HDD GURU FORUMS

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

Very helpful, thanks for your work!

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

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

Added:

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

Excellent idea, great work!! Thanks!!

also chkout: drivestar.biz (Mr. Jason)

i always order from him

Added:

http://www.drivestar.biz

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.

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

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.

Added:

http://www.donordrivesource.com

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

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

This interesting and good info.

Thanks

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

One of them hits is mine

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

Great resource, thanks for this

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

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

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