Top 10 data destruction disasters
News Ontrack Data Recovery unveiled its 2004 list of the 10 strangest and funniest computer mishaps. Jim Reinert is Ontrack Data Recovery senior director of Software and Services. Even Ontrack's recovery engineers don’t understand how it happened, but...
[August 22, 2005, 11:45]
Another thing to worry about - summer lightning
News According to Ontrack Data Recovery, summer lightning strikes often cause power surges that lead to blown circuits and seriously damage the process of writing data to hard drives. Lightning strikes, say Ontrack, can also cause computer malfunctions...
[August 12, 2004, 15:40]
US Report: CIH virus hits firms hard
News One company had more than 80 percent, or about 500, of its computers fall victim to the virus, according to data recovery firm Ontrack Date International in the US. We've been contacted by 20 or 30 companies already," said Stuart Hanley, data...
[August 27, 1998, 8:58]
A Year Ago: CIH virus hits firms hard
News One company had more than 80 percent, or about 500, of its computers fall victim to the virus, according to data recovery firm Ontrack Date International in the US. We've been contacted by 20 or 30 companies already," said Stuart Hanley, data...
[August 27, 1999, 7:00]
Data-recovery firm reveals top client mishaps
News Ant infestations, oil saturation and failed parachute jumps are some of the unusual fates which have befallen innocent data-storage devices recently, according to data-recovery company Kroll Ontrack's list of the most unusual recovery jobs it has...
[December 6, 2007, 10:26]
Top 10 data destruction disasters
Talkback http://www.ontrack.com/newsreleases/index.asp? Special report? Plagiarism? getPressRelease=5493
[September 1, 2005, 11:55]
Top five hard drive mishaps
Blog hang on that might be Krull.close though) Ontrack - who claim to specialise in data recovery - but I think there's some useful advice between the spin: In this situation, Kroll Ontrack recommends seeking recovery assistance from a reputable data...
[February 20, 2008, 8:46]
NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Talkback I also checked the Kroll OnTrack site via another link in the article, and found no current reference or download available. UPDATE 2009 Using the download link in the article, Hitachi's site shows: SMART Defender
[March 29, 2009, 22:41]
Top 10 tips for protecting your PC in hot weather
News With the onset of the hot weather, data-recovery company Ontrack said it is on its way to its busiest summer ever. Ontrack has come up with 10 top tips to keep your systems running happily through the heat.
[July 6, 2006, 16:40]
CIH is a dodo
News We were going nuts," said Stuart Hanley, product line manager for the Minneapolis, Minn.based Ontrack Data International Inc. In total, Ontrack heard from 3,000 to 4,000 customers in the U.S.most with multiple PCs.
[May 27, 1999, 8:51]
It's the 26th, have you checked for CIH?
News That day -- a month ago -- the phone lines lit up at data recovery firm ONTRACK International Inc.and three letters repeatedly came over the line: CIH, CIH, CIH. We were going nuts," said Hanley, product line manager for the Company based in...
[May 26, 1999, 8:17]
Monitor hard drive health with SMARTDefender
News One such utility for IBM and Hitachi hard drives is SMARTDefender from Kroll Ontrack. Hard drives, like most machines, have a limited lifespan and with most drives, it's merely a question of when they will fail.
[May 21, 2003, 13:37]
Laptop-shooting tops computer mishaps poll
News The list of bizarre computer mishaps, compiled by data recovery experts Kroll Ontrack, does include several notebook owners whose equipment befell unusual fates. An American who became so frustrated with his laptop that he shot it with a gun before...
[October 13, 2003, 17:05]
Resistant virus strains to hit the Net?
News Not only does the virus spread more quickly, but its method of wiping out files is more effective than CIH, said Greg Olson, operations manager at data recovery firm Ontrack International Inc. "We seem to have a Darwinian evolution of viruses going...
[June 15, 1999, 8:04]
Chernobyl - What can you do?
News Ontrack have a do-it-yourself data recovery package and a free trial version that you can download onto a healthy computer. Ontrack also does remote recovery via your dead computer's modem. So here's our non-definitive answer to getting started again.
[April 27, 1999, 15:47]
US Report: Lack of vigilance could cause virus outbreak
News In August, one company had more than 80 percent, or about 500, of its computers fall victim to the virus, according to data recovery firm Ontrack Data International Inc. Yet, far from being a time to relax, experts warn that complacent corporate...
[September 29, 1998, 11:24]
Longhorn builds in portable protection
News USB keys have become ubiquitous," said, Alan Brill, a senior managing director at Kroll OnTrack, a technology services firm that does security consulting. In the next version of Windows, Microsoft will give big companies an easy way to block use of...
[September 10, 2004, 12:00]
Computer recovery companies go to work
News OnTrack Data International, a company that recovers data from damaged hard disks or tapes, is changing its pricing rules for those affected by Tuesday's attacks, said Greg Olson, senior director of data recovery.
[September 13, 2001, 12:18]
Beware summer's hidden kick
Blog Data recovery specialist Kroll Ontrack has dished out a press release with useful advice for the summer. I've been watching my server's temperature charts with mild interest over recent weeks. As summer has truly kicked in, so the fans have been...
[July 7, 2009, 12:43]
SystemSuite 4.0 review
Reviews If you're looking for a complete set of PC utilities and you don't want to spend a lot of money, Ontrack offers a compelling solution. A single setup program installs all of SystemSuite's utilities, but you can easily pick and choose which ones you...
[November 12, 2001, 23:00]
