Repairing hard drives

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I apologize for this not-really-a-WindowsXP-question.

 

I need to access the contents of two storage hard drives that apparently

have working mechanics but likely defective controller boards.

 

I am planning to purchase similar drives (working) on eBay in order to use

their controller boards.

 

Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

 

Or is it necessary that I purchase drives with identical capacity besides

model number? I have received differing local advice.

 

TIA

 

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[Guest GMAN]

Re: Repairing hard drives

 

In article <OR0vCcycIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, "Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote:

>I apologize for this not-really-a-WindowsXP-question.

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>I need to access the contents of two storage hard drives that apparently

>have working mechanics but likely defective controller boards.

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>I am planning to purchase similar drives (working) on eBay in order to use

>their controller boards.

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>Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

>Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

>

>Or is it necessary that I purchase drives with identical capacity besides

>model number? I have received differing local advice.

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>TIA

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They need to be the same model and capacity. It usually doesnt matter if its a

slight firmware revision but it must be the same drive basically.

[Guest GMAN]

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In article <OR0vCcycIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, "Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote:

>I apologize for this not-really-a-WindowsXP-question.

>

>I need to access the contents of two storage hard drives that apparently

>have working mechanics but likely defective controller boards.

>

>I am planning to purchase similar drives (working) on eBay in order to use

>their controller boards.

>

>Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

>Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

>

>Or is it necessary that I purchase drives with identical capacity besides

>model number? I have received differing local advice.

>

>TIA

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You are also going to need to purchase some small Torx screwdrivers with the

proper head to remove the circuit board.

[Guest Plato]

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Avatar wrote:

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> I am planning to purchase similar drives (working) on eBay in order to use

> their controller boards.

 

People sell stuff that doesn't work on Ebay...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.bootdisk.com/

[Guest Ed Covney]

Re: Repairing hard drives

 

> Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

> Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

 

Contact Seagate and/or Maxtor - The "controllers" are likely

on your motherboard. The interface cards mounted on the

bottom of the drives contain the drive's "bad track data" which

is different (data content) for every drive.

 

Swapping the cards may work for a few selected files. Don't

expect to recover everything.

 

Good luck beating Murphy.

 

Ed

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"Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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>I apologize for this not-really-a-WindowsXP-question.

>

> I need to access the contents of two storage hard drives that apparently

> have working mechanics but likely defective controller boards.

>

> I am planning to purchase similar drives (working) on eBay in order to use

> their controller boards.

>

> Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

> Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

>

> Or is it necessary that I purchase drives with identical capacity besides

> model number? I have received differing local advice.

>

> TIA

>

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Thanks for the informative responses! I much appreciate the pointers.

 

I already have the screwdriver required for the purpose!

 

Regards.

 

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[Guest Patrick Keenan]

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"Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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>I apologize for this not-really-a-WindowsXP-question.

>

> I need to access the contents of two storage hard drives that apparently

> have working mechanics but likely defective controller boards.

>

> I am planning to purchase similar drives (working) on eBay in order to use

> their controller boards.

>

> Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

> Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

>

> Or is it necessary that I purchase drives with identical capacity besides

> model number? I have received differing local advice.

>

> TIA

>

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How valuable is the data?

 

If it's actually valuable, it may be a better plan to take them to a

recovery service that has the hardware built for this purpose. All will

give estimates (usually based on the quantity of data) but since estimates

may require working on the drive, they sometimes aren't free.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest PaulMaudib]

Re: Repairing hard drives

 

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:32:24 -0800, "Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane>

wrote:

>I apologize for this not-really-a-WindowsXP-question.

>

>I need to access the contents of two storage hard drives that apparently

>have working mechanics but likely defective controller boards.

>

>I am planning to purchase similar drives (working) on eBay in order to use

>their controller boards.

>

>Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

>Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

>

>Or is it necessary that I purchase drives with identical capacity besides

>model number? I have received differing local advice.

>

>TIA

>

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And this has WHAT to do wint XP? OH, right, absolutely NOTHING.

 

Ask elsewhere

[Guest Kenny]

Re: Repairing hard drives

 

Regarding recovering the data I've had success with Ontrack's Easy Recovery

Pro and HDD Regenerator, the latter apparently repairing 100's of bad

sectors and leaving the drive in full working order.

 

--

Kenny Cargill

 

 

 

 

"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

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> "Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

> news:OR0vCcycIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>I apologize for this not-really-a-WindowsXP-question.

>>

>> I need to access the contents of two storage hard drives that apparently

>> have working mechanics but likely defective controller boards.

>>

>> I am planning to purchase similar drives (working) on eBay in order to

>> use

>> their controller boards.

>>

>> Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

>> Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

>>

>> Or is it necessary that I purchase drives with identical capacity besides

>> model number? I have received differing local advice.

>>

>> TIA

>>

>> Avatar

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> How valuable is the data?

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> If it's actually valuable, it may be a better plan to take them to a

> recovery service that has the hardware built for this purpose. All will

> give estimates (usually based on the quantity of data) but since estimates

> may require working on the drive, they sometimes aren't free.

>

> HTH

> -pk

[Guest Bob Willard]

Re: Repairing hard drives

 

Ed Covney wrote:

>>Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

>>Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

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> Contact Seagate and/or Maxtor - The "controllers" are likely

> on your motherboard.

 

In more conventional terminology, the controller for a HD has been

integrated with the HD for many years; that's the bulk of the

logic on the bottom of the HD. The MB contains the HBA (Host

Bus Adapter), which translates from an internal bus (e.g., PCI)

to an external bus (e.g., PATA/IDE or SATA), and the HD's controller

connects to that external bus. The controller controls the position

of the arm on which the R/W heads are mounted (hence the name), and

extracts data from the itty-bitty read signal (hence the magic).

 

The interface cards mounted on the

> bottom of the drives contain the drive's "bad track data" which

> is different (data content) for every drive.

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> Swapping the cards may work for a few selected files. Don't

> expect to recover everything.

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> Good luck beating Murphy.

 

I certainly agree with that.

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Cheers, Bob

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"Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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>I apologize for this not-really-a-WindowsXP-question.

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The data is important - actually the intent is to get to a couple of

specific folders in both the drives - both are 300 GB, BTW.

 

I am also pricing out a commercial data recovery service as a possible

option, weighing in both costs as well as work required.

 

Thanks and regards.

 

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[Guest GMAN]

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In article <47bb4f72$0$265$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com>, Plato <|@|.|> wrote:

>Avatar wrote:

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>> I am planning to purchase similar drives (working) on eBay in order to use

>> their controller boards.

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>People sell stuff that doesn't work on Ebay...

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Thats why you dont never evey buy things from people with less that %100

feedback.

[Guest GMAN]

Re: Repairing hard drives

 

In article <O5Bviz0cIHA.4144@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, "Ed Covney" <ed(dot)covney(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>> Is it sufficient to get a similar model number (Seagate IDE 7200.8 and

>> Maxtor IDE DiamondMax 16, in this case) so their controllers can be used?

>

>Contact Seagate and/or Maxtor - The "controllers" are likely

>on your motherboard. The interface cards mounted on the

>bottom of the drives contain the drive's "bad track data" which

>is different (data content) for every drive.

>

>Swapping the cards may work for a few selected files. Don't

>expect to recover everything.

>

>Good luck beating Murphy.

>

>Ed

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I have never had that issue and i have recovered over 7 drives this way.

[Guest ColTom2]

Re: Repairing hard drives

 

By far the best software for repairing a hard drive is Spinrite

http://www.grc.com/intro.htm .

 

I just repaired one for a friend in which Dell had already shipped a

replacement hard drive.

 

Read the info on what this software can do and you will be amazed.

 

 

"Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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"Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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>I apologize for this not-really-a-WindowsXP-question.

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The data is important - actually the intent is to get to a couple of

specific folders in both the drives - both are 300 GB, BTW.

 

I am also pricing out a commercial data recovery service as a possible

option, weighing in both costs as well as work required.

 

Thanks and regards.

 

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