[clug] Hard drive wanted

David Adams u2552331 at anu.edu.au
Sun Sep 23 03:21:23 GMT 2007


Uhh- is this drive still needed?

Cheers,

Dave.

David Adams wrote:
> Wow. You *might* just be in luck mate. :)
>
> I have a working IDE Seagate Barracuda 7200.8, 250gb drive. The specs 
> on it are:
>
> Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 -- Match.
> Device Model: ST3250823A -- Match.
> Serial Number: 3ND2C14J -- Not a match, but honestly I think this 
> uniquely identifies the drive? So it CAN'T match?
> Firmware Version: 3.03 -- Match.
> Date Code: 06217 -- A fair bit off. :( Still, that's only one thing.
> User Capacity: 250gb -- Match.
>
> This disc has got stuff on it I want (NTFS formatted), but I can 
> probably find somewhere to store it while you do whatever with it. To 
> be honest there's actually nothing mission critical there, but the 
> convenience factor is high in this case.
>
> Mail me and we'll sort out a way to get in contact with each other, etc.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
>
> fiddleheadfern wrote:
>> Oh wow. What a coincidence! I'm in EXACTLY the same position as Fred's
>> colleague except that my graduate thesis was on the dead drive!!! In 
>> fact,
>> I'm even looking for EXACTLY the same model & part as Fred is, albeit 
>> with a
>> different firmware and date code range. If anyone out there 
>> (especially you, Paul) has a drive that fits the bill,
>> PLEASE let me know! If you do, I'd happily do whichever you'd prefer: 
>> (1)
>> Borrow the circuit board long enough for my genius technician to swap it
>> onto my dead drive, retrieve my uber-important files, and then swap 
>> it back
>> unharmed (guaranteed!); (2) Buy the drive off of you for the going 
>> online
>> rate + S&H; or (3) Buy you a brand new ST3250823A drive instead. 
>> Whichever
>> you'd prefer. I just REALLY need to find a matching drive before my 
>> advisor
>> asks to see my results....
>>
>> Here are the drive specs I'm looking for (most of which are a repeat of
>> Fred's):
>> Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda 7200.8
>> Device Model:     ST3250823A
>> Serial Number:    5ND08JK1   ---> I don't think this has to be an exact
>> match (?)
>> Firmware Version:    3.03   ---> Note that this is different to the 
>> one Fred
>> needs
>> Date Code:    05421   ---> Note: Seagate tech support said that I 
>> should be
>> looking for a code that's within about a month of this
>> User Capacity:    250gb (more or less)
>>
>> Apparently getting a drive with a matching firmware & date code is 
>> vital to
>> a successful data retrieval, so I'm *really* hoping that one of you 
>> guys has
>> a matching drive that I could borrow or buy. Thx.
>>
>> Pilcher, Fred wrote:
>>  
>>>> A colleague of mine has a 250GB hard drive whose circuit board 
>>>> committed
>>>> suicide. The drive's got a lot of important stuff on it so he's trying
>>>> to chase up another identical drive whose circuit board he can swap 
>>>> over
>>>> to recover his data.       
>>
>> Paul Wayper-2 wrote:
>>  
>>> I have two of these at home - according to smartctl:
>>> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
>>> Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 family
>>> Device Model:     ST3250823A
>>> Serial Number:    3ND01DCJ
>>> Firmware Version: 3.01
>>> User Capacity:    250,059,350,016 bytes
>>>
>>> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
>>> Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 family
>>> Device Model:     ST3250823A
>>> Serial Number:    5ND0Y73D
>>> Firmware Version: 3.03
>>> User Capacity:    250,059,350,016 bytes
>>>     
>



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