Used by NASA · the FBI · the U.S. Navy · Since 1999
Top 5 Quotes from Bruce Cullen
- No Data, No Data Recovery Fee
- 27+ years of recovery experience
- Every device, every brand
- Free evaluation, no obligation
What Is Bruce Cullen’s Top Advice on Data Recovery?
Keep every important file in more than one place. Bruce Cullen, who founded eProvided in 1999, adds four more rules: buy highly recommended drives, choose faster storage, use RAID and SSDs on a PC, and pick a waterproof phone. When a drive fails, stop writing new data to it.
“Learn to use backup systems so that files are located in more than one place.” — Bruce Cullen, founder, eProvided
As the owner and founder of eProvided data recovery service, Bruce understands the importance of accessing your critical files. He has worked in the field of data recovery for more than 27 years, and he has some top-notch advice for everyone who uses data storage devices.
What Does Bruce Cullen Say About Data Recovery?
Bruce Cullen, founder of eProvided, emphasizes that data recovery starts with stopping: do not write new data to a failed drive. He built eProvided on the principle that no client should pay if their data cannot be recovered, which became the firm’s guarantee: No Data, No Data Recovery Fee, in place since 1999. Bruce’s philosophy is built into every case on eProvided’s data recovery services page.
- What Bruce Cullen Says About Recovery
- 1. Keep Files in More Than One Place
- 2. Buy Highly Recommended Drives
- 3. Drive Speed Is Crucial
- 4. RAID and SSD Drives on a PC
- 5. Choose a Waterproof Phone
- The Five Quotes at a Glance
- What Our Customers Say
- Frequently Asked Questions
- When the Advice Comes Too Late
- Related Recovery Services
1. “Learn to use backup systems so that files are located in more than one place.”
USB flash drive recovery services or MicroSD card recovery services are needed if these devices become broken or damaged with little to no warning. What works perfectly today may not tomorrow, which is why backing up your data is so important. Don’t just back up data on the same storage device. Instead, create a copy and move it to a secondary device. Chances are both devices won’t experience issues at the same time.
Regularly backing up your data will save you time and at least some of the headache of data loss. It can limit the amount of data lost to device damage or file corruption, meaning that if data recovery cannot bring back the lost data, you haven’t lost much. A simple routine works: keep one copy on the computer, a second on an external drive, and a third somewhere else, such as a cloud account or a drive kept at another address. Set the backup to run on a schedule rather than when you remember. Then, once a month, open a few files from the backup to confirm they really copy back. A backup that has never been tested is a guess, not a safety net.
2. “Purchase drives that are highly recommended, many hard drives today are poorly manufactured.”
Devices are in such high demand today that they are produced in bulk. As a result, it is not uncommon for manufacturing standards to slip and device quality to decline. Your best bet is to live by customer reviews. Which devices come highly recommended? Many of these devices may be the same size, but similar drives can be twice as fast at the same cost per GB. Invest in those.
3. “Drive speed is crucial, newer USB or flash memory storage devices are built for faster data transfer speeds.”
Get faster memory sticks so files move quickly enough; this prevents failed file transfers and data loss. Speed really does matter. When it comes to technology, it’s the hare that wins the race over the tortoise. Newer devices have faster speeds compared to older ones. The faster the data transfer, the less chance there is of a file mishap or data corruption.
What’s the takeaway? Don’t be afraid of newer, faster storage technology. Embrace it!
4. “About PC based systems. What RAID means, buy SSD drives for lightning fast drive speeds.”
Your PC will operate in most cases 300% faster. No, we’re not talking about ant spray. When RAID first came on the technology scene, it stood for “redundant array of inexpensive disks.” Today, “inexpensive” has been swapped out for “independent.”
In its simplest terms, RAID is a virtualization technology made to combine multiple disk drive components into a logical unit that improves performance. When combined with SSDs, or solid-state drives, you reap the rewards of unbelievably fast drive speeds. As pointed out earlier, faster speeds mean fewer data mishaps when transferring files from one device to another.
5. “Consumers store data on cell phones. Cell phones that are waterproof like the Samsung Galaxy are a better choice.”
It’s a fact. We take our cell phones everywhere. They are the one Internet-housing, camera-toting, e-mail-checking storage device that runs nearly our entire lives. We save everything from family snapshots to downloaded e-mail attachments. Some of us even run apps in which we create entire documents that we then store and transfer to a tablet or PC. If you stop and think about how much data is held in your phone, you’ll likely realize there is a great amount you would hate to lose.
Protecting your cell phone from mishaps is vital. While a case can go a long way toward protecting the phone from drops and impacts, it doesn’t do much against technology’s archenemy: water. A waterproof phone just might be the best investment you ever make.
The Five Quotes at a Glance
| Bruce Cullen’s Five Rules, in Short | |
|---|---|
| Rule | Why It Matters |
| Back up to a second device | Two devices rarely fail at the same time |
| Buy highly recommended drives | Bulk production lets quality slip; reviews show which drives hold up |
| Choose faster storage | A faster transfer leaves less time for a mishap or corruption |
| Use RAID and SSDs on a PC | Faster drive speeds and fewer transfer mishaps |
| Pick a waterproof phone | A case stops drops, not water |
Meet more of the people behind the work in our spotlight on eProvided’s data recovery professionals.
Recovery Services for Every Storage Device Class
When a backup comes too late, the lab handles every class of storage: SSD data recovery for NVMe and SATA drives, memory card data recovery for SD and CompactFlash, professional hard drive data recovery for mechanical and logical failures, and NAND flash chip-off recovery for BGA, TSOP and monolith packages. Browse all data recovery services →
What Our Customers Say
Frequently Asked Questions
When the Advice Comes Too Late
No backup, and the only copy is on a device that failed? Stop using it and send it to the lab Bruce built. The evaluation is free.
Start My Free Evaluationor call (866) 857-5950
Related Recovery Services
When the advice comes too late, these services pick up the case: