Reuse after degauss?

[sabreofsd]

Hello everyone,
Is there a way to reuse a HD after it has been degaussed?

Two thoughts:
- As long as there isn't physical damage, I'd think this would be possible. I can see where the degauss'ing would cause the servo to smash in to the head though.
- A low level format seems to be what is needed.

Any idea's?

[fzabkar]

If it has been thoroughly degaussed, then all the embedded servo information will have been destroyed. This can only be restored with a servo track writer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servowriter

[pepe]

exactly.

pepe

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

If it has been thoroughly degaussed, then all the embedded servo information will have been destroyed. This can only be restored with a servo track writer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servowriter

+1

[sabreofsd]

Thanks for the replies all. Very interesting, I thought the low level formatting that existed way back in the day still existed in some form, but it appears not. Given drive technology today, this is understandable.

Thanks!

[fzabkar]

This tutorial should explain things:

Tracks and Zones:
https://hddscan.com/doc/HDD_Tracks_and_Zones.html