17 Aug
2005
17 Aug
'05
2:55 a.m.
On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 00:45 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
1) You will probably have to remove the platters and
heads. Apart from
the obvious problem of contamination, you also need to keep the alignment
precise. This is something that's not necessary when the drive is first
assmebled, it's assembled, and _then_ it's low-level formatted. But you
need to be able to read the existing data on the drive, right?
And even if you don't want the data and just want the drive working
again, as it's a modern unit you'll have to find the right LLF utility
for that specific drive - which may be easier said than done!
It'd be interesting to know what data recovery companies do when they
get a drive with ruined bearings (or spindle motor) and need to get the
data off. Maybe that's the point where it gets *really* tricky and they
have to sample data from each surface seperately and assemble by hand /
in software...
cheers
Jules