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    [SOLVED] Is it possible to fix a very old HDD by swapping platters (I don't care about data)?

    I sort of expected this answer :(. Can you think about any other options by any chance? The computer I'm fixing seems to be expecting a disk with Cylinders:Heads:Sectors=612:4:17. Is there any way to emulate this? Any sort of a programmable CF card to IDE emulator maybe? I do not afraid of a...
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    [SOLVED] Is it possible to fix a very old HDD by swapping platters (I don't care about data)?

    I know a lot of people already asked about swapping HDD platters to save their data, but I have quite the opposite story. I have a very old HDD (21 Mb, Conner CP-2024 if that is important). I got it with an old computer which I'm trying to restore out of pure curiosity. Due to its age (around...