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Old 27th Aug 2002, 12:41
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Where do Old Hard Drives go when they are superseded?

I've got an old Quantum ProDrive LPS 270MB IDE in which the IDE interface circuitry has died. Visual inspection of the platter suggests that the data are still intact.

I'd quite like to get the data off.

It would be a simple job to change the interface card if I could get the exact HDD but I've searched the Web carefully but can't find a source in UK. There seem to be plenty of sources in US.

Alternatively, I'd even consider swapping the platter into another drive case. I only want to run it for 5 minutes then it can go ...

Anyone got any ideas where these old HDD can be got in UK - preferably in the south?
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