HiDepending who owned this computer before you could send it off for data recovery.
I imagine what they will do is connect it to a DOS/Windows PC and a laboratory power supply with a SCSI card and attempt to identify device and then block read the contents.
If they are unable to do that they will attempt to swap the electronics for a known good drive of the same make/model/capacity and try again.
Some firms offer forensic disk recovery where they extract the data from the platters but we're then talking ££££
When you turn it on does it spin? Does it perform drive diagnostics? (The stereotypical chatter of it moving the heads)
It does't spin at all I took the lid off to check, it does get 12v and 5v but it does not spin at any time, I will also check to see if I have anything to connect it to PC.
I do not think it will be worth all that , I will have bought it of eBay some years ago , I would like to fit a hard drive in it & I am sure I have another SCSI drive somewhere , I have several IDE drives but the only IDE podule I have says it is for a Winchester podule for the A540 AKD 52
Um is that an old type of drive.
Do you agree with me that this is a dead drive ?
Thanks
Raymond
Statistics: Posted by razz177 — Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:46 pm