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Need hard drive
I need a known good PCB for a Western Digital 20GB IDE drive for critical data recovery.
Model number of drive must be WD200BB-00CVB0.
Anybody have one of these?
Thanks!
Ted Swenson
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Model number of drive must be WD200BB-00CVB0.
Anybody have one of these?
Thanks!
Ted Swenson
{email removed by Callandor}
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jhance is so right. yeah definetely ebay !
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... I'm not surprised. Just wasn't sure if it was a production ID (i.e. which factory produced the drive) or a PCB indicator, which identifies the PCB board. The "safest" thing to do here is "off to Gillware." ... but it certainly won't hurt to explore the available drives on e-bay to see if you can find one with the exact ID match.
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Oops. Sorry about the email address, Callandor.
Yes, I perused eBay yesterday & inquired about 30 different drives & no match.
Yes, the suffix is crucial. Though PCBs are similar & sometimes the chipset are identical, the HDA standoffs can be different, etc.
garycase, what is "Gillware"?
Thanks everyone.
Yes, I perused eBay yesterday & inquired about 30 different drives & no match.
Yes, the suffix is crucial. Though PCBs are similar & sometimes the chipset are identical, the HDA standoffs can be different, etc.
garycase, what is "Gillware"?
Thanks everyone.
Gillware is www.gillware.com, a reasonably priced data recovery service.
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Whoa, take a step back and examine the situation carefully before you do anything.
Drive electronics are a bit like a cars wheel alignment. If you use second hand steering components to replace some of the steering mechanism on your car, I can almost guarantee you your wheel alignment will be out, even if by a little bit, but when it comes to hard disks, the alignment could be the equivalent of driving on the wrong side of the road.
While some cases of swapping circuit boards have been partly, successful, most of them are not and result in random data writes to the front of the drive making data recovery near on to impossible. Sometimes the controller chip on the head assembly is the faulty part, and replacing the external circuit board will not help, and may even damage the replacement board. Pros can normally isolate a faulty chip, replace it and lift your data. They can control one head at a time if need be, and if they have to open the drive, they should do it in a clean-air environment. The tinyest spec of dust can cause head crash, which on a microscopic level can be likened to 2 skyscrapers slapping together.
I agree with Mr Limo, take it to the pros if you can, and ask them to only retrieve what you need.
Mike P
Drive electronics are a bit like a cars wheel alignment. If you use second hand steering components to replace some of the steering mechanism on your car, I can almost guarantee you your wheel alignment will be out, even if by a little bit, but when it comes to hard disks, the alignment could be the equivalent of driving on the wrong side of the road.
While some cases of swapping circuit boards have been partly, successful, most of them are not and result in random data writes to the front of the drive making data recovery near on to impossible. Sometimes the controller chip on the head assembly is the faulty part, and replacing the external circuit board will not help, and may even damage the replacement board. Pros can normally isolate a faulty chip, replace it and lift your data. They can control one head at a time if need be, and if they have to open the drive, they should do it in a clean-air environment. The tinyest spec of dust can cause head crash, which on a microscopic level can be likened to 2 skyscrapers slapping together.
I agree with Mr Limo, take it to the pros if you can, and ask them to only retrieve what you need.
Mike P
I agree with thepcstation (Mike P) - professional data recovery is definitely your best shot at getting your data. The only reason I mentioned ANYTHING about swapping the PCB boards is I wanted to make sure that you understand - IT MUST MATCH EXACTLY. There can be NO deviation - and it's very difficult to find the correct drive - (just ask some that do it for a living...)
If you data is critical: http://www.drivesavers.com
good luck.
If you data is critical: http://www.drivesavers.com
good luck.
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Thanks everyone for your assistance.
I did manage to find one matching drive locally, through craigslist. But alas, it was dead, too.
Off to Gillware!
tcswenson
I did manage to find one matching drive locally, through craigslist. But alas, it was dead, too.
Off to Gillware!
tcswenson