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WD SMR drives: How to Access Data If a Second-Level Translator is Damaged.

Posted on 05/08/2020 by ACELab team

Hello friends! These days we all very often face modern SMR drives. From this article, you will find out what they actually are, what the difference between SMR and PMR drives is, how to bypass issues in SMR drives and … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Data Extractor RAID Edition. Smart and Easy Method To Recover Data from BtrFS File System

Posted on 02/25/2020 by ACELab team

Hello Everyone! BtrFS is not just an advanced file system. It’s a standard file system with a RAID configuration combined. Data recovery from BtrFS is a difficult but interesting process.  And with Data Extractor RAID Edition, you can forget about … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Portable III: Great Tool! The NVMe Support! What Else Is Good?

Posted on 02/17/2020 by ACELab team

The PC-3000 Portable III perked up the world of data recovery! It’s been several weeks since we’ve launched our new product. In that time, we’ve received a ton of questions, seen a good share of discussions, and took notice of … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Flash. Block Number Type 1. The Extended Mode

Posted on 01/07/2020 by ACELab team

Hello Friends! As you may already know, the Block Number building method has the Extended Mode. In this article, we’ll overview how it works on a real-life example.

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3 Ways to Find the Lost Partitions

Posted on 12/10/2019 by ACELab team

People who ask for data recovery services often request to recover data from a “lost” partition. The reasons for such loss can vary a lot: drive malfunctions, unsuccessful attempts to disk space allocation, viruses, etc.  Today we will try to … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Flash. The Translator Algorithm for SanDisk 4K (8sec) Flash Drives

Posted on 10/08/2019 by ACELab team

Hello friends, Recently, ACE Lab has announced a new translator building algorithm for SanDisk Flash drives. The new feature is now available for all authorized technical support users. To use this function, please download the PC-3000 Flash software Ver. 7.3.7. … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Flash. Virtual Image Based on the File System

Posted on 10/08/2019 by ACELab team

Hello friends,  When working on a flash case, the image building is usually a final step of recovery. After all preparations were applied, we are ready to get the File System with a complete folder structure. Usually, to sort blocks … Continue reading →

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Making Complex Issues Simple: A Unique Method to Extract Data from RAID with Lost Configuration

Posted on 08/01/2019 by ACELab team

Hello everyone! Today we would like to talk about RAID arrays with lost configuration and how to extract data from them. This article will be useful to both digital forensics experts and data recovery engineers. Let’s start with understanding what … Continue reading →

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Easy Way to Find Donor Parts for Your Patient Drives

Posted on 03/26/2019 by ACELab team

To recover data from damaged drives, it’s often necessary to use donor PCB or/and donor heads on the patient drive. But where and how do you get such donor drives? The easiest way is to use the “Search donor drives” … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Western Digital repair. How to Fix a Used Drive and Hide Bad Areas in Defect Lists.

Posted on 03/18/2019 by ACELab team

We keep receiving requests about how to restore the drives with bad areas in order to use them in the future. In this article, we are going to review the restoration process of WD Marvell drive which worked in DVR … Continue reading →

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