[Gllug] Data migration and electronic archaeology

[Chris Bell]

On Tue 21 May, John Hearns wrote:
> 
> We've recently had a good thread on data recovery from bust drives.
> 
> Let's start a thread on data migration and electronic archaeology.
> 
> 
> What do you do in the Real World (TM) when your computing platform
> is reaching (or has passed) obsolesence?
> Or when all that carefully gathered data is useless when you don't have
> the device left to read it - or the format has long been forgotten?
> 
   I have had several faulty drives which just give out regular clicking
noises. There seems to be a system using the air drag from the spinning
discs to release a catch and allow the heads to access the discs. I believe
that the old drives have failed bearings, so do not reach normal speed, but
are the new ones more likely to have a control card problem? I had to send
back a pair of new drives with this fault, but do not expect to receive any
explanation from the manufacturer.

-- 
Chris Bell



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