[mythtv-users] Help with a semi-busted hard drive (with all my recordings)

[mikepolniak]

On 08:46 Sun 05 Feb     , Kristo Kriechbaum wrote:
> On Sunday 05 February 2006 7:33 am, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 09:33:48PM -0800, Kristo Kriechbaum wrote:
> > > So I was making some changes in my mythbox today, and I really screwed
> > > up.  I broke a surface mount capacitor on one of my hard drives.  I tried
> > > to resolder it back on, but it ended up breaking apart a bit.  This drive
> > > is (was?) part of an lvm group that has all our recordings, music, and
> > > video on it.
> > >
> > > The drive is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7, 200Gb, model ST32000822A. 
> > > Pictures detailing the damage are at
> > > http://robotics.caltech.edu/~klk/drive/
> >
> > Understand this: you're buying a new drive anyway.  There's noother
> > practical alternative.

I just bought this _exact_ drive today at BestBuy for $79.00 (no rebates
involved either). This might be your best shot.