how hard would it be to include data with all or an optimal number of the fan slots filled in future reviews?

my 320GB single platter drive's logic board failed, so I need a PCB to replace it so I can recover my data. the drive is nearly identical to the #2 sample drive in the review of the drive on this site (dated jan 24 2008, WD3200AAKS-00B3A0, 11 spokes on the bottom) the date doesn't have to be exact, ...

thanks for the size My bet would be: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/ If the data is that important, it might be worth just buying a replacement. I wouldn't count on someone lending you a drive to take apart. buying a replacement is ideal, I don't expect anyone to lend me one. the trouble is find...

the story: my WD3200AAKS (single platter) drive just crashed due to motherboard failure, and now I'm sure the drive is fine but the logic board is fried. so I need to find another similar drive with the same logic board so I can transfer my data off, but I can't figure out what size the torx screws ...

I suppose that works too, but I wish I didn't have to burn a CD

thanks!

I've been trying to boot hitachi feature tool from my usb flash drive, as I lack a floppy drive, and I haven't been able to find any way to do this. I've also heard that you can't turn AAM off for this drive, but the review on this site clearly had it turned off somehow. help is appreciated.