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Paul Moore · 04-21-2005, 03:14 AM

I won't go into the cause but I now have a 160gb SATA drive that has a circuit board that looks like a blown automotive fuse. It doesn't work and before I unplugged it, it only tried to cycle on over and over again. The problem is, that drive has every porn vid and song I've collected for the last few years on it. (This is what I get for reorganizing my drives for the last week). Obviously I can't take it to a data recovery place because of the embarassment factor of the porn.

My questions are

Can I replace the circuit board on the drive with another one temporarily. I have a 120gb SATA from the same manufacturer.

Can I recover the files from the drives I tranferred them from? I transferred them hours before the meltdown and each folder ("Videos" and "Music") was on another drive and deleted after they were transferred. Neither of these drives have been written to with anything new yet. I already tried "system restore" and in typical Microsoft half-assed fashion the folders reappeared but they were empty.

Thanks in advance.

04-21-2005, 03:14 AM
Paul Moore Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Travel & Adventure Posts: 101	Hard drive question I won't go into the cause but I now have a 160gb SATA drive that has a circuit board that looks like a blown automotive fuse. It doesn't work and before I unplugged it, it only tried to cycle on over and over again. The problem is, that drive has every porn vid and song I've collected for the last few years on it. (This is what I get for reorganizing my drives for the last week). Obviously I can't take it to a data recovery place because of the embarassment factor of the porn. My questions are Can I replace the circuit board on the drive with another one temporarily. I have a 120gb SATA from the same manufacturer. Can I recover the files from the drives I tranferred them from? I transferred them hours before the meltdown and each folder ("Videos" and "Music") was on another drive and deleted after they were transferred. Neither of these drives have been written to with anything new yet. I already tried "system restore" and in typical Microsoft half-assed fashion the folders reappeared but they were empty. Thanks in advance. __________________ Paul Moore jr. Exclusive gay content provider (by appt.) ICQ# 280994302