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Head swap wd20earx

Posted: April 3rd, 2019, 8:38
by ucupi74
Head swap wd20earx hdd 2tbanyone have successfull to do this with simple tool and recover data without go thru software pc3000..i got 2 of them dead and i have tge donor but too scare to open it

Re: Head swap wd20earx

Posted: April 3rd, 2019, 12:32
by ddrecovery
You are right being too scared to open it, you will make the drives unrecoverable. If the data is important, send them to a professional data recovery company near you. Head swaps may not even be necessary, it could be a PCB issue.

What happens when you spin the drive up?

Help please for Platter Swap

Posted: January 17th, 2020, 1:59
by kkbs4u2912
Please help If I swap a platter of 1 tb hdd to 160 gb hdd can it work because 1 tb have 2 platter and 160 have 1 platter so if I take single platter and put in 160 gb hdd it will work or not

Re: Help please for Platter Swap

Posted: January 17th, 2020, 12:53
by Amarbir[CDR-Labs]
kkbs4u2912 wrote:Please help If I swap a platter of 1 tb hdd to 160 gb hdd can it work because 1 tb have 2 platter and 160 have 1 platter so if I take single platter and put in 160 gb hdd it will work or not


Well,
Now i Know When i Receive Butchered Drives in India ,What they have gone through :mrgreen: