Data Recovery

[SKD_Tech]

I am guessing he passed his exams otherwise he probably wouldn't be on here

[hacker_on_fire]

he probably did as he's got his own business, knows everything about computers (10-15 languages), so i doubt it he would fail...unless he was studying physics, cos that is really hard.

[techno]

hehe well you wont get the cable since its OEM and since its from ebay - dont expect good quality since the drive maybe used or damaged in some way (even if it says its new...)

there is no specific name for the cable - just ask for ATA 100 IDE cable

as for the exams - I done my resit for once subject - I just hope I pass

what about u?

[techno]

Originally posted by SKD_Tech
I am guessing he passed his exams otherwise he probably wouldn't be on here

no - I would be stuck jammed in a closet....waiting for the pinguins to pick me up and slam dunk me :-s or something close to that

[hacker_on_fire]

"dont expect good quality since the drive maybe used or damaged in some way (even if it says its new...)"

the perosn selling it has their own website, and people have brought off him before, so i doubt its damaged.

"as for the exams - I done my resit for once subject - I just hope I pass

what about u?"

i under-achieved so i will have to do some (alot really) resits

[techno]

damn bro

well if its a trustable source - go for it suerly he can throw in an IDE cable (ATA 100)? :-s

[MPS]

Seagate - 1 year and 7 months before it goes "boof!"

well... my 3,2gb seagate is almost like 6 yrs old, and i never had any prob with it. am i lucky or what

[techno]

its luck and also i was referring to the newer ones since 1998

[Livewire]

What ever happened to IBM and thier hard drives?

[hacker_on_fire]

Hitatchi took over production, and then it all went downhill from there..

[MPS]

its luck and also i was referring to the newer ones since 1998

what u think about their Barracuda's then?

[techno]

shocking imo

The one I bought for testing purposes is wayyyy to slow and the diagnostics SUCK!

trust me on this one - I only prefer WD otherwise there would be no point in me saying rubbish for no reason

crap input = crap output

[MPS]

ok, i'll risk and trust you then

[techno]

[Livewire]

Imagine a hard drive that was optically connectable to a controller card. You could have a thruput that is unimaginable.
Ya know it doesn't really matter anyhow. You know why? You can read from a hard drive as fast as it can get data off the surface of the platter. Ever try formatting a 40Megabyte hard drive and compare the time to format a 250Gigabyte hard drive? (Results = 5 minutes for the 40mb, 5 hours for the 250gb.) Ever try copying a 4Gb DVD image to another hard drive using ATA66 or ATA133 settings? (Results = SAME time)
Technology has evolved greatly, but somthing is missing what they tell you in terms of speed.