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lorraine wrote in message ... I have heard of people recovering data from dead drives by swapping the controller of the bad drive with one from an "exact" make and model drive that is in good working condition Why do you say "exact" in quotes? The guy at the local computer repair place wants to try and do exactly that on my mother in laws hard drive to try and retrieve her data. She wants it pretty badly as there are 10 years of family business files on it. So...I'm searching for an exact duplicate of her hard drive which is a Seagate ST310212A. Unless of course it doesn't have to be "exact"??? Sorry to hear that. The price of not backing up regularly. I quoted exact because you can't simply swap parts from any drive to get a bad one to work. To swap the board, assuming the controller is bad, you need one from a Seagate Model ST310212A (old 10.2GB EIDE) hard drive. Make sure the guy at the local computer repair place knows how to work on drives. I requires careful removal and replacement. This trick does not always ensure that you can startup the drive long enough to retreive the data. The motor can fail, the read/write head can be damaged (etc., etc.,). Doing a simple search I found: New- http://www.4cheapparts.com/cgi-bin/c...etworkpSTOg otoCKIErodST310212A+ Refurb- http://www.hd4less.com/seagu1010uat1.html Technical Support- http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/ata/st310212a.html Here's one for $45.00- http://www.nextag.com/Seagate_10_2GB...12azmain z2-h tm also click on the $65.00 link on this page which pops up a email form. Best of luck. "Mark F." wrote in message ... Jacques Clouseau wrote in message |
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recommend data recovery service for crashed hard drive?
I have heard of people recovering data from dead drives by swapping the
controller of the bad drive with one from an "exact" make and model drive that is in good working condition Why do you say "exact" in quotes? The guy at the local computer repair place wants to try and do exactly that on my mother in laws hard drive to try and retrieve her data. She wants it pretty badly as there are 10 years of family business files on it. So...I'm searching for an exact duplicate of her hard drive which is a Seagate ST310212A. Unless of course it doesn't have to be "exact"??? "Mark F." wrote in message ... Jacques Clouseau wrote in message |
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I took some photos to show you how its done. Some aren't that good as I'm
not a photographer. http://home.austin.rr.com/mchp/hardware Good luck. lorraine wrote in message ... Mark... I trust this guy. You walk into the shop and you think "Oh my...what a mess." And his appearance is questionable at best. He looks like he's still living the 70's ....LOL...but he knows his stuff. I've been taking stuff to him for probably 10 years and he's never steered me wrong. Thanks for the info and the heads up though. It makes you wonder why one place has this drive for 89 refurb and another one for 45 though. Lorraine Lorraine "Mark F." wrote in message ... lorraine wrote in message ... I have heard of people recovering data from dead drives by swapping the controller of the bad drive with one from an "exact" make and model drive that is in good working condition Why do you say "exact" in quotes? The guy at the local computer repair place wants to try and do exactly that on my mother in laws hard drive to try and retrieve her data. She wants it pretty badly as there are 10 years of family business files on it. So...I'm searching for an exact duplicate of her hard drive which is a Seagate ST310212A. Unless of course it doesn't have to be "exact"??? Sorry to hear that. The price of not backing up regularly. I quoted exact because you can't simply swap parts from any drive to get a bad one to work. To swap the board, assuming the controller is bad, you need one from a Seagate Model ST310212A (old 10.2GB EIDE) hard drive. Make sure the guy at the local computer repair place knows how to work on drives. I requires careful removal and replacement. This trick does not always ensure that you can startup the drive long enough to retreive the data. The motor can fail, the read/write head can be damaged (etc., etc.,). Doing a simple search I found: New- http://www.4cheapparts.com/cgi-bin/c...etworkpSTOg otoCKIErodST310212A+ Refurb- http://www.hd4less.com/seagu1010uat1.html Technical Support- http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/ata/st310212a.html Here's one for $45.00- http://www.nextag.com/Seagate_10_2GB...12azmain z2-h tm also click on the $65.00 link on this page which pops up a email form. Best of luck. "Mark F." wrote in message ... Jacques Clouseau wrote in message |
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wow...thanks!
I went ahead and ordered a refurbed ST310212A from a place called CTI in New York today. I'm having it second day aired. I'm hoping it's the right one. The computer guy told me the numbers off of the crashed drive but when I was calling around locally, one of the guys told me there should be more numbers on it? I don't understand how one place can charge $89.00 and another $45.00. I opted for the $45. My poor mother-in-law probably hasn't slept since this all started and she lost her data. (I kid you not.) So, I'm hoping this will work. Worse comes to worse, I'll end up with an extra 10 gig hard drive and I'll just stick it in my computer. Thanks again, I really appreciate the info. Lorraine "Mark F." wrote in message . .. I took some photos to show you how its done. Some aren't that good as I'm not a photographer. http://home.austin.rr.com/mchp/hardware Good luck. lorraine wrote in message ... Mark... I trust this guy. You walk into the shop and you think "Oh my...what a mess." And his appearance is questionable at best. He looks like he's still living the 70's ....LOL...but he knows his stuff. I've been taking stuff to him for probably 10 years and he's never steered me wrong. Thanks for the info and the heads up though. It makes you wonder why one place has this drive for 89 refurb and another one for 45 though. Lorraine Lorraine "Mark F." wrote in message ... lorraine wrote in message ... I have heard of people recovering data from dead drives by swapping the controller of the bad drive with one from an "exact" make and model drive that is in good working condition Why do you say "exact" in quotes? The guy at the local computer repair place wants to try and do exactly that on my mother in laws hard drive to try and retrieve her data. She wants it pretty badly as there are 10 years of family business files on it. So...I'm searching for an exact duplicate of her hard drive which is a Seagate ST310212A. Unless of course it doesn't have to be "exact"??? Sorry to hear that. The price of not backing up regularly. I quoted exact because you can't simply swap parts from any drive to get a bad one to work. To swap the board, assuming the controller is bad, you need one from a Seagate Model ST310212A (old 10.2GB EIDE) hard drive. Make sure the guy at the local computer repair place knows how to work on drives. I requires careful removal and replacement. This trick does not always ensure that you can startup the drive long enough to retreive the data. The motor can fail, the read/write head can be damaged (etc., etc.,). Doing a simple search I found: New- http://www.4cheapparts.com/cgi-bin/c...etworkpSTOg otoCKIErodST310212A+ Refurb- http://www.hd4less.com/seagu1010uat1.html Technical Support- http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/ata/st310212a.html Here's one for $45.00- http://www.nextag.com/Seagate_10_2GB...12azmain z2-h tm also click on the $65.00 link on this page which pops up a email form. Best of luck. "Mark F." wrote in message ... Jacques Clouseau wrote in message |
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"lorraine" wrote in message ... wow...thanks! I went ahead and ordered a refurbed ST310212A from a place called CTI in New York today. I'm having it second day aired. I'm hoping it's the right one. The computer guy told me the numbers off of the crashed drive but when I was calling around locally, one of the guys told me there should be more numbers on it? I don't understand how one place can charge $89.00 and another $45.00. I opted for the $45. Same reason a cup of coffee costs a buck at a donut shop and five bucks at Starbucks! My poor mother-in-law probably hasn't slept since this all started and she lost her data. (I kid you not.) So, I'm hoping this will work. Worse comes to worse, I'll end up with an extra 10 gig hard drive and I'll just stick it in my computer. Lots of luck! |
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