Data Recovery Newsletters - May 2008

Hard Drive Recovered from Columbia Shuttle Disaster Leads to Research Breakthrough

Six months after the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded, killing seven astronauts, NASA located a hard drive in a dried-up Texas lake bed that contained a portion of a xenon research project that was part of the mission. NASA sent the drive to Kroll Ontrack where data recovery engineers were able to recover 99% of the data despite extreme damage to the drive.

This Spring, scientists were able to complete their xenon research project, which studied how xenon gas flows in a zero gravity environment. The successful completion was disclosed in the April issue of Physical Review E and has led to renewed interest in the process Ontrack Data Recovery engineers used to recover the data.

The Associated Press interviewed Ontrack Data Recovery Engineer Jon Edwards to discuss the details of this remarkable recovery. Read the full story

Protect Your Data and the Environment When Disposing Storage Media

What do you do with hard drives that reach the end of their lifecycle and are ready for disposal? Do you send them to an electronics recycling center? Toss them in a storage room and deal with them later? What do you do with the data stored on these drives?

To dispose of hard drives in a way that protects your organization, your employees and the environment, follow two simple steps. First, remove all traces of data from the drives using a secure, proven method of data erasure. Then, ensure that the drives are disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner.

For a simple solution that meets both of these criteria Kroll Ontrack now offers both data erasing software and services, as well as a media disposal service where parts may be reused for future data recoveries. Read more about media erasure and disposal

Kroll Ontrack Expands Asia-Pacific Data Recovery Operations

The Asia-Pacific region continues to be one of the world's fastest growing areas for business and technology expansion. To support the growing need for professional data recovery services, Kroll Ontrack has recently opened new data recovery facilities in Hong Kong and Singapore.

The new Singapore and Hong Kong offices are equipped to provide data recovery and computer forensics solutions through their in-lab and cleanroom services, remote service, on-site service, and do-it-yourself software. With these recent additions, Kroll Ontrack now operates 32 data recovery offices worldwide in 22 different countries. Read the full story