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Reviving A Dead Hard Drive The Hard Way
An anonymous reader writes "This guy went to the trouble of swapping logic boards on a dead hard drive to get his NeverWinter Nights save games back and took photos." I would have just used a character editor to get my stuff back, but clearly, I lack the dedication this gentleman has. Regardless of reason, nice work!
My mom, a teacher, made a banner with this quote and posted it in a faculty lounge:
Blessed are the pessemists, for they have made backups.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
--E.C. Stanton
I don't think it's dishonest; they're just improving their product over time, same as most other electronic gear.
Obviously anyone with any sense would rather buy the Quaddro997XTurbo-XP drive which was made last week than the one made in June. Why? 'Cause the newer one might have some slight improvements somewhere. Might not have, but just in case, you get the newer one.
This is how it is with motherboards, routers, CD burners etc. so I don't see why it's a problem with hard drives. better than having to wait a whole product generation for even the smallest improvement.
btw, can you flash the firmware on hard drives?
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Rule 1. Always have a backup.
Rule 2. If you changed data, see rule 1.
But, what people forget is to test their backup to see if it can be restored from.
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Maybe if someone can miraculously get me interested of politics I could make backups more often...
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An improvement can be designed to make the product better.
It can also be designed to make the product cheaper to produce, even if there is some kind of trade off.
At the end of the day, some executive is going to look at a suggested change and think: "will this help us make more money?"
So the latest version is always the best for the company, but is it the best for you? You can't be sure of that.
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I can't belive this guy spent money registering "deadharddrive.com" for one page on how he got his saved games back.
I would have thought that name would have been snapped up by a data recovery service years ago!
What post? The one you're carrying inside your rusty innards!