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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 15, 2007 at 2:13 PM
Broad-bodied-chaser
Hi I took this image last year and I thought I had lost it for ever along with several thousand more as the Seagate drive they were stored on failed ? After a several quotes from data recovery firms I decided to see if I could find a identical drive, anyway after a long search I managed to find a second-hand one, then I swapped the controller circuitry over from the good drive to the faulty drive with much trepidation I powered it up in a external caddy to my relief it worked and I managed to recover all the files.

Phillip.

D200 sigma 180macro 1/100@f8 iso100 -.3ev hh

PP in NC442 & PS7.01.

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Posted by Malcolm Muir on July 15, 2007 at 2:17 PM
If even a few of the thousand were of this quality you must be very relieved. Lovely image

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Posted by David Taylor on July 15, 2007 at 3:27 PM
Superb image. Well worth the effort. Obviously photography is not your only talent :wink:

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Posted by Andy Astbury on July 15, 2007 at 5:34 PM
Stunner of an image Phillip :toast: :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on July 15, 2007 at 5:40 PM
Great story on "capturing" this fine image from the dead :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on July 16, 2007 at 3:28 AM
Fantastic story regarding the disk, I have 2005's pics lost on a dead disk, I never really started to seriously look for a pcb replacement as worried about firmware issues. Was your donar exactly identical?
Great Broad bodied by the way.

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Tim
Posted by PhilH on July 16, 2007 at 3:42 AM
Nice one.... looks like we will all be seding you our dead disks for recovery :biggrin:

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 16, 2007 at 4:05 AM
Hi Tim yes the donor was exactly identical I did try with a newer one but it did not work. you need the right chip set the firmware is not so important.

Phillip.

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Posted by Paula Graham on July 16, 2007 at 5:46 AM
Amazing story, never give up hope!
Nice shot.
Posted by Philip Kirkham on July 16, 2007 at 7:39 AM
The master strikes again!!
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on July 16, 2007 at 1:01 PM
Like it lots Phillip

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