This would make sense-two similar models are listed in the archives-a Caviar 22100 and a Caviar 22500. This makes me believe that what you have is an OEM drive.” After hearing that Mark couldn’t find the drive listed in the archives, TheChas made the following hypothesis: “I just looked myself at WD’s site and did not find a 22400 either. An initial search for this specific model produced no records, though. (aka TheChas), a senior process engineer for CDH Adventures, pointed Mark to the Western Digital archives. Will a fix require shipping the hard drive platters out?Ĭharles Harag Jr.Is there a way to swap the controllers?.Why can’t I find this particular model listed on Western Digitals Web site?.
To Mark’s dismay, his plans for a smooth retrieval were quickly shattered when the machine’s BIOS presented the following message: 1782 Error: Hard Drive Controller Error.įrustrated by the error, Mark turned to the TechRepublic Technical Q&A for answers to the following questions: Mark hooked up the Western Digital Caviar 22400 drive, paired on it IDE, configured it as the slave, and then booted the machine. I’ll just pair up the hard drive my spare machine and burn a copy of the contents.” When a local attorney asked him to retrieve data from an old hard drive, he thought to himself, “No sweat. Just ask Mark Bucherl (aka ITclimber), an IT manager in Indianapolis, IN. The contents of a hard drive can be worth millions especially in the legal profession where the integrity and security of data is critical. In this From the Technical Q&A, a TechRepublic member attempts to track down a hard-to-find Western Digital drive to save the stored data. Rescue a bad hard drive by swapping controllersĭon't let a bad controller stop you from retrieving valuable data from an old hard drive.
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