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DriveSavers, Inc. is a computer hardware data recovery company located in Novato, California.[2][3][4] It was founded by former CEO Jay Hagan and former company President Scott Gaidano in 1985.[5][6][7]
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Data Recovery[1] |
Founded | 1985 |
Founder | Jay Hagan, Scott Gaidano |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Alex Hagan, CEO Scott Moyer, President Jay Hagan, Chairman |
Website | drivesaversdatarecovery.com |
In 1985, former Jasmine Technologies executives Jay Hagan and Scott Gaidano founded DriveSavers, operating from Gaidano’s condo with $1,400.[6][5][7][8] DriveSavers originally offered both hard drive repair and data recovery services, but the company dropped its drive repair services within its first eight months.[7]
In 1992, DriveSavers signed an agreement with SuperMac Technology to assume technical support and warranty obligations for SuperMac Mass Storage Products.[9]
The company merged with Data Recovery Disk Repair in 1994 and retained the DriveSavers name.[6] In 2008, DriveSavers invested two million dollars to build a series of five ISO-certified cleanrooms to disassemble and rebuild damaged hard drives.[10][2][6][8]
From 2004-2009, the company grew from 35 to 85 employees.[11]
DriveSavers also works with "the more secretive" branches of government and celebrities.[5][11] In order to provide comfort and assistance to clients with a data loss situation, DriveSavers has on staff an individual "data crisis counselor."[12][13] 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.[5] It can recover data from hard disk drives, solid state drives, smart phones, servers, digital camera media and iOS devices.[10][3][14][15][16] The company can recover data from T2 and M1-powered Macs with embedded SSD storage.[17] Even with cloud backup, personal data loss is still possible, but can be recovered.[3] The company recovered data from old floppy disks of the deceased Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, potentially containing lost episodes of the franchise.[18]
DriveSavers is certified HIPAA-compliant, undergoes annual SOC2 Type II reviews and has encryption training certificates from GuardianEdge, PGP, PointSec and Utimaco.[2][19]
DriveSavers facility is made up of cleanrooms.[20] The cleanrooms come in different ratings depending on the application and range from federal standards of 100,000 to 100. The rating is a measure of the number of 0.1-micron-sized airborne particulates per square meter.
DriveSavers employees have to go through background checks, because of contracts with state, and federal government agencies. The company also has to meet data-security standards that its clients do, like HIPAA certification to work with hospitals and GLBA certification to work with financial institutions.
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