On Thursday 10 September 2020 11:29:53 Michael via tde-users wrote: > On Thursday 10 September 2020 01:02:08 pm William Morder via tde-users wrote: > > On Thursday 10 September 2020 10:44:42 BorgLabs - Kate Draven via > > tde-users > > > > > I understand. I mean swap out the IDE boards on the drives. > > > Make sure to mark the bad one so you don't try to reuse it. > > > > > > I've done that only a few times but it works. They must be the same > > > model. > > > > I do have another 1.5 TB hard drive (though I would need to backup its > > data first); however, it is WD, not Seagate, and I would not willingly > > buy another Seagate hard drive. > > Check ebay for a used drive (same exact model!), you might find one for > $10. > > What Kate is referring to is what data recovery services basically do in > reverse. * You’d be taking the electronic guts out of a ‘good’ drive and > sticking them in your ‘bad’ drive. Expect to chuck both of them into the > trash when done. > > Like Kate, I’d guess it’s the electronics, not the platters. Any physical > damage to a platter is usually a lot more than a few bytes. And would be > getting worse every time it was powered on. > > HTH, > Michael > > * They usually rip the platters out of a 'bad' drive and stick them in > a 'good' drive housing. But they have clean rooms and the like... Yeah, once it was explained, it made sense. I can't imagine why it would fail for those few bad bits. It is at least another option, and since it's an old drive, $10 or so isn't much to spend. Bill _______________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
