Need WD5000AAKS
November 28th, 2008, 21:11
my portable WD fell few days ago and i need new heads, if you have or know of a place where i can get this HD please post here.
i already got a quote for 1.5-2K to retrieve my data. but b/c i only "need" 30 gb of pics of it its not worth that much $$$ so i'll try to do it myself.
i already got a quote for 1.5-2K to retrieve my data. but b/c i only "need" 30 gb of pics of it its not worth that much $$$ so i'll try to do it myself.
Re: Need WD5000AAKS
November 29th, 2008, 4:36
I've been accused of being too direct in the past, so I'll try my best to be polite.
30GB or 300GB, it's basically the same amount of work.
Like open heart surgery, writing your own legal documents, and defending yourself in court, this isn't a do-it-yourself kind of thing unless you don't care about the outcome. 99.5% chance that in the end, you'll have a worthless donor drive, no data, and no chance for anyone else to recover it. If you want to play, why not buy a junk drive on Ebay? That way, you'll only lose some random garbage instead of that 30GB you 'need'.
30GB or 300GB, it's basically the same amount of work.
Like open heart surgery, writing your own legal documents, and defending yourself in court, this isn't a do-it-yourself kind of thing unless you don't care about the outcome. 99.5% chance that in the end, you'll have a worthless donor drive, no data, and no chance for anyone else to recover it. If you want to play, why not buy a junk drive on Ebay? That way, you'll only lose some random garbage instead of that 30GB you 'need'.
Re: Need WD5000AAKS
November 29th, 2008, 7:44
Agree with rchadwick.
Maybe on another type of drive you might stand a slight chance, but even the 0.5% success rate he suggests is too generous on this model IMHO.
If you don't want to pay, then you don't "need" your pics, end of.
I would be more than willing to help out if I thought it would help, as my past posts have shown. But this would seriously be pi**ing into the wind!
Maybe on another type of drive you might stand a slight chance, but even the 0.5% success rate he suggests is too generous on this model IMHO.
If you don't want to pay, then you don't "need" your pics, end of.
I would be more than willing to help out if I thought it would help, as my past posts have shown. But this would seriously be pi**ing into the wind!
Re: Need WD5000AAKS
November 29th, 2008, 13:09
rchadwick wrote:I've been accused of being too direct in the past, so I'll try my best to be polite.
30GB or 300GB, it's basically the same amount of work.
Like open heart surgery, writing your own legal documents, and defending yourself in court, this isn't a do-it-yourself kind of thing unless you don't care about the outcome. 99.5% chance that in the end, you'll have a worthless donor drive, no data, and no chance for anyone else to recover it. If you want to play, why not buy a junk drive on Ebay? That way, you'll only lose some random garbage instead of that 30GB you 'need'.
the thing is that this data to me is already lost, b/c i'm not willing to dish out 2K to get it back. so there are 2 options left for me, either toss it out and forget, or spend few hundred bucks and do everything i can and take my slim chance in fixing it.
Re: Need WD5000AAKS
November 29th, 2008, 14:12
pcimage wrote:Agree with rchadwick.
Maybe on another type of drive you might stand a slight chance, but even the 0.5% success rate he suggests is too generous on this model IMHO.
If you don't want to pay, then you don't "need" your pics, end of.
I would be more than willing to help out if I thought it would help, as my past posts have shown. But this would seriously be pi**ing into the wind!
Re: Need WD5000AAKS
November 29th, 2008, 14:19
how have u been sure that - this is the head...
why don't u post symptoms of the drive u r facing?
but demanded price goes to head.
why don't u post symptoms of the drive u r facing?
but demanded price goes to head.
Re: Need WD5000AAKS
November 29th, 2008, 14:39
hd fell from table while being plugged in but idle, after that clicking started and even though linux was able to detect it it was unable to open it
BTW after my quote of pcimage i wanted to ask
what is so different in this drive from others?
BTW after my quote of pcimage i wanted to ask
what is so different in this drive from others?
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