DriveSavers Data Recovery has announced the formation of a research and development team dedicated to overcome the challenges of SSD data recovery. DriveSavers first began working with solid-state storage technology around the time when SmartMedia cards were introduced with some of the first digital cameras back in 1995. Since that time, DriveSavers has researched and developed unique techniques for SSD and NAND flash recoveries, in addition to partnering with SSD manufacturers such as Samsung and SandForce.
DriveSavers Data Recovery has announced the formation of a research and development team dedicated to overcome the challenges of SSD data recovery. DriveSavers first began working with solid-state storage technology around the time when SmartMedia cards were introduced with some of the first digital cameras back in 1995. Since that time, DriveSavers has researched and developed unique techniques for SSD and NAND flash recoveries, in addition to partnering with SSD manufacturers such as Samsung and SandForce.
Manufacturers of storage devices currently use non-volatile flash memory for USB drives, camera cards, SSDs, iPhones and iPads. Unlike many other types of memory chips (e.g. DRAM or SRAM), flash memory does not require power to retain the data it stores. In addition, SSDs have no moving parts, which eliminate problems that typical hard drives that employ flying read/write heads such as: head crashes, motors failures and damaged head stacks.
Though there are many benefits of SSDs, its technology is still relatively new and data failures do occur. SSDs are vulnerable to issues such as bad chips, directory corruption, virus attacks, accidental file deletion, impact damage, electrical spikes, and fire or water damage.
Data recovery on HDDs, which store data on a spinning magnetic media, involve restructuring the data by examining the low-level data sectors and determining what fixes to file system structures are needed to gain access to the logical data. Though different brands and models of HDDs have different architectures, they have a lot of similarities making it much easier to find professionals who are experienced in HDD data recovery.
Data recovery on an SSD, on the other hand, can be challenging for numerous reasons. Data is stored across multiple memory chips, which is similar a RAID 0 configuration. The controller inside the SSD determines how and where the data is written on the flash media through complex and proprietary algorithms. In addition, many SSDs are self-encrypting. To successfully recover data on an SSD, professionals must understand the controller’s technology and be able to access all the NAND chips on the drive, which makes DriveSavers’ “one-of-a-kind solutions” often needed.
