IT engineer, SW major in school.
Now a :
Expert in mobile device HW and SW (Nokia)
Interested in HDD tech. Experience level low.
But read thousands of articles about DIY data recovery
Recovered one but I enjoyed this process. Despite that my data was on the line. Mental fault ? Some sort of masochist, straight but still
Got full scale lab where to analyze.
Clean room is also next to me....
Might be able to help