[ale] (SCSI) HDD recovery

[George Allen]

I've done this before. I had to use lots of google and a bit of extra
$$ to find the exact same make/model/sku/board/firmware - but it
worked, and it was much cheaper that commercial recovery.

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Before you go the drive recovery route, try swapping the drives board with
> another from an identical drive. Quite often that will allow access to
> recover data before tossing out the entire drive.
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Ken Cochran <kwc at theworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> Any recommendation(s) for a good hdd recovery company?
>>
>> Looks like a power blink took out one of my HDDs, an IBM DPSS
>> 309170 SCSI 9gb - I think it might be spinning up but no initial
>> "startup seek" and it doesn't come ready when the SCSI HBA
>> (Adaptec 29160 I think) probes it on POST.  OS is FreeBSD and
>> filesystems are UFS (I don't remember whether UFS1 or USF2).
>>
>> Long ago (1993-ish?) I used OnTrack (in Minnesota I think) &
>> they did an outstanding job.  Should I use them or is there
>> someone closer/better, e.g. in the Atlanta area?
>>
>> Thanks, -kc
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