Treat Your Hard Disks Carefully
by Zube (zube@stat.colostate.edu)
Created:  Nov 18, 2005
Updated:  Nov 18, 2005
http://www.stat.colostate.edu/~zube/docs/harddisks.txt

Simple story.  I try to remove a Seagate hard disk from a machine and 
stupidly break off the power connector.  

The power connector is on a board that is easily removable and, I think,
easily replaced.

I mail Seagate whose amazing two-part reply is:

1) Seagate doesn't sell hard disk parts.
2) We have a wonderful Data Recovery Service, though.

Moral:  Disks should be treated more carefully than the Ming Vase you
probably do not own, for if you physically break something, you are 
mostly SOL.