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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I've replaced more hard drives than anything else I can think of... Freezing often works when the problem is largely mechanical (wear and tear) - tested this successfully myself several times, and repeated freezings were often necessary to complete data recovery. As the unit is sealed, so long as the PCB doesn't short-out due to condensation (theoretically), this is essentially a risk-free solution. :D Changing platters [i]is[/i] possible - but the degree of success relies heavily on precise and clean reconstruction, and you'll be lucky if it lasts the data recovery procedure in anything but a lab environment. As pointed out already, a specialist job to recover data from a badly mechanically-damaged drive. I have tried this only once, and failed miserably. :o Swapping over a new controller PCB from an identical hard-drive is actually quite plausible, but relies on the drive being otherwise mechanically sound. If this fails, you'll most likely be able to replace the controller PCB on the second hard-drive, and save having wasted the money spent on it. I succesfully transplanted a 2.5" drive's PCB once before - 1/1 success rate! :) Anything that compromises the seal on the drive housing will dramatically reduce any hard drive's life-expectancy. ____ [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/4663]White Hawk[/url] on 04-21-2007 18:28)[/small] Loading...
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