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ADRC TOPS Digital Life's Data Recovery Test

Digital Life News Feature on 27 May 2008

Test Objective - To test if data can be recovered from computer disks damaged in various ways.
After a series of 4 grueling test by DIGITAL LIFE, Adroit Data Recovery Centre (ADRC) emerges as the ONLY data recovery specialists that recovered 100% of data in all 4 tests within 2 hours.
  • Adroit Data Recovery Centre (ADRC)
  • Kroll Ontrack Singapore
  • X Recovery Company (Declined Participation)
  • Each was stored with 1.1GB of data
  • Information was stored with 10 folder hierarchies
  • Stored with all kinds of files from .jpg, mpeg videos, word, pdf and powerpoint.

Media Used: 2GB USB Drive (Thumbdrive)

EXPERIMENT 1: A 2GB Thumbdrive was drown in the coffee for 1minute.

EXPERIMENT 2: A 2GB Thumbdrive was drown in the water for 1minute.

RESULTS

Companies / Results
Experiment 1 (Dipped in coffee)
Experiment 2 (Dipped in water)
Adroit Data Recovery Centre (ADRC)
100% of data recovered
(Less than 2 hours)
100% of data recovered
(Less than 2 hours)
Kroll Ontrack Singapore
100% of data recovered
(a few days)
100% of data recovered
(a few days)
X Recovery Company
Declined Participation

FROM DIGITAL LIFE

In Digital Life's Experiment, Adroit Data Recovery Centre (ADRC) was able to rescue 100 per cent of the files stored in the thumbdrives dunked in water and coffee - and it did it in less than two hours" - Digital Life

 

Media Used: 2.5 inch external hard disk


(Hard disk that has been sent back after experiment 4)

Experiment 3: A 2.5 inch external hard disk was thrown down a flight of stairs 3 times, got kicked down for good measure the 4th time.

Experiment 4: A 2.5 inch external hard disk was run over by a 2.4 litre (1,700kg) Toyota Estima multi-purpose vehicle twice (once forward, once back). After that, the disk was hammered 7 times on an uneven granite floor.

RESULTS

Companies / Results
Experiment 3
(Thrown down a flight of stairs)
Experiment 4
(Run over by vehicle and hammered)
Adroit Data Recovery Centre (ADRC)
100% of data recovered
(Less than 2 hours)
100% of data recovered
(Less than 2 hours)
Kroll Ontrack Singapore
0% of data recovered
76% of data recovered
(a few days)
X Recovery Company
Declined Participation

FROM DIGITAL LIFE

At the Adroit labs (ADRC), an INCREDIBLE thing happened. Recovery for both drives was 100 per cent successful - and it was done in less than two hours... - Digital Life

Over at Kroll Ontrack, the results weren't that bright. Data in the drive that was thrown and kicked down the stairs was not recoverable at all - Digital Life

For Kroll Ontrack, the disk ran over by the car and hammered...only 66 out of 87 files were recovered - Digital Life

 

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