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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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PC-3000 HDD. A Drive in Disguise

Posted on 12/07/2018 by ACELab team

Hello friends! It’s often easy to get deceived by the manufacturer’s labels on HDDs and choose a wrong utility. In this article we show you some cases and help you to choose the correct utility for Hard Disk Drives.

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PC-3000 HDD. Seagate F3. How to Write System Files to Non-System Heads.

Posted on 11/12/2018 by ACELab team

Hello friends! We all know how to handle drives with bad modules or system files in the Service Area: fix them by writing good modules in place of bad ones. In the case of Western Digital drives, if the original … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Data Extractor. Practical advices and Settings Menu Dive In

Posted on 10/12/2018 by ACELab team

Hello Friends! Data Extractor utility is a very powerful and flexible tool for data recovery. It has a lot of cool settings that make the imaging process easy and customizable. In this article, we would like to talk about every option … Continue reading →

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