it on. Careful, don’t plug it in just yet. Now, if the phone still fails, put it back in the rice. Leave your water damaged smart phone for another 24 hours in the rice. If it still won’t work, then you need to get the handset recovered by data recovery professionals. Call us at eProvided.

Smartphone salt water damage professionals.

Worried about losing your data after your phone gets wet? Bring it to us – we’ll retrieve your media and files from your handset and/or memory card. We know how much of your life is stored on your phone (we do it too!) and how upsetting it can be to think it’s all gone. Call us on 1-866-857-5950 to learn more now!

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Making a film – no matter how long or short, no matter its budget – is a long, difficult process. To make sure you get the best results, you need to combine your knowledge and skills with the best equipment you can get your hands on. As you shoot your film, you need to ensure all of your footage is stored safely – luckily, in this digital age, you now have more options to back-up your work and keep it secure than ever. Back in the days of VHS, making your own film meant carrying a bulky camera, and needing two VCRs to transfer from one tape to another – now, you can transfer data in just a few clicks.

At eProvided, we know storage devices. As data recovery specialists, we’ve seen just how devastated people can be when they believe they’ve lost valuable data – especially if months of recording and editing appear to have vanished for good. In this blog, we take a look at the range of digital video storage options for your film, to make sure your hard work stays as safe as possible.

Using External Hard Drives.

While you may think just storing your footage on your desktop PC or laptop’s hard drive may be enough, you do run a risk of losing this data should the computer sustain substantial damage – it’s always worth backing up your footage to another drive. Multiple types of external drives are available, offering robust, reliable extra storage – choosing the right one for your needs and budget is key.

Some external drives are portable – ideal for backing-up in the field. Once you’re done with the day’s shooting, simply hook the drive up to your laptop and transfer the files over – nice and easy. This way, if something happens to your camera or internal hard drive, you know the day’s work is still safe.

Which External Drives are Best for you?

Depending on your budget and filmmaking needs, choosing the right external drive for your project may seem difficult, but we’ve taken a look at the range available to provide a pick of the top options below.

Seagate Backup Plus Desktop.

This is a great drive, designed for fast, robust backup storage, with a fast USB 3.0 interface, and an amazing 5TB capacity. At 4.6in wide and 7.2in high, this may not be the smallest or most lightweight hard drive, but it offers more space than you’ll likely ever need, as well as great transfer speeds.

LaCie 5big Thunderbolt.

This is an incredible external hard drive, with a high-performance Thunderbolt cable and support for RAID 1 and RAID 0, but is only compatible with Macs. This also offers 10TB capacity, which – while not as much as the previous model – is still an exceptional amount of space, more than enough for your current project. This is pretty expensive, but well worth the cost.

The WD My Book Duo.

For storing your video footage, this is one of the only desktop external drives to feature an in-built USB hub with two USB 3.0 ports. Thanks to its RAID hardware, internal drives can be replaced easily, to boost capacity. Various options are available, at budget-friendly prices to suit the amount of backup space you need.

LaCie Christofle Sphere.

This is a gorgeous piece of tech, which you may not even believe is a humble external drive. With a stunning silver finish, this has a fast USB 3.0 performance, this offers just 1TB of space – this may pale in comparison to some other capacities, but this will suit most filmmakers working on a small number of short projects at a time. Thanks to its compact build, it can easily be transported from one place to another when you need to backup away from base.

Whichever external hard drive you choose, trust eProvided to help you recover any lost data in an emergency. No matter how bad the damage, no matter what type of storage device, no matter how hopeless you think retrieving your files is, our experts will be able to help.

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Flash memory devices use NAND wafers. They are fast and non volatile.

Time will tell. The hype over the future of NAND technology, worth the fuss? NAND is non-volatile memory we use in today’s cameras and other flash media devices. It’s also used in a fast growing number of computers as a hard drive. What’s the meaning of non-volatile? It means the device will perform memory retention inside the NAND flash card even when the power is off. Power failures or logical corruption can lead to the need for flash memory recovery solutions.

NAND memory technology is getting smaller and smaller. Its capacity to hold memory and its long life have given this technology a boost. We use this technology in two ways. There is SLC and MLC flash. Both are initials for single and multi level cells.  The technology spreads the memory out over the cells in an even distribution. The distribution of memory allows for better performance and faster read write cycles. Flash media powers the devices that we use everyday. Have a broken or bent tip on a USB flash drive? More information: Recover documents from NAND storage drives.

NAND Flash Technology Uses Efficiency To Lower Market Price.

Flash technology, which got its name from the speed in which it works comes in two forms. NOR is the more sure footed type that quickly records memory sequentially. NAND on the other hand is a much more affordable sequential reader and writer of memory. NAND flash chips can store more data on less space by spreading it out, over sequential cells. Spreading out the data makes it better suited in the storage of mass data than NOR. NAND has rewritten the price rules. It’s much more affordable with its multi level cell upgrade.

Flash Memory Lifetime, what About Endurance?

Read, write and erase, what are the speeds? How long will my NAND flash memory last before it breaks? When can a user erase the re-writable cells in NAND Flash? The manufactures say, if used daily, an average lifetime is between 10,000 erase and rewrites cycles. Furthermore, experts believe this number is lower. The makers of flash based memory chip are estimating users actually erase and rewrite less often. Is the average user only using a quarter to half the memory at a time? Are users filling the flash card to capacity? Manufacturers argue, the even distribution makes it a mute point.

Understanding NAND Flash. First Understand how Components Operate.

• The need for flash memory recovery results from defects in logical or hardware failure.
• A bit is a basic unit of information.
• It takes eight regular bits to make a single byte. In addition, each single cell consists of transistor memory.
• One must read and understand the information on a single bit. Furthermore, there must be a logical method to define it.
• There are two and only two things that the bit understands, the numbers o, and 1.
• Single Level Cells only hold a single bit (SLC – NAND Flash). This being the old school design of what makes NAND. It’s costly to use the old “one-bit to one-cell” method of storing and reading memory.
• NAND is a logic-gate technology. So that, it’s the DNA of digital circuits. It is only logical that it can read the bit by answering its presentation of zero, with a one.
• As a single level cell, NAND Flash is as efficient as it can ever be. And, the technology has improved with MLC NAND Flash or multi level cells.

Multi Level Cells Hold More Bits.

In MLC NAND Flash, cells hold 2, 3, and 4 bits of information. This multi level cell flash increased efficiency, ensuing price drops. NAND Flash technology is used in Solid State Drives instead of traditional hard drives or standard hard discs. SSD technology is moving forward as it has no moving parts. SSDs can be used in a variety of devices. Solid state drives absorb shock and outdo traditional hard disks with moving parts. Moving parts on HDDs break easily. Recovery from flash memory devices is successful with SSD drives and any type of flash storage devices.

Flash Memory Talks the Talk But Can it Walk the Walk?

For a while there companies came out with new ideas of what NAND is and where this flash memory technology was going. All this hype is beginning to fade in 2015. The new whispers are of PCM (Phase Change memory), MRAM (Magneto resistive RAM) and RRAM (Resistive RAM). Has SLC and MLC NAND Flash technology seen its day in the sun? No, not by a long shot. Furthermore, manufacturers continue producing new products and technology. Of course, in having NAND Flash we have a winner. NAND Flash Technology will be around for another fifteen years. For information on NAND data recovery, click here!

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Flash Drive Failure Commonalities.

As handy and as easy to use as they are, flash drives enjoy great popularity. However, it’s all too easy to have lost files when your flash drive is broken or inoperative. Flash drive failure can come at inopportune times. Maybe finals week, you might have a thesis due, etc. The following lists the four most common reasons for USB flash drive failure. Take a moment to think about how each of the four reasons can lead to preventative care, of your flash drive, to prevent failure. SSD drives, USB drives and various other storage today uses flash memory.

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Broken Flash Drive USB Connectors.

This is the most common type of flash drive damage. Since the drive is normally sticking out of the front or side of your PC or laptop, it is easy to accidentally bend the connector. Sometimes it will snap the USB connector completely off. Your USB port consists of 4 main data and power lines. When damages happen it is essential to unplug the flash drive. Do not plug it in to any computer until it’s repaired.

Find an established company so that the data can be recovered. Power flows through the USB connector port, the possibility always exists that a short circuit can cause power to flow across components or data connections. By plugging it back in when damaged, you could destroy the drive and all of the data on it. Power surges destroy vital fuses on the printed circuit board (PCB). You can also destroy the PC motherboard. The single most common failure is bad workmanship. This leads to memory sticks that suddenly stop working. Yes, we know. It comes with no warning, so bookmark our website.

Photo Damaged Flash Drive.

Below is a photo of a typical bend and break of a USB drive. Based on NAND flash memory, USB flash drives are small data storage devices. In this photo you see the controller chip, furthermore this chip is square in shape and tells the device how to communicate with the device it’s plugged into. Think of it as a chip that is a translator of two languages such as French to English. In this case the stored data on the NAND wafer is Mr. French and the PC it will be plugged into is Mr. English. The square controller allows the data to be understood exactly on both sides by Mr. French and Mr. English. When this chip stops working, due to overheating etc. the data is scrambled and non-functional.

Failure to USB Flash Drive, Broken USB Port.

NAND Flash Memory Wafers Become Dislodged.

Surface mount NAND wafers reside on these flash storage drives. eProvided has seen cases where excessive heat causes the surface mount NAND chips to fall off the PCB. These flash devices and the printed surface boards (PCB) are sensitive. Dislodged NAND wafers are very difficult to recover files from. You need expensive equipment and years of knowledge.

Some do-it-yourselfers might try their hand at soldering the connector back on themselves. However, the circuit board might have also been damaged and there might not be a good connection to solder it back together. If there is essential data on the drive, a professional can repair or rebuild the drive, allowing access to the memory chip and getting back the lost data. eProvided receives many drives where users attempted to get the data of the damaged drives themselves. Usually this type of attempt fails for the do-it-yourselfer. Strangely enough, the more one fiddles with tiny connections the more likely the data will not be retrievable.

Failed Flash Drive Components.

There are many small components inside a flash drive, and any one of them can fail. Micro-controllers, resistors and capacitors can burn out and need replacement. A professional might have spare parts on hand, or can use an identical flash drive as a source of parts to repair your drive and retrieve the data. eProvided is one such company that has accumulated over 25,000 different flash drives. The most common components to fail are the controller wafer. This resides on the PCB, it’s is almost always square. Next, the NAND wafers are almost always rectangular. They are a surface mount product or have legs that connect to the board. The legs usually total 48 or 52. These NAND wafer legs connect directly to the printed surface board. USB drive recovery solutions are available, call eProvided with any questions.

An important note: repairs may be sufficient for a data recovery firm to extract all your data. The final device is not the same as the original manufacturing process. Although the essential data can be recovered by a professional data recovery company, the drive should not be used. In conclusion, It will fail, soon.

Flash Drive File System Corruption.

Removing a flash drive that is still in the process of transferring files can permanently destroy your files. Therefore, flash media suffering power surges, computer viruses or other problems can all cause file system corruption. The damaged data is corrupted on the master boot record. eProvided will rebuild by hand on specialized machines the MBR. When damage occurs professional storage recovery firms have an advanced variety of system tools. Repairing and recovering lost data is a seamless but time intensive process. This is very difficult. It is best to use the safety features on your computer to remove flash drives.

Since any of these problems can strike at the most inopportune time, it’s good to keep backups of all the data on your flash drives. However, in case disaster does strike, a professional at flash drive recovery may be able to safely recover your data. Corruption to your USB flash drive file system is solved every day at our labs. We use Dropbox to deliver and store your files after a success recovering your documents. We will help you understand the benefits of reaching out to a company like us. For this reason send us a message.

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