Austria and Germany are currently experiencing an extraordinary heatwave: On June 28, 2026, in Vienna-Innere Stadt, the temperature reached exactly 40.0 degrees Celsius, marking the first time in the 250-year measurement history of the federal capital that the 40-degree mark was surpassed. The follo…

Founded in 1997 by Nicolas Ehrschwendner, the company Attingo has developed into a recognized data recovery service for private and corporate clients throughout Europe. The ISO-certified company has been reconstructing and converting data from damaged storage devices such as hard drives and SSDs for…

The current temperature fluctuations around freezing point not only challenge people but also make hard drives, SSDs, and other electronic devices literally sweat.

Short circuit caused by condensation water

Who doesn't know it - you order a refreshing soft drink in a restaurant, and after a short time…

During the current heatwave across large parts of Europe with peak temperatures over 40 degrees, not only humans and animals suffer, but also data storage devices such as hard drives or flash memory involuntarily cease to function at high temperatures.

Twice as many failures in data storage devices d…

"Our data recovery engineers manipulate the firmware of dozens of hard drives every day," reports Nicolas Ehrschwendner, Managing Director of Attingo Data Recovery. Firmware refers to the operating programs of hardware components, including hard drives. Very often, causes of data loss are not only d…

"Modern IT systems often lull companies into a deceptive sense of security, leading to the neglect of absolutely essential backups," warns Nicolas Ehrschwendner, Managing Director of the Austrian data recovery company Attingo. In the first ten months of 2014 alone, the data recovery specialist recor…

The research and development department of Attingo Data Recovery has already dealt with the new helium technology before its market launch. "We were able to successfully perform data recoveries on helium-filled hard drives shortly after they became available," reports Nicolas Ehrschwendner, Managing…