lorraine <lorraineg@sgi.net> wrote in message
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I quoted exact because you can't simply swap parts from any drive to get a
bad one to work. To swap the board, assuming the controller is bad, you need
one from a Seagate Model ST310212A (old 10.2GB EIDE) hard drive. Make sure
the guy at the local computer repair place knows how to work on drives. I
requires careful removal and replacement. This trick does not always ensure
that you can startup the drive long enough to retreive the data. The motor
can fail, the read/write head can be damaged (etc., etc.,).

Doing a simple search I found:
New-
http://www.4cheapparts.com/cgi-bin/c...etworkpSTORE:g
otoCKIErodST310212A+
Refurb-
http://www.hd4less.com/seagu1010uat1.html
Technical Support-
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/ata/st310212a.html
Here's one for $45.00-
http://www.nextag.com/Seagate_10_2GB...12azmain z2-h
tm
also click on the $65.00 link on this page which pops up a email form.

Best of luck.

Why do you say "exact" in quotes?


The guy at the local computer repair place wants to try and do exactly that
on my mother in laws hard drive to try and retrieve her data. She wants it
pretty badly as there are 10 years of family business files on it. So...I'm
searching for an exact duplicate of her hard drive which is a Seagate
ST310212A. Unless of course it doesn't have to be "exact"???



"Mark F." <m7829@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I took some photos to show you how its done. Some aren't that good as I'm
not a photographer.
http://home.austin.rr.com/mchp/hardware

Good luck.

lorraine <lorraineg@sgi.net> wrote in message
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wow...thanks!

I went ahead and ordered a refurbed ST310212A from a place called CTI in New
York today. I'm having it second day aired. I'm hoping it's the right one.
The computer guy told me the numbers off of the crashed drive but when I was
calling around locally, one of the guys told me there should be more numbers
on it? I don't understand how one place can charge $89.00 and another
$45.00. I opted for the $45.

My poor mother-in-law probably hasn't slept since this all started and she
lost her data. (I kid you not.) So, I'm hoping this will work. Worse comes
to worse, I'll end up with an extra 10 gig hard drive and I'll just stick it
in my computer.

Thanks again, I really appreciate the info.

Lorraine
"Mark F." <m7829@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"lorraine" <lorraineg@sgi.net> wrote in message
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Same reason a cup of coffee costs a buck at a donut shop and five
bucks at Starbucks!

Lots of luck!