So the thread can be closed ?

@BlackST: I tend to agree with OP on that, especially after your last comment.

@PrinceOfAbyss: I cannot offer anything other than moral support but I am gunning for you to succeed against the odds and forget about the DR guys.

The OP had more than allowed /expected from here and when he doesn't get PRESTO! what he wants, then he says that we don't know anything. So what ?

Bad, bad, bad !

Which bit should be applauded, the cocking it up in the first place or the repair?

I have no problem with people trying to get free info and give it a shot for themselves, in all reality it is not going to effect our businesses, you were always going to do it anyway - our business comes from those who are not willing/able to do the job themselves and want pro help.

Correction :

Our business is growing because of crazy attempts especially on important data. Seems that the more important the data is, the worse the attempts are. Welcome money.

Can you skim through all posts of this thread and point to me just one post that was of help? The only reason I haven't asked already that the topic should be locked is because I want to update you about the final successful result and rub a filelist of the disk in your face...


The repair of course... Was there a reason for this question?


What are you talking about? You don't have a problem with people trying to get free info IN A FORUM?

You pro guys have obviously forgotten that this is a forum. A forum is by its nature a place for people to seek free help. Otherwise it would be an online store of knowledge... But you have, like vultures in the desert fly in circles above corpse, made this your "home" in an effort to lure new customers, and treat everyone like they are either kids or straight amateurs...

There are people that come here who have the ability and will to fix a disk themselves, but need some guidance... If that's not even the minimum you are willing to offer, then why are you really here (if not to lure customers)?

@mayasoft: Mate, I don't know your initial intention for this place when you started it, but if the way it came out is not what you originally had in mind, but still permit it, I have to inform you that you've lost the whole point... If it was your original intention, then why don't you make it a private forum for pros only?

Well said. I'm on many other forums and this one is unique. I like the vulture analogy. I'm not saying the DR lot is all like that but quite a few of those who post in this thread chose to behave in a certain way. It's fairly pervasive in other threads as well - the few selected individuals.

And what do you find in the "other many forums" ?

Hope you get another target eeprom chip soon, so we can get back to the next technical update in this ongoing and very interesting saga.
We are cheering you on

I don't understand what leads people to this sense of entitlement...

PrinceOfAbyss, your attitude of "I deserve free help, and screw you if you don't give it to me" is 99% of the source of the nonhelpful posts in your thread. I applaud your perseverance and creativity in working on your case, but to me it is strange that you work so hard on some things and then can't be bothered to look up your part on digikey, etc. and whine and complain when nobody gives you a direct purchase link... Everyone here likes to see people succeed but acting like a spoiled child won't win you any friends anywhere

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

I really don't see even a single post I've made reflecting such an attitude that you're accusing me for...

On the other hand my attitude was remarked... Like below (extract from a post made somewhere in page 3):



What about your posts? Did they contain anything but irony?

I'm not whining... I've learned to find my way alone... But like I've said before, indeed there is the easy way (a hint), and the hard way (personal research)... If it's such a problem for you to give me a hint, why do you still bother visiting my thread? Like I asked you personally to recommend a chip to me... Or is it that you like flaming others?

Or, even worse, is it that some of you, being mean, can't accept that an amateur can fix his disk with a cheap $100 EEPROM programmer, a ₤200 soldering station, and two €75 donor disks, and started feeling threatened that others will try the same instead of paying you to do it for them? Don't worry, once I tell you all that I've finally read my disk, you can always reply that it was coincidental and you won't loose any customer... Guaranteed!

But I don't give a damn...

On Tuesday I'll be having the three chips I ordered, and I promise to update you appropriately mate.

Sure, you said "Where can I get a new eeprom" and I said "digikey or ebay"... there are eeproms that will work on digikey for ~$1 and pcbs for your drive on ebay for ~$20.


I don't know why all of you DIY people think that anyone is afraid of losing business to you. There will always be large companies that need DR, and they aren't going to trust their valuable data to random DIY guys.

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

I never said that you are afraid of losing your job because companies will trust their precious data on DIYers... I said that you may be afraid of losing the DIYers themselves.

Besides, I doubt any DIYer would take up the risk to deal with a disk when big money is involved...

Personally, I wouldn't try this even to my brother's hard drive (if I had a brother)... The emotional stress when you go to unknown paths is exhaustive... But for me and my own disk, there was no other option. Either a DIY or goodbye to my data. So here we are...

For every one person who has the ability to DIY their problem there are 99 who have the desire but not the ability.

For every one person who has the desire to DIY their problem there are 9999 who don't have the time or patience.

So no, I'm not really concerned about losing any business. We do try to caution the 99 of 100 people who want to DIY but can't, so that they don't completely destroy any chances they do have. You screwed your case up pretty badly but have been able to work around that, which is great, but the other 99 of 100 people in your position would have to give up.

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

So, supposing that I'm the 1 with the ability, there are 99 with the desire (but no ability), and for each 1 of them there are 9999 more without time or patience either...

That makes you lose 1 customer (me) but attract 989901 more (99x9999)...

That's a really good statistic...

Also, from my point of view, the same statistic makes me feel really unique...

Anyway, I totally agree with your last post. So why are we still fighting?

Who's fighting? This is a forum. Forums are for talking. We're talking.

We have to be hard on the people who want to try DIY because if they don't understand that they will most likely break their stuff forever then they may attempt DIY and fail when they should really give it to a pro.

And then if they DO attempt and fail, well, at least we warned them that it was probably going to happen and they made their attempt with that knowledge.

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

But like we concluded, I'm the 1 out of 989901, so no need for warnings... Hints are welcome however!!!

@Prince Please take time to read this carefully as I do not intend you any offence. I do feel that there was a reason for the question, although I wish you no ill will.

Are you really suggesting that breaking something by rushing and not taking proper care, then being lucky enough to not have done quite enough damage to permanently destroy it, is in some way worthy of respect? You have the required skills to have done this properly, surely that is more worthy of respect than the good fortune you have experienced? You may disagree.

And this moves us on to the whole idea of a forum; A forum, in my mind (I'm happy to be proven wrong), is a place where like minded individuals can meet, discuss, and if appropriate (and reasonable), help each other achieve a common goal. Suggesting that the medium is not working because people who have worked very hard (normally with 0 help from others) to learn their trade and hone their skills won't tell you exactly what you want to know is actually quite offensive. Not only to the people who have made a little bit of fun over this but directly to Maysoft who does a sterling job of maintaining this very forum.

I do hope that you get the desired result, as I do for each and every individual who is unfortunate enough to experience data loss. I also think that no individual has the right to free information, particularly without any real contribution to the community. I feel (and I'm a newbie too) that you are being a little too hard on some people on here.

granaryloaf, agree 100%