ActionFront's "SingleTrace technology recover each bit individually independent of the drive's specific hardware " How much truth is this ?

Will such technology will work ?


Nainesh

This is true. And it works

SignalTrace removes all variables from the data recovery process. Eliminating the original manufacturer's PCB is smart, because those controllers and firmware are often not designed to recover from many fault conditions. Using SignalTrace, if the platters will spin and the heads will move, the data will be read. And that, my friend, is the Holy Grail of data recovery.

But how much $$$ will ActionFront charge for this service? And will it ever become practical for common use? Those are good questions.

It all depend on that how important is the data, like a space expedition it cost in $$$$$$$$???? and if they had crashed their hard disk thay will be very happy if their data in any case recovrable it dont matter how much it cost them.

Hi all,

Are AF people come out with commercial
version of SingleTrace or only for their Recovery LAb only ?

Nainesh

Its proprietary only.. but the costs aren't that bad. As a partner (pricing wise) it still will scare off 90% of your customers, but its a good resource for critical customers

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I doubt in practical use of this technology. As far as i know AF people has been able to implement it only for one of the WD drive model. Every drive has different structure. So it would need a different implementation of the technology.

So how much practical use of the technology ? So, from my point of view it was a hard work by them and it shows they are really good at R&D, but i think they can use it as a marketing stunt rather than a data recovery tool in their lab.

Correct me if i am wrong ?

regards

Works? What about for IBM DTLA, multihead Quantum AS+ etc.

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i think maysoft can put some light on it ............

IMHO the answer is
MKT

they had it on one HDD which was pre-programmed

I think that was only an advertising

yoyo
Could you give us more details, what exactly we pre-programmed?

No yoyo,
as far as i have studied the docs about this technology, the technology looks valid. There should not be and perhaps can't be anything like pre-programmed. The only question is :- Is it possible to implement it in daily life for data recovery for every make, family and model of the drives ???????????


regards

I think it's just another way to market their servises. Has AF designed something universal that can replace ROM and adaptives that are inside of the PCB?
AF is a very reputable company and has very smart engineers, however, do not forget that in North America it's not just a matter of being smart, but how you advertise yourself. So, having said that, I believe that AF writes these kind of white papers just to attract people. I hope I am wrong and I'd be happy to know that single trace tech really exists, however... being in data recovery field for so many years... it's hard to believe.

It's like a universal magic tool.
I have a super scanner with the microscope at home, and I simply place the disk platters on the glass of the scanner and scan them. Then I use logical recovery software to interpret the bits into files. LOL

I dont know what single trace is, but SignalTrace is real and it works. The whitepaper contains outdated information on which drives it works on (it was writen more then a year ago) It supports several current high capacity drives and support for more models is always being worked on.

Hi All ,

Anybody knows when AF comes out with
commercial version ??

Nainesh

In short, Never !!

Never a commercial version will be available !!

Its a fact, you can ask Nick.

regards

I think they have some problems. Each time they use WD drives why not show us another drive maker? must be a reason for this, maybe inside information from WD ex WD engineer ... :O) Most manufacturers have this technology anyway in their R&D labs.....

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