Hard Disk Failure

[Jerry Feldman]

On Tuesday 14 February 2006 10:12 am, Michael ODonnell wrote:
> > buy another of the same model drive and try swapping the platters
>
> Yow!  I've disassembled dead drives just out of curiosity
> and I'd bet serious cash that the even an accomplished
> hobbyist would find swapping platters from one drive to
> another to be anything but straightforward.  The various
> parts and assemblies often don't fit together in ways that
> make sense to humans, the tolerances are unforgiving and
> you'll likely need some specialized tools as well as
> access to a well maintained Clean Room and a bunny suit...  ;->
FWIW, if the data on the drive is important, I would immediately take it to 
a qualified data recovery company. If you try to do it yourself, or take it 
to the corner computer store to try to save a few bucks, you stand to lose 
some or all of the data. Companies, like OnTrack, specialize in this type 
of thing, and can generally get as much data off the drive as is possible. 

Additionally, if you know a drive is failing, take as much data off that 
drive as soon as possible, and replace it before you lose the rest. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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