Re: Recover old Sider II drive?

[tcp277@yahoo.com (C. Todd)]

There was a terminator; I'm sure about that!

I'm on the US East Coast -- but if you think it's something you could
give a try, I'd be willing to bear the cost of shipping and your
time..

My concern is that there's a mechanical problem, however. ;(

-Chris

Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote in message news:<Wmjhc.62349
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> C. Todd wrote:
> > Hello.. Just wanted to probe the knowledge of the group here...
> > 
> > I have an old Sider II 20mb hard drive from years gone by.. The last
> > time I remember it actively working was about 10 years ago.
> > 
> > I was able to boot it up last christmas -- (it doesn't boot
> > independently, I needed to start up with a ProDOS disk).. I was able
> > to read the root directory, but couldn't get anywhere past that; it
> > would either freeze or spit out an error (I'm sorry I don't recall the
> > error - I think it may have just been the generic I/O ERROR message)
> > when I tried to run anything or explore the drive any deeper..
> > 
> > Is there any hope of recovery? Does anyone perhaps specialize in this?
> > I'm in the Washington, DC area.. I remember reading something about
> > someone in this area who specialized in such things about a year ago,
> > but I've lost all information on them..
> 
> If you want to get the drive repaired then there's probably not much
> hope.
> If you want to recover data off it then that may be possible. I had
> a similiar situation a while back and was able to swap over the
> drives circuitboard and read the data. I have a couple of working
> 20mb Siders and could give it a try if you don't find anyone closer,
> I'm on the west coast of Canada.
> 
> One thought, there was a terminator on the drive when you were trying
> to read the files, wasn't there?
> 
> Wayne