Hi
just wanted to check if any one is using the HPE pro from salvation which accomodates the spacers. Will this work with all seagate 3.5 inch drives with spacers?

thank you

Not in my experience.

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the fact that some people already have it but they are not trying to sell the thing indicates to me that it is not quite ready.

That is a good question. we are also curious about this. Hope can get an answer soon

No, it unfortunately cannot work with seagate drives; or 5 platter hitachi for that matter.


The 3 tabs used for gripping are too thick to fit in between the platter and the HDA casing.


I am not sure how SD missed this design flaw, or if they did and decided to ship the product anyways. Either way I am a little dissapointed. Especially with the success I had with the original HPE, which I have successfully and reliably moved 4 platters with (without spacers)


I have considered filing down the tabs to fit, but I have a feeling that they would not be strong enough to reliably hold the platters if they are that thin, maybe a stronger alloy is needed?

thank you for the replies guys,
i have asked Salvation on several occassions if they can clarify if it will work with the seagate drives and all i am told is it will work with drives with an angle less than 120 degrees, they cant clarify if it will work with the seagate drives i have and dont have a list of supported drives either.
sounds like it may have been rushed to market as there is very little info about this.
does anyone know of any other solutions that are available or is it s matter of using home made tools in this case and if so would anyone be willing to share some pictures of the setup they have

thank you

Of course
Otherwise they wouldn't be able to sell this useless device
Also term "work" is not clear. If you are looking for answer on this question - would it move platters w/o ruining the alignment? The answer will be NO

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