Never throw away broken enclosures or old PCBs before you re

[HaQue]

I am writing this topic so that anyone that is searching for USB hard drives solutions know that it is a BAD idea to throw away things before you have solved your problem.

I see it regularly on the forum and this week have had a hard disk presented from an enclosure, and also a single NAND chip from a USB flash drive that the customer had another shop look at.. they threw away the rest after the shop told them they only need the NAND chip. I was able to recover this one, but they were lucky it was an old SM and damage was purely physical.

Reasons:
-some enclosures encrypt your Hard Disk without you ever needing to set it up. throwing away a broken enclosure can mean a dead end to recovery.

-Some enclosure issues could be a simple fix. With help from electronics experts here, you may be able to fix your enclosure with some guidance.

-It helps to identify aspects that can help with recovery such as versions of boards and possible issues that crop up on same units.

**You should NEVER throw away burnt, broken, faulty USB enclosures, HDD PCB's after swapping them no matter how damaged.**

ALWAYS clearly mark original parts and donors when trying different things out.

When do you throw it away? AFTER EVERYTHING YOU NEED HAS BEEN RECOVERD SAFELY!

[HaQue]

Great, the more places people can see the advice the better, Thanks Spildit. I hate seeing people lose data because of easily preventable mistakes.