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Data Recovery & Solid State

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oops-sorry-you're-screwed dept.

theoverlay writes "With all of the recent hype about solid-state drives in both consumer applications and enterprise environments I have a real concern about data recovery on these devices. I know there are services for flash memory restoration but has anyone been involved in data restoration projects on ssd drives? What are the limits and circumstances that have surfaced so far? What tools will law enforcement and government use to retrieve data for investigations and the like?"

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  1. Re:Ram and Nand by tripwirecc · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh god, Gutmanns bullshit still circulating?

  2. Re:Honk! Honk! by Alex+Belits · · Score: 1, Troll

    that had been reformatted (full format, not quick) and re-installed. The particular sequence of apps and methods I used enabled me to recover almost all the important docs on the machine minus a handful of unrecoverable files in the physically failed sectors.


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