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The serial numbers says it's Seagate Ultra Sata, but the connectors are so foreign to me! Why are they under it and not on the front?

It was in my box of old drives so it must be mine, but I don't remember it...

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The serial numbers says it's Seagate Ultra Sata, but the connectors are so foreign to me! Why are they under it and not on the front?

It was in my box of old drives so it must be mine, but I don't remember it...

XBox 360 HD that's been removed from its case?

A better place to ask might be here: www.superuser.com

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Did someone else live with you previously?

No, but if it's old enough if could be my sister's but it doesn't look that old...

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I found out something you probably knew and I didn't...

The reason I didn't recognize the hardware is because it's missing a piece.

Without this piece I'll never be able to recover the data inside, but... Why did I take that part off? That doesn't sound like me...:erm:

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I found out something you probably knew and I didn't...

The reason I didn't recognize the hardware is because it's missing a piece.

Without this piece I'll never be able to recover the data inside, but... Why did I take that part off? That doesn't sound like me...:erm:

So you know what it is then?

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could be just me... but isn't that disk missing the controller interface?

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So you know what it is then?

I think it's a Seagate since it says SG next to a number, but that's about it?

could be just me... but isn't that disk missing the controller interface?

That's probably the name of the piece it's missing? But I can't find it though...

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Yes. That big gap on the bottom is usually full of a printed circuit board. If you found an identical drive, you could swap it over to get the data off.

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The problem is.. I can't identify the hard drive, so I don't know if I have a similar one? But I'm pretty sure the answer is no...

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I think if you take the platters out, you can hold them up to the light like an xray and read what's on them.

Actually, the data is stored magnetically, so he'd need a loupe.

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The problem is.. I can't identify the hard drive, so I don't know if I have a similar one? But I'm pretty sure the answer is no...

Well then. You're fucked. No way out.

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Well then. You're fucked. No way out.

So it's safe to just give to the local electronic recycling center?

I don't know the English name for that, here we call them "White points".

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Well, the shape of the baseplate in that blurry photograph tells us that it's definitely a Seagate Ultra Recurve Sata, what's unknown right now is whether or not it was an '06 or '07 model. The two look outwardly identical, but FATs are done for the '06 model with modal median module management, whereas the '07 uses alloicious armature ejaculation allocation. The symmetrical connector would usually be a giveaway, but only when it's black. White ones were used in the interim period between the two models.

One of these could probably talk to it.

You realise we have even less to go on here than you, right? Write to Seagate. Go to a computer fair and ferret through all the old drives.

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I never said I wanted the specific model, I wanted to know what this strange looking thing was...

I couldn't recognize because it was missing a part. Now that I know that's a hard drive with a missing part I only care if it's safe to dispose or not...

I assume since it's useless to me, it's useless to anybody else, but I just wanted a second opinion before throwing it away...

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I never said I wanted the specific model, I wanted to know what this strange looking thing was...

I couldn't recognize because it was missing a part. Now that I know that's a hard drive with a missing part I only care if it's safe to dispose or not...

I assume since it's useless to me, it's useless to anybody else, but I just wanted a second opinion before throwing it away...

"Can someone help me identify this strange hard drive?" Errrr? Contradiction.

Also, please use less ellipsis.

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I was pretty sure it was a hard drive, but I was confused by it's looks since it didn't look like any of my other hard drives or like anything that showed up on Google Images, OK?

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So this letter I composed will be useless? :)

Dear Seagate,

I have one of your hard drives. Unfortunately, I removed the PCB and hid it somewhere safe to stop my sister seeing my enormous porn collection. I can't find the damn thing now.

Please can you help me identify it from this blurry photo? That yaoi isn't going to watch itself.

:naughty:, but not seriously so.

Seriously though, waste regs vary from country to country. Electronic waste generally has to be taken somewhere rather than just thrown in the trash.

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I will be taking it to the "white point" or whatever you call the electronic waste center the moment I've dealt with the hard drives I can access.

And you are taking it a bit far...

I'll have you know that Spain is notorious for it's scammers and this credit card is recent enough to have my credit card info. They just might be desperate enough to find a replacement part to access this hard drive.

Although I must admit... I just HAVE to see what my oldest hard drive has, it's going to be hilarious, or depressing... hilariously depressing?

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whereas the '07 uses alloicious armature ejaculation allocation (AAEA). The symmetrical connector would usually be a giveaway, but only when it's black. White ones were used in the interim period between the two models..

I think you are getting AAEA confused with DCHG (Dionysian Caligula-esque Hard-ON Generation).

Either way, the recycling facilities for such artefacts are deep underground and can only be accessed by achondroplastics endowed with size 11 unci; my council doesn't have those privileges unfortunately, Tani will be lucky if his does.

By the way, I really need to find out what this is so I can throw it away anyway...

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Any ideas?

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And you are taking it a bit far...

The yaoi was too much, sorry.

Although I must admit... I just HAVE to see what my oldest hard drive has, it's going to be hilarious, or depressing... hilariously depressing?

I find old drives are usually full of stuff I thought was important, but turned out to just be forgettable.

Armchair, I bow to your superior knowledge of hard dick drives :grin:

That thing appears to be for magnetising pepper :)

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I find old drives are usually full of stuff I thought was important, but turned out to just be forgettable.

This is so true... and yet I'm always terrified when I do a system upgrade or reinstall.

I think if you take the platters out, you can hold them up to the light like an xray and read what's on them.

Or just put them in your CD drive and use them as a normal hard-drive. (I think most people don't know this trick!)

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