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by tr

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Hi,

I hope someone here can point me in the right direction to find what I need.

I suffered a WD hard drive crash. I sent the drive to a company recommended by Western Digital -- they have a "clean room," etc. They said the scratch in the hard drive made the data unrecoverable.

However, I found someone who is pretty certain he can recover some of the data -- but in order to do it he wrote:

"I'm going to have to remove the platter from this one and put it into the other casing, which means that the internal dimensions have to be 100% equivalent, with absolutely no room for error. Look for 80gb WD drives with these details:

Western Digital

80GB EIDE

WD800 / WD Caviar

Model: WD800BB-22FJA1

S/N: WCAJ93565409

Date: 14 JUL 2004

DCM: HSBACTJAH

MBD: 2061-001130-300 AG XC 1N33219N 5 0007020 5027

The MBD and Model number are deal breakers. The MBD should be exactly the same."

I have searched for this exact MBD and Model number, but haven't had any luck -- part of the problem is that the drive is 3 years old. Doe anyone here know where I might locate an exact match?

Thanks in advance,

Diane

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by retro77

If this guy is going to take your scratched platters and put them in a new case, then you are going to have another bad hard drive. He isnt fixing anything.

In order to recover the data, you have to copy the data off to a good device. Go with a reliable company. This one for example:
http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/hard-drive-recovery/

by 1bn0

Follow it.

Real data recovery centers have hardware to mount and examine the platters directly. This equipment is VERY expesive. That is why they charge so much.

I have used OnTrack for data recovery and got back 98% of the data from the malfunction drive.

Cost $1500.
Benefit. Proof of job completion for $80,000 contract. Worth the money.

by older mycroft

Anybody worth their salt should already have the hardware necessary for this purpose!

All you are doing IMHO is supplying someone you don't know with a brand new drive!

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