What size HDD to rescue data from dead one?

[gillf]

My Quantum Fireball lct 10.2 has a fried Philips chip. I'm trying to find one on Ebay or similar so I can swap the controller card to retrieve data - does it have to be exatly the same, or would a different size (say 15) do the same job?

 

[edfair]

Sometimes they will, sometimes they won't. And sometimes the E/C level bites you in the butt even if you have the exact same drive.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[gillf]

Doesn't sound too good! Can you explain what the E/C level is? (New family motto: Let not the sun go down without a full back-up)

 

[edfair]

Sometimes waiting for the sun to go down is too late.

Engineering change. Mid production changes that possibly change timings sufficiently that the different boards have problems recovering.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.