DONOR DRIVES

Donor drive match checker.

A donor drive is a second, working drive of exactly the same model that our engineers take replacement parts from. When the read/write heads, the circuit board (PCB) or the motor of a hard drive fail, we fit the matching part from the donor in the clean room so the original platters can be read again.

The parts have to match exactly. Heads, PCB firmware and platters are calibrated to each other at the factory, so a donor needs the same model number, firmware, site code and often the same head map and production date. A near match can fail to read, or damage the platters you are trying to save.