Toshiba 1.8 Microdrive MK3006GAL - Looking for repair tips

[FunkeXMix]

Hello everyone,

First I want to thank everyone who takes the time to help out in this forum. It is very generous of you and deserves alot of respect. So respect to all of you!

My MK3006GAL henseforth refered to as "drive" does not spin up anymore. You can hear it trying to do so a few times but it gives up. It sounds like the second sound sample on this page: http://datacent.com/datarecovery/hdd/to ... D1442+30GB.

Has anyone successfully repaired these/this little ones before and can you give me some pointers for how to do it myself.

Cheers!

[pepe]

Hi,

probably seized spindle, or heads stuck on the platters. Either one needs pro help, as the drive needs to be opened.

pepe

[networkpc3000]

hi,
i can handle this kind of case and done some before. please mail me if need help. good lock!

[FunkeXMix]

Please note that I would be interested in recovery services located in Estonia - Tallinn only.
Otherwise I hope that someone who has repaired one of the Toshibas can share their experience and warnings since I am starting to prepare myself for doing the data recovery myself.

I am buying the equipment I need while researching on the net.

My equipment so far:

Torx t4 -t15
Working transplant host MK3006GAL if I need to transplant the platter.
Latex gloves (is vinyl better?)
Tweezer

So far iv'e gotten the impression that Toshibas are "easy" or "sturdy" from the comments made at this site and this successfull documented amateur transplant from a 2.5 to host also confirms this a bit: http://bgotchall.webs.com/. Although, it is a Toshiba 2.5 drive he's working with so I can not rely on it.

Thanks for you comments.

[FunkeXMix]

Please note that I would be interested in recovery services located in Estonia - Tallinn only.
Otherwise I hope that someone who has repaired one of the Toshibas can share their experience and warnings since I am starting to prepare myself for doing the data recovery myself.

I am buying the equipment I need while researching on the net.

My equipment so far:

Torx t4 -t15
Working transplant host MK3006GAL if I need to transplant the platter.
Latex gloves (is vinyl better?)
Tweezer

So far iv'e gotten the impression that Toshibas are "easy" or "sturdy" from the comments made at this site and this successfull documented amateur transplant from a 2.5 to host also confirms this a bit: http://bgotchall.webs.com/. Although, it is a Toshiba 2.5 drive he's working with so I can not rely on it.

Thanks for you comments.

[beto]

U can know if its a head sticktion or spindle probelms without opening checking spindle phases , if its a spindle problem u need a experienced DR Company , if its head sticktion maybe too, to avoid damage to the MHA patient, when u tried to unstuck, if u tried DIY wthout experience u know consequences

Regards

[Alexii]

i dont think u can find a torx driver small enough to open that drive. Use scalpel. Now Ull have to open the drive to determine if the heads or the spindle is at fault. Most likely the heads are griping the platers. It does not take much to prevent the platers from spining here. Now we had a drive in our shop that was just left there after quote and it had the same problem. The client didnt have any important data on it and moved on. So i decided to see what will happen if i go all DIY on it. From my work desk, no hepas , no gloves , just a scalpel. Opened the drive , saw the heads griping the plater. gently aplied pressure on the heads to move em outside while aplying pressure on the spindle counterclockwise. heads freed the grip and i moved em out while rotating platters. fired the drive up it calibrated and got all the data back. Moral of the story:

1) Yes in this event i proved to myself DIY is possible. As i took no precautions on purpoce.
2) It does NOT meen u will be as lucky as i was. Again , i was having fun with the drive that was going to the bin. No reprecausions. So if u value the data on the drive - send it to pros.

[Russwinters]

No clean bench is risky.

Your gloves should be powderless.


Do you know the technique for removing heads from platters? It can be explained, but not well, better to be shown.


If the data is important I would seriously recommend a pro


Regards,

[pepe]

Is Hungary far away from Estonia?