Platter damaged

[mickey07]

Hello, please look at this maxtor platter,and tell me why this happens????

hdd is worked good,and just in one moment start to knock,not recognised anymore,when open it,j look that picture......

[CK]

It's called a headcrash, the magnetic heads have failed and destroyed the surface of the platter.

Bye bye to your data I'm afraid

[Cleanroom]

If the data is important , that drive may be recoverable by a professional. The head crash is in a non-critical area of the platter. That is a common head crash area for maxtors.

[mickey07]

thanks guys

[hddguy]

But all we can see is the top platter, could be damage to underneath that cant be seen. Was the filter clean or black with dye?

[beto]

Its very common head crash on Maxtor, on the land zone , and its some times possible, while sholuld not damaged over SA or Servo to get data back, but only by a DR Company, not by u self, if u need data, the most important its the hardware control after that

Regards