Out there request... Wtb specific 2TB WD drive

To post in this sub-forum you must have made 100 posts or have Trust status or have completed our ID Verification

Forums › Offers and Wanted › Out there request... Wtb specific 2TB WD drive

fastmikey

296 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 12

ID Verified

#107424 11-Aug-2012 08:29

Hi,

A good friend has lost some critical data when an external HDD failed. He's taken it to a data recovery place, and they need to source a donor drive of the following specs:

Western 2TB Digital 3.5”

MDL: WD20EARX

DCM: HHRNHTJMAB

Product of THAILAND

Am happy to pay for replacement brand new drive if you have a disk that matches these specs...

1 | 2

296 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 12

ID Verified

#672469 14-Aug-2012 20:08

Bump - no takers?

D.W

747 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 91

#672508 14-Aug-2012 21:22

Is there a software method of checking the DCM? I have a WD20EARX, unsure if the DCM matches however.

Gilco2

1556 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 134

#672510 14-Aug-2012 21:30

5loth: Is there a software method of checking the DCM? I have a WD20EARX, unsure if the DCM matches however.

on mine it is on the label. My DCM doesnt match

HTPC Intel Pentium G3258 cpu, Gigabyte H97n-wifi motherboard, , 8GB DDR3 ram, onboard graphics. Hauppuage HVR 5500 tuner, Silverstone LC16M case, Windows 10 pro 64 bit using Nextpvr and Kodi

fastmikey

296 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 12

ID Verified

#672511 14-Aug-2012 21:36

Yeah, unfortunately it only appears to be on the HDD label - I haven't been able to find any software to query it.

Athlonite

1828 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 210
Inactive user

#672882 15-Aug-2012 15:18

shouldn't the data recovery place be taking care of this for him isn't that what you pay them for

they must be going to yoink the platters out and put them in the replacement drive or swap the controller board

fastmikey

296 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 12

ID Verified

#672907 15-Aug-2012 15:50

I know - they're struggling to find one and asked him to try too :-)

Lego

Shop now for Lego sets and other gifts (affiliate link).

Peppery

919 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 188

Trusted

#672934 15-Aug-2012 16:54

I have two WD20EARX drives in my server, unfortunately the DCMs on them don't match yours. Sorry!

fastmikey

296 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 12

ID Verified

#672976 15-Aug-2012 18:12

No sweat - thanks for checking.

D.W

747 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 91

#673019 15-Aug-2012 20:24

Also checked, doesn't match sorry.

Psilan

860 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 94

#673026 15-Aug-2012 20:38

I have 3, will check for you.

Voyager referral - https://refer.voyager.nz/68QKJ8XKK

bisr

227 posts

Master Geek
+1 received by user: 19

#673968 18-Aug-2012 13:48

Checked mine too - does not match the DCM # you need.

This is kind of crazy that they need the exact same batch of disk drive to recover the data. I don't know anything about the process but it seems very flawed.

AliExpress

Shop now on AliExpress (affiliate link).

Niel

3267 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 80

Trusted

#674020 18-Aug-2012 17:09

It is possible the recovery is only guaranteed if exact same batch controller. Can work with other batch boards, but not guaranteed and may end up screwing up the data (remote chance). For very critical data I'd say the company wants to do their best of not loosing any (more) data for the client, recover as much as possible.

You can never have enough Volvos!

bisr

227 posts

Master Geek
+1 received by user: 19

#674049 18-Aug-2012 18:28

Well considering the expense of this sort of thing and if it is vital to a company's business (why on earth it was not backed up I don't know) then the recovery company should have procedures in place to procure a specific drive. This is terrible service to put it onto the client. Spare no expense but give them the actual service.

And if it is personal data, let it go. It's not worth the money. I have lost heaps of things in the past, including years worth of invoices and Inland Revenue was quite obliging... There is always more data to replace it with.

Disrespective

1934 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 146

#674269 19-Aug-2012 16:16

Sorry, all three in my server have different DCM's. I feel the pain, I recently had to pay over $600 for a failed attempt to recover irreplaceable RAW files. I had backups of jpegs but it's not the same. Now I spare no expense in redundancy.

nedkelly

666 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 104

Trusted

Subscriber

#674400 19-Aug-2012 22:05

I have 3 20EARX drives, I will check them for you tomorrow cause the machine is busy right now and wont be powered down until I go to bed

1 | 2