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X ` Man

On 11/20/11 10:44 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:04:19 -0500, X `
wrote:

I doubt the failed drive will be on sale at Fry's or anywhere else,
since it was handed back to me in the box that held the new drive. I
might mess with the drive a little bit to see if I can plumb its
mysteries, but otherwise, it'll be heading to the "Electronics Dumpster"
at the county trash-out.

If they told you the truth about it, you could bring this back to life
with a low level format (what they call "recertified" in the used
world). How long it will last before it corrupts another critical file
is the question.
I have "recertified" drives that ran for years, others crapped out in
a month. Usually if the manufacturer recertified them they will swap
it out under the warranty.

If you scrap it, take the magnets out. They are fun to play with. Then
the only part that needs to go to the electronics dumpster is the card
and the leads to the voice coil and heads (the parts with lead)
New drives don't use lead solder anyway. (RoHS)

I've got an unused hard drive USB docking station somewhere that
accommodates 2.5" and 3.5" SATA hard drives. Might unbox it and hook it
up to the failed drive to see what I can do with it.