scratch in SA or Track zero

[quasimodo]

Hello,

I have a WD drive with a scratch in the inner circle (I belive SA or track zero), caused by a head crash. Is there anything I can do to recover the data? I swapped HDA, but that did not help. I tried cleaning the top platter, but that did not help. I know that there is little that I can do. Any suggestions of what else I could try to recover the data?

Thanks

[TerraNova]

I have the same problem, mine WD5000AAKB the scrtach is located middle close to center hub (see the attached picture)

The drive is trying to calibrate but after few attempts , it shut off the power.

Any ideas?

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[beto]

Hy terranova did u check for magnetic dust? that models WD500AAKS and KS are tendence to head crash, unfortunely, wich damage media and left magnetic dust over platters

[quasimodo]

The drive is trying to calibrate but after few attempts , it shut off the power.

Terra Nova, I have the same behavior with this drive:cry:

Alberto, do you have any magic for recovery

[TerraNova]

The strange thing is i manage to do head exchange and could see the files, but when trying to copy it failed, now it wont calibrate. and another head exchange attempt failed as well.

[quasimodo]

sounds like the head broke because of the scratch in the surface.
You could try to image each head individually and see how far you can get.

Is it just a small scratch or an entire track?

[beto]

Hello quasimodo unfortunely no , when the hdd got surface damaged. most times left magnetic dust over platters, wich could change the "field" or " flux" from the media , even its impossible to get data even using magic machines like " MFM or STM, technology" also im know Ontrack return that cases like unrecoverable , there are no way, because u know some times the head crash damaged the magnetic layer coating, and there are no real way to return the original coating