All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 5 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Has anyone did this before? :)
PostPosted: March 5th, 2012, 10:50 
Offline

Joined: October 21st, 2007, 8:48
Posts: 1631
Hello gurus,

I received WD10EARS-00Y5B1 with pre-amp dead for recovery from 2 months ago. Then I replaced the 4 heads from a donor drive the same model and got the data recovered and the client was very happy and he gave me the patient drive because he didnt need it anymore. The funny thing that I received another drive with the same model for recovery with the same problem, the pity that I dont have another donor. So I used the same heads from the first client's HDD and recovered the new coming client's drive and he was very happy also. The funny that I used the same heads to recover two drives. I wonder if I can use them for a third drive. :)

Has anyone did this before? :)


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Has anyone did this before? :)
PostPosted: March 5th, 2012, 16:41 
Offline

Joined: December 27th, 2006, 10:15
Posts: 1852
Location: Belgium
You can, till you'll put them in a drive with mediadamage that will kill the heads.
Heads will last as long as media is ok.

_________________
Murphy was an optimist

Datarecovery in Belgium, Holland, France and Germany
Datarecoverytools http://www.drtools.eu


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Has anyone did this before? :)
PostPosted: March 5th, 2012, 17:46 
Offline

Joined: June 9th, 2008, 12:06
Posts: 213
Yes, I have some heads here that I've used half dozen times and in a wide range of models. Also, I usually try cleaning heads first when preamp is not suspected faulty, today, for example, I cleaned heads on WD5000BMVV (Marn5) with success. I used foamex ultrasolv spear and cleaned while on ramp. Drive has come alive completely now and copying all data.

_________________
http://pcrecoveryllc.com


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Has anyone did this before? :)
PostPosted: March 6th, 2012, 9:05 
Offline

Joined: October 21st, 2007, 8:48
Posts: 1631
dobrevjetser wrote:
You can, till you'll put them in a drive with mediadamage that will kill the heads.Heads will last as long as media is ok.

100% agree with you sir.

pcrecovery wrote:
Yes, I have some heads here that I've used half dozen times and in a wide range of models. Also, I usually try cleaning heads first when preamp is not suspected faulty, today, for example, I cleaned heads on WD5000BMVV (Marn5) with success. I used foamex ultrasolv spear and cleaned while on ramp. Drive has come alive completely now and copying all data.


Very nice. Well done sir :)


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Has anyone did this before? :)
PostPosted: March 7th, 2012, 4:58 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: September 5th, 2010, 12:29
Posts: 1038
Location: South Africa
unknown wrote:
Has anyone did this before? :)


Yup, many times. As others say, until bad media kills them :(

_________________
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Data Recovery Cape Town


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 5 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group