Rick Glazier wrote:
>
> I have only really "toyed" with data recovery, and have a project
> I'm stumped on.  I need a WD 21000 drive (actually the "logic
> board") to see if a HD can "give up" a small amount of data...
> You oldest "family" computer died extremely suddenly with no warning...
> It had a DDO and Ghost was useless, sort of, before or after...
> Vintage: 12/1/1995
> Specs:  Caviar 21000  1083.8MB
> mdl: wdac21000-ooh  p/n 99-004176-000
> ccc: b1 1 dec 95  dcm: bdabgap
> I'd buy one (cheap), if anyone knows of a place that "retires"
> old drives before they totally fail. Bad clusters not a problem...
> and am interested in the challenge and experience.
>
> Any leads to "suppliers" specializing in this would be
> appreciated...  (Auction dealers, etc...)

Welcome to the rock and a hard place zone. It's nice of you to drop by.

There is a place here in California that sells used drives. You may want
to contact them or visit their site. They may have what you're looking
for.
http://www.driveguys.com/

I hope you're able to recover the data. I've been there several times
and can relate to what you're going through.

Sincerely,

Frank Suszka
netTek Computers
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