Seagate ST-225 hard drive, thoroughly tested

[AlexC]

21MB Seagate ST-225 MFM hard drive. Low-level formatted with SpeedStor, which showed some unreadable sectors on head 3 from cylinder 330 to around 430, totalling 1MB, perhaps caused by a scratch from a head crash in the past.

I've run Norton Calibrate on it with 5-step pattern testing and left the drive running for several days. The bad sector count stays stable, no new errors. MS-DOS 3.30 installed along with auto-parking program. 19MB or so free.

Like most ST-225s it sounds like a jet engine spinning up, but doesn't sound worn. It should last for another 30 years...

Offers via PM.

I also have a WD 8-bit controller card and cables available, which I used to test and format the drive. Again, offers please.

[scottie]

Hi AlexC -
11 months since you posted ... but if the drive and controller are still available please give me a 'buy now' price.

Best

Scottie - George Scott

[AlexC]

Hi Scottie,

I'm afraid it's gone, but I have another. Will PM you.

Cheers,
Alex