Hardware
by startracker49 Accepted solution
by thumbsup2 Accepted solution
Opening a hard drive can only be for curiosity because once you crack the seal and expose the platter to dust, it's toast.
But, it depends on what you're talking about when you say "repair". The file system can be repaired without cracking open the drive.
by inachu Accepted solution
So far every hard drive I have seent hat has been repaired by the OEM who built it have had their storage space reduced.
I could not fathom why anyone would want to repair a hard drive since they are so cheap now.
by older mycroft Accepted solution
But you'd only drive a car fitted with remoulds if you had no thought for your own safety or did not expect to travel faster than 25 mph.
For what your getting - a new hard drive is a lot cheaper than a new car tyre!
by tintoman Accepted solution
In general if a hard drive fails it is possible to recover data in many cases as long as the drive still spins. In cases of total failure sometimes replacing the circuit board will do the trick, otherwise there are some companies that can open the drive in sterile and dust free labs and recover data from the platters, that is very very expensive I heard around 80 english pounds for 1Mb of data.
Why do it? well believe it or not some companies who have crucial and irreplaceable data on their computers still do not back up, can you believe it? and they have no choice but to pay for recovery which by the way is NEVER guaranteed to be successful
by dr dij Accepted solution
and they scratch the platters because seagate used cheap chinese made heads where the glue separated, sending the head skittering around on the drive platters.
they said you could then most likely get much of the data off, but only if you turned the drive off immediately at that point and took to recovery place. most people tried to use the mac recovery tools which made it worse.
fun to take them apart tho if you have never opened one up.
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