EXHIBIT 99.1


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:       H. Irwin Levy
               nStor Technologies, Inc.
               Tel:  561-640-3100

                   nStor Announces the Passing of Its Chairman

     nStor Takes a Moment of Silence to Remember Maurice Halperin Carlsbad, CA -
April 14, 2003 - nStor Technologies,  Inc. (AMEX: NSO) regretfully announces the
untimely passing of Maurice Halperin, Chairman of its Board of Directors.

     H. Irwin  Levy,  the  Company's  Chief  Executive  Officer,  expressed  his
personal  regrets over the loss of a long-time  business  associate of nStor. He
stated that "Mr. Halperin's advice has been invaluable in supporting the Company
over the years and he will be  missed  by our board and  management  from both a
personal and business perspective." Mr. Halperin was 82 years old.

     The Company  also  announced  that the Board of  Directors  has elected Mr.
Levy, the former Chairman of the Board, to serve as its Chairman.

About  nStor
Headquartered in Carlsbad,  California, nStor Corporation,  Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary  of nStor  Technologies,  Inc.  (AMEX:  NSO),  designs,  develops and
manufactures  external data storage  solutions,  including high density  storage
enclosures,  storage  management  software  and  its  recently  announced  Wahoo
controller  technology.  The  Company's  product  lines  support  a  variety  of
operating systems including Windows NT, Windows 2000, UNIX, Macintosh and Linux.
Designed for storage intensive  environments and mission-critical  applications,
the  Company's  products are offered in various  architectures  including  Fibre
Channel,  Fibre-to-SCSI  and SCSI.  nStor markets its products  through a direct
sales  force and a global  network  of  reseller  and OEM  partners.  Additional
information can be found by visiting nStor's web site at www.nstor.com.

This press release  includes  statements  that may constitute  "forward-looking"
statements,  usually  containing the words  "believe,"  "estimated,"  "project,"
"expect,"  "anticipate,"  or  similar  expressions.  These  statements  are made
pursuant to the safe harbor  provisions  of the  Private  Securities  Litigation
Reform Act of 1995.  Forward-looking  statements  inherently  involve  risks and
uncertainties  that could cause  actual  results to differ  materially  from the
forward-looking  statements.  Factors  that would  cause or  contribute  to such
differences include, but are not limited to, the Company's inability to increase
sales to current customers and to expand its customer base, continued acceptance
of the Company's products in the marketplace, the Company's inability to improve
the  gross  margin  on  its  products,   competitive  factors,  dependence  upon
third-party  vendors,  outcome of  litigation,  and other risks  detailed in the
Company's  periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange  Commission.
By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation
to update  these  statements  for  revisions  or changes  after the date of this
release.  nStor and StorView are  registered  trademarks of nStor  Technologies,
Inc.
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