Object Record / FI-HDD-001
WD VelociRaptor 450 GB drive set
stored / four preliminary identifications completed / full health state unknown / registered set / direct-SATA qualification pending
Primary evidence
The object before the record.
Source photography has not yet been registered for this object.
Narrative record
Evidence, relevance, and unresolved state.
Provenance
Custody record
Logged 2026-07-20 / quantity 8 reported / 4 directly identified / 4 pending inspection. 0 source asset references registered.
Identification notes
What is known
Operator reports eight 450 GB WD VelociRaptor drives acquired for the CaseLabs pedestal storage assembly around 2014. Four units inspected through a USB bridge on 2026-07-20 each reported model WD4500BLHX-01V7BV0 and 450.1 GB capacity. None presented a recognized partition map. Read-only probes of the first three logged no physical I/O errors; the fourth bridge session did not permit a direct raw-device read. The USB bridge did not expose SMART data. WD product literature distinguishes the WD4500BLHX as the 2.5-inch drive and the WD4500HLHX as the 3.5-inch IcePack-equipped assembly. Do not promote any unit to working-array status before direct-SATA identity, SMART, short and extended self-tests, and a complete read pass. Individual non-public test handles VR-01 through VR-08 may be assigned after label photography; serial numbers remain outside the public record.
Restoration relevance
Why it remains connected
registered set / direct-SATA qualification pending. Disposition: keep pending test. The object remains associated with CaseLabs Mercury S8 + Pedestal Restoration.
Uncertainty notes
What remains unresolved
stored / four preliminary identifications completed / full health state unknown. registered set / direct-SATA qualification pending. Terms marked unknown, provisional, pending, or unverified remain part of the record until evidence resolves them.
Relationships
Keep the object connected.
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Parent system
CaseLabs Mercury S8 + Pedestal Restoration
Documentation and restoration of a white powder-coated CaseLabs Mercury S8 with pedestal, stored for roughly a decade and returned to the bench as part hardware archive, part recovery log, part proof of life.
Associated dossier / FI-PROJ-001 / revived
Field logs / dossiers
Archive routes
Source Assets / 0 references
Raw archive paths are retained for provenance and maintenance. They are not the primary object presentation.
No raw source asset path is registered for this object yet.