can we open the bad drive to retrieve the data ??

[tonyht]

I have a defective maxtor drive (why always be maxtor ??? )
somebody tell me that I can retrieve the data with opening the drive in clean air and than retrieve the data ???
I already read some article about it. many says that only very expert can do it, and it also need some special tools.
but I'm still not sure, can anyone tell me is there any way to retrieve the data ?
btw. the drive already dead (motor not spindle anymore !! )

[pepe]

hi,
It is not a good idea to start HDA repairing with a HDD that contains valuable data - IMHO.
One can easily cause irreversible damage to the drive, so I suggest experiencing with spare hdds.
BTW why do you think it is neccessary to open it?

pepe

[alberto]

But its using a MFM Microscope Force Magnetic very expensive and very difficult to use, and learning , readding directly the pattern in platters , and decoding with PRML channel . like i said very difficult ..... does any one know another way?

[pepe]

no one uses that maybe ontrack...

pepe

[Dmitry_Postrigan]

Ontrack does not use that

[pepe]

[tonyht]

So beside open the harddrive, any suggestion to retrieve the data when the motor already dead ?

[pepe]

hi,

it depends on what the problem is with the motor.

pepe