HP97 The journey begins

[rprosperi]

(08-25-2019 01:45 PM)ijabbott Wrote:  

(08-25-2019 01:08 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  When old hard drives die, it's most often due to the heads/platter of course, but more often than you'd think, it's the PCB on the drive that has failed, and if you swap the PCB (it's strictly mechanical and trivial to do for most drives, though a few are just about impossible) the drive may work again. So, look for a used drive of the exact same type on eBay, and swap the boards. It's a strange feeling to see it come back to life.

Of course, if you attempt to do that and fail (which is highly likely), most data recovery companies won't touch it with a barge pole!

True enough, but I assume anyone willing to pay those prices for what would obviously then be valuable data, would not attempt options like suggested above, that is strictly for DIY-ers. I only mention it as most folks are not aware of this option and end up tossing out drives and data than can be recovered relatively cheaply.