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macuser
 Post subject: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 10:52 
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Hi, my hdd: WD My Passport 1TB, suddenly stoped working heads. I send for diagnostic and they said that is problem with heads. Could you tell me what donor should I need to search? And in what numbers should I need to look?

Hdd model: WD10TMVW-11ZSMS4
DCM: HHOT2HBB

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data-medics
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 11:07 
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Do you have a clean room, head combs, ESD equipment, PC-3000 to check preamp revision and possibly tweak firmware settings after the replacement to stabilize the drive? How about a hardware drive imaging too to safely read around the damaged areas caused by the failure?

Finding a donor is easy enough for this model, but us telling you how to match it is only setting you up to fail and drastically complicate the situation. Once you do DIY on the route you're on, you're probably going to foil all hope of ever getting the data back. If you think you'll just open it up with a screwdriver, swap a part, plug it into your USB dock and copy the files you are sadly mistaken.

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macuser
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 11:15 
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Whys is this so complicated ? And what will be if I will swap a head at home ?
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rd-simone
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 11:25 
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macuser wrote:
And what will be if I will swap a head at home ?


If you swap heads at home, your data is lost forever.
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macuser
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 11:42 
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rd-simone wrote:
macuser wrote:
And what will be if I will swap a head at home ?


If you swap heads at home, your data is lost forever.


What it could be? Dusts? Wrong swap?
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hdd_sand
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 12:02 
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macuser wrote:
rd-simone wrote:
macuser wrote:
And what will be if I will swap a head at home ?


If you swap heads at home, your data is lost forever.


What it could be? Dusts? Wrong swap?



Read....
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=12671
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macuser
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 12:14 
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Ok How to find donor? I will buy and will send to service to change. Because for donor they ask way to much...
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hdd_sand
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 12:22 
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macuser wrote:
Ok How to find donor? I will buy and will send to service to change. Because for donor they ask way to much...



I will send it to a different company where the donor is included in the price, what area are you in?
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macuser
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 12:29 
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hdd_sand wrote:
macuser wrote:
Ok How to find donor? I will buy and will send to service to change. Because for donor they ask way to much...



I will send it to a different company where the donor is included in the price, what area are you in?


I am in east europe, but the price is big for me. So thats why I will find a donor and will send them. Is it difficult to explain how to find donor ?
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hdd_sand
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 14:42 
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macuser wrote:
hdd_sand wrote:
macuser wrote:
Ok How to find donor? I will buy and will send to service to change. Because for donor they ask way to much...



I will send it to a different company where the donor is included in the price, what area are you in?


I am in east europe, but the price is big for me. So thats why I will find a donor and will send them. Is it difficult to explain how to find donor ?


Well, they should be able to give you that information if they are going to do the job for you, call them and ask them.. :)
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scratchy
 Post subject: Re: HDD Swap heads donor
PostPosted: August 28th, 2018, 16:42 
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Depending where you are, you could check these companies.

http://globaldra.org/contact.html

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PostPosted: August 29th, 2018, 4:09 
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No mistake with GDRA guys! :)

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