I've gotten a few items in the mail over the past few days. Let's test them out, and also improve the aesthetics of the re-enlightened PC. Time for a 🧵
First, we have this Sony CDU701 32X IDE drive. I put it in the retr0brite bin in the wee hours of the morning, and when I checked it out when I woke up, it looked great! Since it tests out good, it is going in this PC for good!
Next we have this Acer 650P-047 50X drive. Unfortunately, it is flaky... it even opens and closes the drive door incorrectly when I try to open it. This was an eBay purchase, so back it goes!
Next we have this Panasonic CR-594-B 48X drive. It tests out good, but definitely needs a retr0brite. That's currently in progress!
Next, we have this Western Digital Caviar 34300 4.3GB hard drive. It detects just fine. And.. ahem... the previous owner didn't wipe the data from it. PSA: always do that with your old hard drives!
I did kick up my copy of SpinRite 6.1 to test this drive, and it passed (naturally I hit the wrong button when it finished and thus didn't get a picture after the test finished, oh well 😂)
And finally, we have this Western Digital Caviar 13200 3.2GB drive. It detected just fine and passed SpinRite with flying colors Anyway, that's all we have for now, thanks for following along!
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