..the more important the data is, the more likely the disk holding it will fail!
So, what happened to me? I lost just a drop over 0.5 million files with one drive deciding to not work.
I've (using some amazing tools) tracked the problem down to the circuit board on the drive. My drive is a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (don't talk to me about disk manufactures, I've lost drives from them *all* so they all suck
). I checked its warranty, and low and behold, its a good year and a half outside the warranty. Great!
So I decided to e-mail Maxtor in the vain hope that they can tell me where to get a circuit board for the drive. I expected them to say 'We don't sell them, and don't know where to get them'.
I was wrong. Not only did they give me two companies (both foreign though) that might help, they also said this:
Maxtor Ireland wrote:For the following Maxtor hard drive models: Fireball 3, DiamondMax 16, DiamondMax Plus 8, DiamondMax Plus 9, Diamond Max 10 and all MaxLine products there is also a GTLA Number on the model (next to barcode on the bottom of the drive). Format 1Y222J2223322. 1, 2 and 3 stand for numbers, Y and J for letters. The numbers 1 and 3 as well as the letter Y need to be identical to be able to replace the PCB on these drives.
So, this is a plea for help to anyone out there who has a "dead" DiamondMax Plus 9. If you still believe the circuit board works, and your drive's GTLA number is:
6Y120L0040401 (the 6Y, L and 04 parts being critical)
Then post here or contact me, as I *need* the circuit board from it. I will be willing to negotiate a deal with you for it if you have one.
If you don't, but know where on earth to get such items (bar e-bay or other online auction sites please), then do tell, as some of these files are critical. (you can also shout at me for not backing up, but please also suggest how the hell to backup about 50GB of data without spending all my money on tapes)
So, in short: HELP!
Thanks!
..the more important the data is, the more likely the disk holding it will fail!
So, what happened to me? I lost just a drop over 0.5 million files with one drive deciding to not work.
I've (using some amazing tools) tracked the problem down to the circuit board on the drive. My drive is a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 (don't talk to me about disk manufactures, I've lost drives from them *all* so they all suck ;) ). I checked its warranty, and low and behold, its a good year and a half outside the warranty. Great!
So I decided to e-mail Maxtor in the vain hope that they can tell me where to get a circuit board for the drive. I expected them to say 'We don't sell them, and don't know where to get them'.
I was wrong. Not only did they give me two companies (both foreign though) that might help, they also said this:
[quote="Maxtor Ireland"]For the following Maxtor hard drive models: Fireball 3, DiamondMax 16, DiamondMax Plus 8, DiamondMax Plus 9, Diamond Max 10 and all MaxLine products there is also a GTLA Number on the model (next to barcode on the bottom of the drive). Format 1Y222J2223322. 1, 2 and 3 stand for numbers, Y and J for letters. The numbers 1 and 3 as well as the letter Y need to be identical to be able to replace the PCB on these drives.[/quote]
So, this is a plea for help to anyone out there who has a "dead" DiamondMax Plus 9. If you still believe the circuit board works, and your drive's GTLA number is:
[b]6Y120L0040401[/b] (the 6Y, L and 04 parts being critical)
Then post here or contact me, as I *need* the circuit board from it. I will be willing to negotiate a deal with you for it if you have one.
If you don't, but know where on earth to get such items (bar e-bay or other online auction sites please), then do tell, as some of these files are critical. (you can also shout at me for not backing up, but please also suggest how the hell to backup about 50GB of data without spending all my money on tapes)
So, in short: HELP!
Thanks!