3lectr1cPPC
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Most of us know that old Quantum hard drives have rubber bumpers in the head assembly that go sticky and get the heads seized. Some Conner drives did as well, and I've recently heard that Toshiba drives are exhibiting the same problem now as well (laptop drives from the 90s specifically). Many drives can be revived by opening them up and either taping over the sticky rubber or replacing the bumper entirely. I have heard though that many Quantum drives put bumpers under the platters, which while possible to get to with special equipment, isn't possible to fix for most. Which models specifically do this though? It would be useful to have a list of which ones can be fixed, would be good for a wiki page or a page on my website. I recall one of them that did this was the ProDrive ELS or LPS models, can't remember which.
Share your experiences below!
Most of us know that old Quantum hard drives have rubber bumpers in the head assembly that go sticky and get the heads seized. Some Conner drives did as well, and I've recently heard that Toshiba drives are exhibiting the same problem now as well (laptop drives from the 90s specifically). Many drives can be revived by opening them up and either taping over the sticky rubber or replacing the bumper entirely. I have heard though that many Quantum drives put bumpers under the platters, which while possible to get to with special equipment, isn't possible to fix for most. Which models specifically do this though? It would be useful to have a list of which ones can be fixed, would be good for a wiki page or a page on my website. I recall one of them that did this was the ProDrive ELS or LPS models, can't remember which.
Share your experiences below!