surface area damage WD500BEVT

[quasimodo]

Recoverable???

[BlackST]

Ouch !! Maybe yes but would be a PITA... and prepare some head sets....

[quasimodo]

BlackST,

Do you have any luck with such cases, or is it to costly and time consuming to even try?

[cgallery]

I couldn't do it (I can't afford as many head stacks as I would burn), but I bet some others here could.

[cryoborgofthevenus]

How much is the client willing to pay ?

[BlackST]

Yes, it's matter of how much is data worth. Some data is unrecoverable and might be time consuming too (the last problem).

[cryoborgofthevenus]

Agree. The fact that there will be many heads get destroyed during the process (not to mention "unlimited" time consumed)

[hddinfo]

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Recoverable???

yes. i`ll do it for 1 000 000 000 $

unfortunately there is up front 50 % charge.

[Doomer]

It's unrecoverable

[lcoughey]

I've ventured down that road a couple of times, just to see if luck would be on my side. Luck WAS on my side...bad luck, that is. After destroying perfectly good head sets in a matter of seconds, it just isn't worth the time wasted. Send them to Seagate for their Signal Trace Technology.

[N.C.]

This drive is recoverable but only partially.
There are more options, tricks to do that.
The price is definitely too high for worth it...

Janos

[Doomer]

This drive is recoverable but only partially.
There are more options, tricks to do that.
The price is definitely too high for worth it...

Janos

It's doesn't work with stopper+MFT is gone

[quasimodo]

Guys,

That's what I thought, but I just wanted some confirmation from the elders here.
Thanks for the honest feedback.