I agree 100% with that - makes you look like a true wizard as well. That technique saved my butt when I worked at Westinghouse - we thought we had lost a drive but a switched controller board saved the day.
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Shawn G. Doughty wrote: > Scott, > > Something that has been of great value to me time and again is being able > to swap controller boards on failed drives. If a drive appears to be > "going bad" and is unreadable just grab a T9 bit take off the controller > board, replace it with one from an identical model drive then try to read > the data off using regular methods. > > -- > Shawn G. Doughty-A&S Support Staff > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://asunix.tufts.edu/ > Phone: 617-627-5462 > Fax: 617-627-3220 > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > > > I've had a big interest in learning the techniques involved in data > > recovery, including deleted files, crashed hard drives, RAID setups, > > unreadable floppy disks, etc. I've left messages over the last few > > months with a place local to me, but they haven't returned calls, so I > > presume they are not interested in showing me (or anyone?) > > > > I'd be happy to volunteer somewhere on a Saturday, or multiple Saturdays, > > just to learn. Do any classes or good books teach the practice? I do, > > ultimately, want hands-on (or at least watch someone else perform the task > > and I watch). > > > > Thanks for any leads. > > > > Scott > > > > _______________________________________________ > > bblisa mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
