General corrupt data

in operating systems

• DOS, Windows 95/98/NT/2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
• Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
• Linux (z.B. Debian, Ubuntu, Open SUSE, Readhat)
• Unix (various), FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX
• SCO Openserver, SCO Unixware, Solaris, Tru64
• Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X
• Novell, OS/2, TheOS
• various systems with integrated hardware (embedded systems)

in datasystems

• FAT, NTFS, EFS (Encrypted File System)
• Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, ReiserFS, HPFS, HFS/HFS+
• ISO9660, UDF, JFS, XFS, UFS (eg Solaris), Novell, AdvFS
• Virtual systems (ESX Server) like for instance VMware VMFS or VMDK, etc.
• XDCAM_HD (XDCAM HD) Video Professional Disc
• Netgear SC101 external NAS drive with Filesystem SFS (SAN File System)
• various data systems on data media with embedded hardware
• "Exotic" data systems of all suppliers

in data media

• Hard disks 3.5"/2.5"/1.8" etc
• SSD (Solid-state drive)
• diskettes 8"/5.25"/3.5"
• old hard disk models (z.B. GCR, MFM, RLL)
• Hard disks with sector size other than 512 (for example 520 bytes sector)
• Hybrid hard disks
• CDROM, CDR, CDRW, DVD, DVD+-R, DVD+-RW, DVD-RAM
• Flash-media (CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, MicroDrive, Secure Digital, USB memory stick)
• SyQuest, IOMega, Jaz, Zip
• various tape systems (z.B. DDS, DLT, QIC, etc.)
• integrated systems (TomTom, IPOD, Organizer, mobiles, SIM-Cards, video-recorders, etc.)
• List of supported hard disk models

in volume-managers

• LVM, LSM, dynamic data media

in corrupt databases

• For example Access (.MDB), MS-SQL Microsoft SQL Server (.MDF, .LDF), Sybase, BizTalk, Oracle, Work, Project
• Paradox, Interbase, MySQL (.MYD), PostgreSQL, Progress, Microsoft Exchange Server (.EDB, .STM), DBF, etc.
• Exchange OST Cache data
• Filemaker, Visual FoxPro, Firebird, Sybase
• Outlook, Outlook Express
• Active Directory
• BizTalk, Projekt Server

Locking

Forgotten or lost passwords

• Rescue of forgotten or unknown passwords
• Rescue of hard disk passwords (HDD-Lock, HDD-Security, HDD-Password)
• eg. BIOS, Windows Login, LILO, Office-documents, Outlook, ZIP, etc.
• Forgotten or lost Windows passwords (incl. administrator)
• eMail-Accounts (Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, etc.)

Locked data media

• Safeguard Easy, SafeBoot, EFS Windows, Crypto Device, etc.
• Defect data medium in combination with locking (eg system won't start up properly anymore)

Special data media

Defect tapes

• Formatted (re-initialised), media error, Corrupted Data, fire and water damages
• LTO Ultrium
• DLT, SDLT
• 4mm DAT (DDS, DAT40, DAT72)
• AIT, S-AIT
• Exabyte, VXA
• 3570, 3590, 3592
• 9840, 9940
• QIC, SLR
• 9-Track 1/2" Open Reel

Defect videosystems

• SSAM Security Systems International / AVTECH / AV TECH video recording systems (eg. AV Tech AVC770)

External hard disks (all manufacturers)

• USB and Firewire, eg aCie, Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital, IOMega
• Network hard disks (Ethernet), eg. LaCie, Western Digital, Buffalo TerraStation, IOMega, Freecom, D-Link, Allnet, Freecom

Raid, server and larger systems

Raid offline, Raid degraded, Raid lost

• Reconstruction of all common Raid levels (eg Raid 0 Stripe, Raid 1 Mirror, Raid 5, Raid 6)
• Hardware and software Raids
• all controllers (Adaptec, IBM, HP, ICP Vortex, Infotrend, Infortrend, EasyRaid, Dell, Digital, QLogic, etc.)

NAS and SAN systems

• Reconstruction of all NAS and SAN Storage Servers
• Data rescue of data systems under copyright rules as well as Kernel modules and device drives
• Backup Storage System like for instance HP Storage Works 1000i Virtual Library
• eg. Lacie INNS04-4200-LAC, Intel Entry Storage System SS4000-E, Buffalo Terastation, Thecus N5200

Hardware

Data rescue for all hard disk interfaces

• IDE (P-ATA, S-ATA), SCSI (Ultra SCSI, Wide SCSI, SAS, LVD, Differential), SCA (Hotplug), Fiber (Fibre)
• externally via Firewire, USB (external USB hard disk, external Firewire hard disk)
• various "Stone Age"-interfaces
• Internal and external interfaces

Defect server or cluster

• Server and cluster systems of all manufacturers (eg. IBM, HP, Fujitsu, Compaq, Dell, SGI, Intel)

Software

Corrupt firmware

• Seagate 7200.11, Seagate SV35.3, Seagate SV35.4, Seagate ES.2 SATA, Maxtor DiamondMax 22
  Seagate / Maxtor - Firmware - Damages

Corrupt backups, archives

• VERITAS BackupExec
• CA ARCserve
• IBM Tivoli TSM
• EMC Legato Networker
• VERITAS NetBackup
• Retrospect
• Yosemite TapeWare
• IBM Standard Labelled
• VMS Backup
• Microsoft Backup
• NovaBackup
• ZIP, ARJ, tar, gz
• Windows Backup

Corrupt documents

• corrupt data in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Works, Money
• Archives: Zip-Compressed, gZip, bZip, rar, etc.; Tar-archives
• defect mail directories of Outlook, Outlook Express
• List of supported software (development of algorythms for specific data rescue)
• defect pictures: eg. JPEG, JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, Photoshop PSD
• defect PDF

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