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Old August 16th 03, 05:19 AM
Mark F.
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lorraine wrote in message
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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.




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Old August 16th 03, 06:31 AM
lorraine
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Default 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"???



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Old August 16th 03, 05:01 PM
Mark F.
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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.




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...

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Old August 17th 03, 12:20 AM
lorraine
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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











  #5  
Old August 17th 03, 04:57 AM
Some One
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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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