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I have lots of different hard drives everyone brings me.<br />
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Most of the time I can use <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B002OV1VJW" rel="ugc">http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B002OV1VJW</a>&nbsp;to fix the issue, but sometimes that does not work.<br />
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What hardware / software TOOLS do you recommend ?
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I have lots of different hard drives everyone brings me.

Most of the time I can use http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B002OV1VJW to fix the issue, but sometimes that does not work.

What hardware / software TOOLS do you recommend ?

hard drive recovery -- hardware / software TOOLS ?

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.

Storage Hardware

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

Disaster Recovery is the planning for and creation of policies and procedures related to the resumption or continuation of an organization's functions following a catastrophic event. The term is most frequently used in relation to failure of networks, but DR preparations also include other business systems and personnel considerations.