Tibor, that sort of drive's findable here in WA state, USA, for
reasonable numbers, fairly often - if you want an identical drive, I'll
find you one, you pay cost & shipping (and more if & only if you want),
I ship stuff via postal service all the time internationally.
I don't have a WD 2700 myself, but I'll bet I can find one for about $35
USD or so, maybe $5 for shipping - If you're interested, just ask & I'll
look. Lots of people are selling those off to buy a 10Gb or so drive,
so Win98 will fit on their machine - Silly people! <G> I gave a good
friend a WD 2550 drive the other day (she's been stuck with two 130Mb
Maxtors, she was given another so I handed her the other & now she has
1.2Gb instead of 260Mb, and a 486DX33 not SX25, she's happier <G>
Mark
Tibor Mocsar wrote:
>
> First of all, I thank to all who tried to help me with my dead HD. I read
> your advices carefully and tried out most of them.
> I cleaned the contacts of the drive and applied contact spray on them. Then
> took off the board. I rotated the drive and stopped suddenly. Unfortunately,
> all of this has not brought a noticeable effect so far.
>
> I looked up www. datarecoverygroup.com, also, but I couldn't find anything
> about rate structure or an office in Germany or elswhere in Europe.
> Then I phoned Ontrack's office in Boeblingen/Germany: their basic fee for
> the first analysis is somewhat less than that of the other firm, but they
> charge the same for the recovery. I'm afraid these prices might be the same
> all over the world.
>
> It's quite unlikely to find an identical drive nowadays: this drive is a
> Western Digital 2700 (700MB) from 1994, that means it's old and small.
> However, I have a similar drive WD 340 MB. The board is similar (but of
> course not identical), it uses same voltage but lower ampere. What do you
> think, can I try to swap boards without worsening the situation?
>
> I have a slight hope: suddenly I remembered a short article in my local
> newspapaer about a newly opended computer service in the neighbourhood.
> This article had a picture with technical equipment (a.o. oscilloscope) in
> the background. Now I have to find either that issue of the paper or the
> shop itself.
>
> In the meantime I try to survive with a Seagate ST-157A 40MB, at least 12
> years old and still working.
>
> I'd be really interested to know, how to make a "clean room" in home
> environment. Years ago I had an idea, using similar technique like at
> carlacquering in the bathroom. However, more knowledgeable people told me it
> was bullshit ;-(
>
> --
> Tibor Mocsar
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