How to Guides
The How-To section provides easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions for data recovery and data protection tasks. Here you can find detailed tutorials on hard drive recovery, RAID recovery, SSD recovery, data recovery from USB flash drives and other external storage media, data backup and recovery, and other related topics. With our how to guides, you can learn how to recover data from corrupted, deleted, or lost files, as well as how to protect your data from future disasters. Our how to guides are designed to help you quickly and easily perform data recovery tasks, so you can get back to your important work.
Water Damage Rescue: How To Fix Water-Damaged iPhone and iPad
We frequently see water-damaged iPhones and iPads at Secure Data Recovery. From dropping the device in the sink to a quick di...
Posted by Zane Kennedy June 28, 2024
How to Fix iPhone Error 4013
Features like iCloud and over-the-air updates made manual iPhone maintenance a thing of the past. However, there are still oc...
Posted by Philip Bader June 04, 2024
Free Hard Drive Recovery Solutions
Data loss can happen to anyone at any time. It could occur because of a failed hard disk drive (HDD) or accidental deletion. ...
Posted by T.J. Burlee May 07, 2024
Samsung Errors: What They Mean & How to Fix Them
Despite the myriad of advantages of external drives, they are not exempt from errors. These errors can arise from various cau...
Posted by Zane Kennedy March 14, 2024
SanDisk Errors: What They Mean & How to Fix Them
Digital information is equivalent to the most valuable asset, and the reliability and performance of storage devices become c...
Posted by Yevgeniy Reznik February 12, 2024
5 Steps to Fixing ‘no boot device found’ Error
The ‘no boot device found’ issue can be particularly troublesome and lock users out of their Windows OS environments. It isn’...
Posted by T.J. Burlee January 23, 2024
How to Restore an iPhone From a Backup
Restoring from a backup is a vital process for virtually all iPhone users when looking to recover data after a device failure...
Posted by T.J. Burlee January 19, 2024
MacBook Recovery Mode
Navigating MacBook problems requires a solid understanding of Recovery Mode, a powerful tool for diagnosing and resolving var...
Posted by T.J. Burlee January 18, 2024
A Guide To Safely Delete System Data on Your iPhone
Over time, iPhones can accumulate a substantial amount of system data, which may include cache files, logs, and other residua...
Posted by T.J. Burlee January 16, 2024
How To Backup and Restore Windows 11
No matter how careful you are with your Windows PC, there's always a chance that something bad might occur and wipe out all y...
Posted by Monica J. White December 15, 2023
Backup and Restore Windows 10 in a Few Easy Steps
Even if you tend to follow best practices when you use your Windows computer, you never truly know when you may be faced with...
Posted by Monica J. White December 14, 2023
What To Do if Your Lenovo Laptop Won’t Turn On
If your Lenovo laptop is refusing to turn on, the cause can lie in hardware issues but also in problems with the software or ...
Posted by T.J. Burlee December 06, 2023
Western Digital Errors: What They Mean and How To Fix Them
Western Digital is a world-renowned manufacturer of hard disk drives (HDDs) and other storage media. Millions of individuals ...
Posted by T.J. Burlee November 22, 2023
Seagate Errors: What They Mean and How To Fix Them
Data drives decision-making and sentiment in the modern world. From critical data on a professional system to priceless memor...
Posted by T.J. Burlee November 20, 2023
Formatting Your Hard Drive for Mac
Formatting a drive prepares it for data storage by creating structures like directories or allocation tables. Formatting a Ma...
Posted by T.J. Burlee November 16, 2023