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From: Billy V on 18 Aug 2006 11:44 Hi All, About two years ago I had a hard drive go belly up on me. The stepper motor was the problem. The disc inside the hard drive was OK. My IT, at that time, told me that in about two years there would be a prouct on the market that anyone could buy that could read the disc from the hard drive. That disc could be removed and placed in the prouct and the infomation extracted. I haven't see anything like this being offered for sale as of yet. Has anyone else? Does anyine know of this product being offered in the future? Thanks for the help BillyV
From: Rod Speed on 18 Aug 2006 14:34 Billy V <Alphacetus(a)comcast.net> wrote > About two years ago I had a hard drive go belly up on me. > The stepper motor was the problem. Unlikely. More likely to be what drives it. > The disc inside the hard drive was OK. My IT, at that time, > told me that in about two years there would be a prouct > on the market that anyone could buy that could read the > disc from the hard drive. That disc could be removed and > placed in the prouct and the infomation extracted. He was into the wacky weed. > I haven't see anything like this being offered for sale as of yet. Because there is no such animal. > Has anyone else? Nope. > Does anyine know of this product being offered in the future? Taint gunna happen. Pro recovery will likely be possible and doesnt necessarily cause a heart attack when you see the bill. www.retrodata.co.uk
From: beerspill on 18 Aug 2006 17:26 Billy V wrote: > About two years ago I had a hard drive go belly up on me. The stepper > motor was the problem. The disc disk > inside the hard drive was OK. My IT, at that time, told me that > in about two years there would be a prouct on the market that > anyone could buy that could read the disc disk > from the hard drive. That disc disk > could be removed and placed in the prouct and the > infomation extracted. I haven't see anything like this being > offered for sale as of yet. Has anyone else? Does anyine > know of this product prouct > being offered in the future? Do you mean a device that would clean off the drive exterior, remove the lid, move the head assembly clear of the platters unbolt the platter stack, remove the platters, and read them with its own set of heads? Sounds simple, and I've seen them in some vending machines. They cost more than the Snickers bars but not as much as the sports drinks.
From: kony on 18 Aug 2006 19:38 On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:44:03 -0400, Billy V <Alphacetus(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >Hi All, >About two years ago I had a hard drive go belly up on me. What make/model? >The stepper >motor was the problem. Probably the controller, fixed by PCB swap if not direct discrete component replacement... if it's worth the bother at all which it might not be else there'd have been backups made. >The disc inside the hard drive was OK. How do you know unless you had the device you are seeking? >My IT, >at that time, told me that in about two years there would be a prouct >on the market that anyone could buy that could read the disc from the >hard drive. Was he smoking crack at the time? No, unless he means an extremely expensive product bought by forensics labs. You're free to go looking for one if you like, I'd imagine it will cost a few tens of thousand$ and may require a clean room, supplimentary equipment, and training. >That disc could be removed and placed in the prouct and >the infomation extracted. I haven't see anything like this being >offered for sale as of yet. Has anyone else? Does anyine know of this >product being offered in the future? Extremely unlikely, there are far too many details involved even in the basic extraction and mounting of the platters in such a device for it to be feasible.
From: CBFalconer on 18 Aug 2006 15:59
Billy V wrote: > > About two years ago I had a hard drive go belly up on me. The stepper > motor was the problem. The disc inside the hard drive was OK. My IT, > at that time, told me that in about two years there would be a prouct > on the market that anyone could buy that could read the disc from the > hard drive. That disc could be removed and placed in the prouct and > the infomation extracted. I haven't see anything like this being > offered for sale as of yet. Has anyone else? Does anyine know of this > product being offered in the future? Stepper motor? I don't think they have been used in hard drives for about 15 years now, when a large drive was 64 Megabytes. I doubt anyone is worrying about data recovery from anything that old. There simply is no money in it. -- "The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgement of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." -- W. Churchill, Nov 21, 1943 |