DriveSavers

DriveSavers, Inc. is a computer hardware data recovery, digital forensics and electronic discovery firm located in Novato, California.[1][2] It was founded by CEO Jay Hagan and former company President Scott Gaidano in 1985.[3][4][5]

DriveSavers, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryData Recovery
Digital Forensics
eDiscovery
Founded1985
FounderJay Hagan, Scott Gaidano
Headquarters
Novato, California
Key people
Jay Hagan, CEO
Scott Moyer, President
Websitedrivesaversdatarecovery.com

History

In 1985 former Jasmine Technologies executives Jay Hagan and Scott Gaidano founded DriveSavers, operating from Gaidano’s condo with $1,400.[4][3][5][6] DriveSavers originally offered both hard drive repair and data recovery services, but the company dropped its drive repair services within its first eight months.[5] In 1992, DriveSavers signed an agreement with SuperMac Technology to assume technical support and warranty obligations for SuperMac Mass Storage Products.[7]

The company merged with Data Recovery Disk Repair in 1994 and retained the DriveSavers name.[4] In 2008, DriveSavers invested two million dollars to build a series of five ISO-certified cleanrooms, to disassemble and rebuild damaged hard drives.[8][1][4][6] From 2004-2009, the company grew from 35 to 85 employees.[9]

DriveSavers also works with "the more secretive" branches of government and celebrities.[3][9] In order to provide comfort and assistance to clients who are very upset or stressed over a data loss situation, DriveSavers has had on staff an individual "data crisis counselor."[10][11] This counselor has had experience in working for a suicide hotline.

DriveSavers is the only recovery firm licensed with every major hard-drive manufacturer, so their work on a drive does not void the warranty.[3] It can recover data from hard disk drives, solid state drives, smart phones, servers, digital camera media and iOS devices.[8][2][12][13][14] DriveSavers is certified HIPAA-compliant, undergoes annual SOC2 Type II reviews and has encryption training certificates from GuardianEdge, PGP, PointSec and Utimaco.[1][15]

Awards

Diamond Certified, 2013–18[16]

Storage Visions, Visionary Company Award, 2014[17]

Flash Memory Summit, Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer Application Award, 2018[18]

See also

References
  1. Alex Wawro (June 5, 2013). "Smash smartphone. Throw it in the ocean. Hope DriveSavers doesn't get it". PC World. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  2. Mat Honan (August 17, 2012). "Mat Honan: How I Resurrected My Digital Life After an Epic Hacking". Wired. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  3. Chris Taylor (June 3, 2003). "Fried Your Drive?". Time. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  4. Tony C. Yang (August 31, 2008). "Saving the day by saving data". San Francisco Business Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  5. Christine Kilpatrick (April 9, 2000). "Cyber-saviors". San Francisco Business Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  6. Rik Myslewski (August 29, 2008). "Profile: DriveSavers stays true to data-recovery roots". MacWorld. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  7. Mark H. Anbinder (September 14, 1992). "SuperMac & DriveSavers". TidBITS. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  8. Neil J. Rubenking (March 10, 2010). "Inside the DriveSavers Clean Rooms". PC Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  9. Chris Taylor (October 26, 2009). "The tech catastrophe you're ignoring". Fortune. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  10. Lazarus, David (February 23, 2003). "Psychologist helps victims of data loss / Some soothing words after the data wreck". SFGate. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  11. Neighbor, Joseph (July 25, 2016). "The 'Swedish Fish Theory' Is About More Than Candy". Vice Media. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  12. David Dahlquist (April 21, 2010). "DriveSavers Adds IPad Data Recovery Service". PCWorld. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  13. Andy Ihnatko (September 19, 2012). "The camera from the bottom of the lagoon". TechHive. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  14. Neil J. Rubenking (April 11, 2008). "What Drives Can DriveSavers Save?". PC Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  15. "DriveSavers Answers Your Data Recovery Questions". FileSlinger. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  16. https://www.diamondcertified.org/report/drivesavers-inc-0, retrieved August 15, 2016
  17. "DriveSavers Wins 2014 Storage Visions Visionary Company Award". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  18. "DriveSavers Data Recovery Wins 2018 Flash Memory Summit Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer Application Award". Retrieved 2018-08-09.
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