| When data recovery companies boast of being able | | | | with the use of the company's patent pending FloSafe |
| to retrieve data from all kinds of damage, they had | | | | Vents. A fire-resistant insulation formulation and a steel |
| better be sure that they can back up their claims. The | | | | hard drive outer casing bolster the vents' fire |
| reason: people like PC Magazine executive editor, | | | | resistance. |
| Jeremy Kaplan, will test their reputations by subjecting | | | | Protection from floods, water splashing, and other |
| hard drives to assorted dangers, such as campfires. | | | | water related disasters comes in the form of a |
| Having successfully barbecued his Western Digital | | | | waterproofing compound that surrounds the hard drive |
| hard drive to little more than a cinder, Kaplan posted it | | | | in an impenetrable environment. The safety of hard |
| to a recovery company of great repute. If he hoped to | | | | drives has been successfully tested in both salt and |
| stump the company and demonstrate the | | | | fresh water for a period of 30 days. |
| consequences of unsubstantiated advertising, he was | | | | In addition to being fire and water resistant, the drives |
| sorely disappointed. Despite the melted circuitry and | | | | have been designed to withstand the collapse of a |
| IDE interface, missing IDE pins, damaged head, and | | | | three-storey building. The drive is placed inside a |
| platters buried beneath dust and ash, 100% of the data | | | | specially constructed steel box and 75lbs of one-inch |
| was recovered. | | | | thick fire resistant and crush resistant insulation. The |
| The supposed challenge slotted perfectly into a routine | | | | entire box is protected by Hard Drive Shock Absorber |
| day for the recovery specialists. In fact, they consider | | | | Strips. |
| information retrieval from drives damaged by fire to be | | | | In addition to protecting your data from natural |
| one of the easier aspects of their job. Some of their | | | | disasters, the drive provides security from e-vandals |
| more challenging retrievals have involved working on a | | | | and viruses, and a stealth storage feature that enables |
| disk that had been at the bottom of a lake for three | | | | you to hide particularly valuable information. |
| months, and piecing together a laptop drive that had | | | | The ability to protect, save and recover data has |
| been viciously attacked by a pair of pliers. Bullet holes | | | | improved exponentially over the last year or so. |
| and wine spills are all in a day's work for this recovery | | | | Hazards that would previously have resulted in |
| company. | | | | irreparable damage and data loss can now be faced |
| Some hard drive manufacturers have taken the | | | | with near impunity. If your hard drives are still vulnerable |
| technology of data drives to new safety levels by | | | | to fire, water, and the occasional building collapse, you |
| making them fireproof, water-proof, and able to | | | | should ask yourself why. The current data and |
| withstand the shock of a building collapsing. | | | | protection technologies are designed to offer welcome |
| The drives are guaranteed for the exposure of fires | | | | peace of mind. |
| up to 538 degrees Celsius for a period of one hour | | | | |