How to recover files from a dead external drive

Nannette Abia Rivera’s external hard drive stopped working, and she needs to recover files stored on it.

When you store files on an external drive, it’s easy to forget my first rule of tech storage: Never have only one copy of anything. We tend to think of external drives—especially external hard drives—as a backup medium, so of course anything on the drive must be a backup.

But if files exist only on that external drive, they are not backed up. And you need to make sure they get backed up to something other than that particular drive—whether it’s an…

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How to recover files from a dead external drive

Tour booking software startup Xola scores $5M Series A led by Rakuten Travel

Xola, a software platform that manages booking and marketing for tour providers, is venturing deeper into international markets after closing a $5 million Series A. The funding was led by Rakuten Travel, which is Japan’s largest online travel agency, and contributed half of the round.

Rakuten Travel is a unit of Rakuten, the largest e-commerce marketplace in Japan. The company also has operations throughout Asia, Europe, North America, and South America, which San Francisco-based Xola can leverage as it seeks international growth.

In particular, Rakuten Travel…

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Tour booking software startup Xola scores $5M Series A led by Rakuten Travel

Nintendo reveals Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem experiences for mobile

Nintendo’s Miitomo was a nice introduction for the company’s presence on Android and mobile, but it seems they’re about to get even more serious. The company has revealed plans to launch new games and apps based on Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem this fall.

In case you’re not familiar, Animal Crossing is a game where you’re placed into a town full of friendly characters. Your goal is to help keep the place looking good and running smoothly, and doing things to help the residents who inhabit the area. In turn, you get rewarded with currency to buy stuff for…

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Nintendo reveals Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem experiences for mobile

ZTE Axon 2 pops up at TENAA packing Snapdragon 820 and 4GB RAM

A new ZTE smartphone has turned up and this time the little beast is called the ZTE Axon 2. The phone has turned up on TENAA bringing some of the specifications with a couple images of the smartphone. This isn’t the first ZTE device that we have spied at TENAA this month, the ZTE Nubia X8 and X8 Mini were seen previously. The ZTE Axon 2 has significantly better specs than either of those other two devices.

TENAA lists the Axon 2 as having a 5.5-inch QHD OLED screen. The chipset running the show is a Snapdragon 820 paired with 4GB…

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ZTE Axon 2 pops up at TENAA packing Snapdragon 820 and 4GB RAM

UK doctors say smokers should be encouraged to use e-cigarettes

Although the long-term effects of e-cigarettes aren’t yet known, the PCP says that the likelihood of there being a “hazard to health” arising from sustained vapour inhalation is “unlikely to exceed 5 percent of the harm from tobacco smoke.” This mirrors a Public Health England (PHE) report that said that e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than tobacco.

Doctors also found there was no evidence to suggest that e-cigarettes normalize smoking or serve as a gateway to regular tobacco: “None of these products has to date attracted…

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UK doctors say smokers should be encouraged to use e-cigarettes

DayZ PS4 And Xbox One Release Soon? Game Development On Schedule, Says Devs

DayZ’s current-gen console release is apparently on track, according to developers, but they’re now focused on developing its PC version. According to them, they’re still working on the game; however, no release dates have been announced yet. Will we see an Xbox One and PS4 DayZ console version soon?

According to WCCFTech, the game is still being worked on by the company despite the long development time since it was officially confirmed by its creators. Bohemia Interactive has reassured fans through their Twitter account that both console versions are still…

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DayZ PS4 And Xbox One Release Soon? Game Development On Schedule, Says Devs