I dropped the drive. The heads stuck to platters.
I opened up the drive and freed up the heads which are now damaged as they make a scraping sound if I power the unit. Close inspection reveals one head is really broken/dangling.
I am considering soem options:
1) Send drive to a data recovery shop
2) Buy a new ST2000 for $150 and attempt to replace the spindle (disks) in the new drive with the old spindle
3) Buy a new ST2000 for $150 and attempt to replace the read heads in my old drvie
Willing to fork our maybe 500-600 for the recovery as much of the data is sentimental and I don't have any copies. This Seagate drive was supposed to be my secure backup (yeah right). Some business and tax stuff also.
Would like recommendations for reputable Canadian DR service. Anyone heard of theses duded
http://www.dataretrieval.ca or care to recommend another?
I have some dexterity to attempt options 2 or 3 but concerned how effective this sort of replacement might be. For instance - is it dfficult to align heads and disks whichever option I decide to try?
Really appreciate any help anyone can offer.
Cheers
Nubiwan of Canada