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Minnesota Company Recovers Columbia Data
An Eden Prairie company, Kroll Ontrack, Inc., recovered nearly 400mb of data from a hard drive aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia and was apparently able to complete some of the science experiments conducted onboard the flight. But it appears Kroll may be a very intriguing company beyond its data recovery operations.
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The guardian article is overblown circumstantial rubbish. It would be unusual for a company -not- to make the occasional mistake in hiring.
I didn't really understand that article, but I thought I'd put the link in anyway.
Ooh... ooh... I have a Kroll link.
I know a couple people who work for Kroll. Seems like a good company to work for and interesting work to do.
As an expert in magnetic recording, I will say that this is not a big deal.
The hard drive was still in one piece, and the platters (which contain the actual data) appeared to be intact.
The head of the drive and circuitry was probably damaged, but the actual magnetic media should be fine unless it was exposed to high temperatures.
Vlado4: "As an expert in magnetic recording, I will say that this is not a big deal....
...The head of the drive and circuitry was probably damaged, but the actual magnetic media should be fine unless it was exposed to high temperatures."
Umm nice picture.
However as is seen below, the hard is in one piece, with no signs of melting or anything. Also the platters look to be in fairly good shape.
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