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Is this hard drive recoverable? It was opened in a dust room, has a few fingerprints and i accidentally moved the head and when i turned it on the platter became scratched. I quickly switched it off after 2 seconds.
You might get lucky and get some data off it, but I wouldn't expect much. Besides the visible damage, it sounds like you probably knocked the heads out of alignment.
If it's something important send it to a specialists, they'll be able to recover data from the undamaged portion.
If you want to try it yourself I saw a tutorial once on using another drive that is exactly the same drive and switch the platters. Then use a data recovery program like PC Inspector, ISO Buster etc. This is basically what the specialists do however they probably go to more efforts to clean it.
If you want to try it yourself I saw a tutorial once on using another drive that is exactly the same drive and switch the platters. Then use a data recovery program like PC Inspector, ISO Buster etc. This is basically what the specialists do however they probably go to more efforts to clean it.
Seriously? I mean, you expect a home PC user to switch hard drive platters without effing it up?
I know I couldn't!
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Mine became a permanent part of it!
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