another hard drive has died
Hey... my Quantum Fireball 40 gig that was in my portable when it was still working, and just in my pentium has now died... it came too close to the other hard drive and aparently one of it's resistors (from a quick glance it seems like a resistor) shorted and blew out (literally... sparks, smoke, no noise though).
I have tried to see if I could get it to survive a boot, but it clicks and the computer cannot detect any hard drives with it installed. If it actually was a resistor, and I found out it's rating, I suppose I could try to find a very very low power soldering iron and replace it.
I was also wondering though, if I got another quantum fireball of the same make and model, could I switch the disc platters? Would it just end up killing another drive or if done carefully enough, the "new" drive would function properly and I would be able to access the files that are on it (this drive was my main source of storage.... pretty much EVERYTHING I had was on it)
Also, would it be possible to just get another 40 gig drive, or would I need the exact same make and model for a switch to work?
I have tried to see if I could get it to survive a boot, but it clicks and the computer cannot detect any hard drives with it installed. If it actually was a resistor, and I found out it's rating, I suppose I could try to find a very very low power soldering iron and replace it.
I was also wondering though, if I got another quantum fireball of the same make and model, could I switch the disc platters? Would it just end up killing another drive or if done carefully enough, the "new" drive would function properly and I would be able to access the files that are on it (this drive was my main source of storage.... pretty much EVERYTHING I had was on it)
Also, would it be possible to just get another 40 gig drive, or would I need the exact same make and model for a switch to work?
Comments
-Q
I guess if I tried this, I might go with dvd, not sure about buying a new drive, how would the price be coming directly from them? And.... this drive is used for storage so it does contain...stuff... would it be wise to let them even go near the drive?
If they'll do that then I'd leave it to them, as to privacy, I'd review their privacy polices, maybe ask them, and think yourself how compromising the data on there is.
-Q
Edit: I can ask them about the whole privacy part... but I want to make sure I word it wisely....
here's what I've got
Hello, I was wondering what your privacy policy is on recovering data. Is recovered data protected from any and all
how about someone picks up from there.... I can't find a way to end that sentence, but I'm sure the rest of you know where I'm trying to go with it.
-Q
I don't think I can ship this thing to Russia and have it arrive there without any new damages.
1x Quantum ProDrive ELS 120mb
1x Quantum ProDrive ELS 180mb
2x Quantum ProDrive LPS 400mb
1x Quantum Fireball 3.2gb
1x Quantum Fireball 2.1gb
4x Quantum Fireball 1.2gb
Almost dead:
1x Quantum Fireball 2.1gb SCSI-2
1x Quantum ProDrive ELS 210mb
2x Quantum BigFoot 2160CY 2.1gb (5.25")
Only Seagate drives are still working... I got lots of 45mb-1.2gb hdds which are still in full working order. I once had a 1.2gb drive of which I thought was dead,so i threw it in the garbage bin from a 2m. distance. It first hit the wall and fell into the bin. I took it out and reconnected it to another motherboard and turned it on.. It still works perfectly!
how much $$$ did you spend in all those HDs that died, its hard to beleive that most of them are dead, yove had more dead hardrives than ive had all together my whole life.
-Q
PS. Are you going to have them xfer your data to a new one?
-Q
PS. Another thing, Quantums (I don't know about now) but they used to be LOUD! I had one that took like 30Seconds to spin up and down, and you could hear it @ the other end of the house!
sure that would be very expensive and not for free. You'll
just have to replace whatever you lost. The resistor blew
because you had a direct short. Again I'm real sorry.
Thump
as soon as dust touches it, youre fukced
I had no idea how much it would be, when I fill out the form, they give a quote on how much. I'll get a quote to see what it's like, but if it ends up being far more then the cost of a new much larger hard drive, then screw it, I'll just have 8 torrents at once lol.
none. Most of those drives came out of old Pentium 1 systems I get for free.
I spend 15 euro on my HP server, with 2x2.1gb drives, (quantum and seagate). The quantum is almost dead.
Hi and thanks for your inquiry.
Below please find an excerpt from our terms and conditions that you sign off on when you submit a case to us.
I trust this is satisfactory? If you have your own confidentiality agreement, we'll be please to sign off.
Regards
Sam
4. Confidentiality
Storage Data Services agrees not to disclose any and all information or data files supplied with, stored on, or recovered from client equipment except to employees or agents of Storage Data Services, subject to confidentiality agreements or as required by law.
Well, I don't exactly know what is required by law... but it seemed decent enough... what do you guys think? Also, I'll go ahead and see about getting a quote. If they ask for credit card info then I'm stopping (as I don't have one). If it is possible to pay with a money order or something, then we'll see what happens.
I'd ask who exactly their "agents" are, how many subsidiaries, whether or not they agree to the same confidentiality, etc.
-Q