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PC-3000 SAS. How to Сhange FW, Model, and Vendor with the “Download microcode” Feature.

Posted on 06/25/2020 by ACELab team

Hello Friends! As we know, SAS drives are mostly used in special NAS systems. These server systems are configured to work with particular special drives, and if any SAS drive gets damaged, the NAS system will not work with another … Continue reading →

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PC-3000. The “Active utility” option

Posted on 05/15/2020 by ACELab team

Hello, friends! As you already know, the PC-3000 has an “Active utility” option.  So today we will show you how and when to use it.

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PC-3000 Portable III SSD System. How to Recover Data and Evidence from NVMe Drives. Silicon Motion Family (SM2260, SM2263XT, HPH8068).

Posted on 03/17/2020 by ACELab team

The NVMe Solid State Drives are becoming more and more popular nowadays. According to IDC statistics, the PCIe SSD market share will grow to a 61,4% in 2020. At the same time, the SSDs based on the M.2. PCIe NVMe … 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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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 SSD. Sandisk Ultra II, SSD Plus and WD Blue (Marvell CPU)

Posted on 10/17/2019 by ACELab team

Hello friends! Marvell-based controllers are amongst the most complex in the data recovery field. The thing is Marvell company produces only controllers with templates of drive PCB design, basic (default factory) firmware and recommendations on how the SSD should work. … 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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PC-3000 Data Extractor. APFS. Part 1

Posted on 06/04/2019 by ACELab team

Hello friends, As you well know file systems play a crucial role in data recovery. And there were a lot of them developed during the past 30-40 years. Some file systems are specific to a particular operating system. For example, … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Data Extractor RAID Edition. Case Study: Surprise from the Apple Company

Posted on 04/02/2019 by ACELab team

Hi everyone, How often do you use Data Extractor RAID Edition to recover data from RAID arrays? How often do you use statistics to define the configuration and recover data from this configuration? We won’t dig too much into the … Continue reading →

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How to Correctly Save Data from Time Machine on HFS+ Partition

Posted on 02/22/2019 by ACELab team

Time Machine is the standard backup software application in macOS. Time Machine makes hourly backups of the last 24 hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly backups for everything older than a month. It makes backups until the … Continue reading →

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