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| Thread ID: 60755 | 2005-08-12 04:37:00 | Seagate 80gig HDD needed - ST380023A. | Unit_Seven (8706) | Press F1 |
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| 380444 | 2005-08-25 06:45:00 | It is not rocket science, you just have to know what you are doing. Nobody is suggesting that there will be any great life expectancy, or that 100% data recovery will be achieved. Cheers Billy 8-{) I did a platter swap a few years ago, got about %70 of the data and the drive lasted most of a day before it died. as for a electronics swap, as long as you get the exact same board and dont open the drive to get it done then there should be no problem. |
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| 380445 | 2005-08-25 07:10:00 | I do and it's not, at least the electronics swap isn't. I'd be quite comfortable doing that work, and I have the appropriate tools and equipment. If you read the section I quoted you will see that I left out the part about electronics on purpose as I know it's a relatively easy job with good chance of success, I've done many of them myself Platters can also be changed, but it is not really a job for amateurs. How do you think professionals recover data from drives that won't spin any more? I know exactly how data is recovered from dead drives and you are correct it is not a job for an amateur and trying the method posted will almost certainly lose the data forever. His best bet is to be patient and wait till he comes accross a replacement PCB It is not rocket science, you just have to know what you are doing. Nobody is suggesting that there will be any great life expectancy, or that 100% data recovery will be achieved. Building rockets isn't Rocket Science either, you just have to know what you're doing. And if there isn't any guarantee the data can't be recovered with this method then it shoudn't be attempted The replacement PCB is the only viable option, however their is no guarantee with this either, it's just the best option |
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| 380446 | 2005-08-25 11:08:00 | And of course, we know it's not a controller or physical problem. | Murray P (44) | ||
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