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How do i get data off of a broken hard drive?
Thenasty:
cheap way and might not fix it, buy an exact type of HD and swap the bottom circuit board and cross fingers.
Sephroth57:
hmm , then i would have another fully working drive missing the bottom lol.
im lookin at the HD now, there are 5 screws with torx looking heads, holding on the board. so its doesnt look like it would be complicated. only thing is, what if more then the board is shorted out?
crashwg:
My guess is that if it is more than just the control board that you're SOL unless your willing to spend the $500 to get the info off... You're going to have to buy a new HD anyways right? Why not just give it a go at tryin to replace the board and see what happens?
Snarbald:
Not that I condone this, but you could swap the boards and then make use of the warranty on the donor drive.
On a side note, why don't the hard drive making places make it so you can swap zapped electronics without exposing the platters to air? Am I missing something or wouldn't it just take a very thin layer of aluminum or something?
JoyMonkey:
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--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on December 08, 2004, 04:44:12 pm ---removing the platers is next to impossible without destroying the hard drive.
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oh, come on, I saw it on CSI a couple of weeks ago! ;D ;D
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ROFLMAO!! :laugh: