BV, Author at UrRecover

Author: BV

BV founded UrRecover after losing a memory card full of wedding photos and discovering that most "best data recovery software" rankings were ordered by commission rate rather than results. He now buys the licences, breaks the drives, and publishes what actually got the files back.

Hard Drives & SSDs

Recovering a VMDK or VHDX That Will Not Attach

A virtual disk is just a file, which is good news and bad news. Here is how to get data out of…

Updated Sep 21, 2026 3 min read

Hard Drives & SSDs

Files Deleted From Google Drive for Desktop: Where They Actually Went

Drive for Desktop streams files rather than storing them, which makes "deleted" mean three different things depending on what you did. Here…

Updated Sep 21, 2026 3 min read

Hard Drives & SSDs

Recovering From an Encrypted APFS Volume When You Have the Password

Encryption does not make recovery impossible, but it does change the order of operations. Do it in the wrong order and you…

Updated Sep 21, 2026 3 min read

Software Reviews

How To Tell Whether a Recovery Actually Worked

Recovery software reports success far more readily than it delivers it. Here is how to verify what you got back before you…

Updated Sep 21, 2026 3 min read

Software Reviews

Do Your Data Recovery Pro Review: Features, Limits and Alternatives (2026)

Feature-based Do Your Data Recovery Pro review covering suitable use cases, limitations, licensing choices, safe recovery practices and competing alternatives.

Updated Sep 14, 2026 4 min read

Software Reviews

Stellar Data Recovery Review: Features, Limits and Buying Advice (2026)

Independent feature-based Stellar Data Recovery review covering supported use cases, limitations, pricing considerations, alternatives and the current STELLAR10 affiliate offer.