Category Archives: Zonder categorie

Stop Treating LLMs Like Google (And How I Used One to Crack a “Forensic Mystery”) We’ve all seen the complaints. “LLMs hallucinate.” “They get simple things wrong.” “They just regurgitate internet folklore.” A lot of this criticism stems from a fundamental misunderstanding: people treat LLMs like a standard search engine, expecting a flawless, static answer… Read More: Stop Treating LLMs Like Google (And How I Used One… »

Can a Corrupt JPEG Be Repaired? Here’s How to Tell One of the most common questions I hear is: “Can this corrupt JPEG be repaired?” The truth is: sometimes yes, but often no. If your file is filled with meaningless data — for example, all zeros or repeating FF bytes — there’s nothing left to… Read More: »

What’s Inside a MicroSD Card? MicroSD cards are tiny but packed with surprisingly complex technology. Even though they look simple from the outside, inside there’s a whole world of tiny components working together to store your data safely. What’s Inside? At its core, a microSD card is basically a single, sealed unit—everything’s soldered together in… Read More: What’s inside a MicroSD card? »

Some examples of drives returning bogus data after failed reads. Among data recovery engineers these are referred to as “mold” or “edu” sectors and they’re most likely parts of the drive’s S.A. or system area. Anyway, they have nothing to do with the original data from the failed sector.

There’s a lot of not accurate information about recovery of non contiguous or fragmented files on the internet. Since my specialized data recovery service deals with this a lot I’ll share some information with you on the topic. What is a fragmented file? The answer is simple: If file data is stored in two or… Read More: Recovering fragmented files »