Cracking open a laptop hard drive

so can you actually repair this thing when it is not accessible, instead of buying a new one and recovering and all tons of money spent? thanks

And you have to remove the Read Write heads before you lift the platter. If you have to buy another working drive you are wasting your time & money attempting this. Just removing the Heads without the right Tool to stop them dragging on the platter is next to impossible and if you do drag them on the platter you mash up the Fine Wire so it's no longer the right shape and doesn't get close enough to the platter.

Also if it touches the platter that Magnetic Material on the Platter gets damaged and causes the drive to fail sooner rather than latter.

Col

I am curious. Did you successfully move your drive platter to the "replacement" drive? I'm thinking of trying the same thing. Do you have any additional tips to share?

Thanks

TR_Philip