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Swapping Platters
My notebook HD has just failed. I do not have a backup (interesting story on that if anyone is interested later). From the sound of the HD when I boot up it sounds like it is the motor (it sounds like it is trying to spin but something keeps it from doing so, then it tries again a few times, then stops).
I was thinking, as I would have access to a clean room, to try and swap the platters from my bad HD into a new working HD. I have never disassembled an HD before and don't know much on the topic.
1. What is the proper way to do so?
2. Do I need to have two identical drives? Someone told me that if they were the same manufacturer would be enough.
So far those are the questions that come to mind.
I have tried the freezing method and it did not work.
Thank you for any help.