HDD parts suppliers search

[CraigL]

Hi all,

Inspired by a post on a forensics forum on google custom searches, I thought about donor drives and how much easier it would be if there was a single search engine that would search a number of suppliers sites for donors... So I set one up, not sure if this has been done on the forum before (couldn't see anything from a quick search) but thought I would post anyway...

Here is the URL: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=01186 ... vt8_adlkk4

Here are the suppliers currently in the list:

http://www.donordrives.com
http://www.hdd-parts.com/
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Darius-HDD-solutions
datadonor.net
laptopdrivestore.com
http://hddparts.blogspot.com/
ultratecdirect.com
hdd-donor.com
accesscomputerparts.net
socalresellers.com

If you are a supplier and wish to be included on the list, or you are a DR company and can recommend any other sites then I will get them added.

Hope this can help someone else out there..

C

[phil_ccc]

Very helpful, thanks for your work!

[guru]

http://www.firmwarefinder.com same as Ultratecdirect but more focused towards firmware revisions, when it's working it's quite good!

[CraigL]

Looked at the usage stats on the search and was impressed it is being used!

So, I have updated the suppliers being indexed, this is the current list:

http://www.hddzone.com
http://www.hddsupplier.com
http://www.effectiveelectronics.com
http://www.onepcbsolution.com
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/FarnboroughIT
http://www.accesscomputerparts.net
http://www.donordrives.com
http://www.hdd-parts.com/
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Darius-HDD-solutions
datadonor.net
laptopdrivestore.com
http://hddparts.blogspot.com/
ultratecdirect.com
hdd-donor.com
socalresellers.com

Any other websites you'd like to see on here?

C

[CraigL]

Added:

http://stores.ebay.com/HDRescue
http://www.pcb-hdd.com

[northwind]

Excellent idea, great work!! Thanks!!

[einstein9]

also chkout: drivestar.biz (Mr. Jason)

i always order from him

[CraigL]

Added:

http://www.drivestar.biz

[CraigL]

Added:

http://katcol.co.uk/stock-list.html
http://www.elektronikadodysku.pl

Haven't updated the search engine for quite a while but after looking at the web stats I see the search is still widely used, on average 3 times a day which is surprising for something I setup on a whim, if any suppliers would like to added please send me a link to your stock pages.

[northwind]

I use it all the time, now i've added it to my iGoogle.

[donordrivesource]

We also carry donor drives on our website which is for data recovery purposes. We would like to be added to this supplier list:

http://www.donordrivesource.com

Thank you your attention to this request.

[CraigL]

Added:

http://www.donordrivesource.com

[CraigL]

FYI - I am now seeing an average of over 4 hits every day to the search engine now!

Some stats:

Distinct queries per day: Jul 22, 2011 - Jul 22, 2012 (distinct queries: 1211, total queries: 1589)

Popular web queries Jul 22, 2011 - Jul 22, 2012

Query : Instances
wd5000bmvv-11a1cs0 : 22
wd p/n: wd1600js-00mhb0 : 20
wd10ears-00y5b1 : 17

[labtech]

Query : Instances
wd5000bmvv-11a1cs0 : 22
wd p/n: wd1600js-00mhb0 : 20
wd10ears-00y5b1 : 17

This interesting and good info.

Thanks

[northwind]

FYI - I am now seeing an average of over 4 hits every day to the search engine now!

One of them hits is mine

[pclab]

Sometimes, I use it too.
If you get it with even more links, more people will use it, I think.

[aynz]

Great resource, thanks for this

[aynz]

Another site for your list maybe, they have a lot of hard drives/pcbs for sale http://stores.ebay.co.uk/upgradeit

[aynz]

CraigL, Got another one for the list if you are still updating - http://www.harddrivesforsale.com/

[northwind]

I believe some of the prices on this site, are totally outrageous.