From: Ronald Teune <rtwolf_at_gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:15:32 +0200

Bad luck i think...
i read some thing about a casemodder, he used a clean room and put some
plexiglass on 40 GB drives. They died.
Just the moment he took off the upper cap, the platters were being
off-centered so much (really dense data) that it didn't work after the
modding. That is, much read errors. You could of course try it, but hard
luck i think. Or hire a professional data recovery company for $20,000 or
so...
How did it crash?

Ronald

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 21:55:44 -0500, Glenn Ervin at Home
<GlennErvin_at_cableone.net> wrote:

> Can someone open up a desktop size hard drive and have hopes of making it
> work again?
> I have an 80 GB which I lost much data from when it crashed. If there
> is a
> hope of opening it and making it work, please let me know off list.
> GlennErvin_at_cableone.net
>
> Thanks.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Abdul-Khaliq Nathekar" <abdul.nathekar_at_blueyonder.co.uk>
> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:22 AM
> Subject: Dead drive, resurrection!!!
>
>
>
> Hi...
>
> After getting the CF-IDE adapter working, I decided to find out what
> caused
> the hitachi drive to fail (stoped spinning).
>
> I had no way of checking the controller board, so went straight for the
> platter and heads.
>
> The head had not parked, and seemed to be stuck on the platter. After a
> little persuasion, the heads landed home, and the platter was free..
>
> I've now managed to get all my files back , error-free. I feel a full
> format of the drive coming on, and a surface test... Just in case!
>
> So, those with a similar fault, you may want to give it a go!!
>
> You'll need a T5 Torx driver to get into the platter cavity.
>
> Oh, remember to work in a dust-free environment, and blow out and small
> particals you find with an "air-only" aerosol can or a hair-dryer set to
> its
> cold setting, before closing the cover.
>
> Good luck
>
> Abdul
>
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Ronald Teune
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