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jono-ats

Post subject: The Bearded Lady

Posted: October 25th, 2016, 10:37

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Close-up of head contamination from a 3 TB Toshiba (Hitachi)

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data-medics

Post subject: Re: The Bearded Lady

Posted: October 25th, 2016, 10:42

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So, you plan to clean and re-use the existing heads or replace them? Or does the media look like a lost cause?

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F_ARG

Post subject: Re: The Bearded Lady

Posted: October 25th, 2016, 11:48

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Looks bad. I guess it is better to go with donnor heads. One question, where did that contamination come from? Has the hdd been opened before o it came from a head crash?

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labtech

Post subject: Re: The Bearded Lady

Posted: October 25th, 2016, 12:38

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The fuzz is the coating from the platter. Have seen before, most recently last week on a WD Passport drive. Head is mangled just enough to cause very mild scratching.

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: The Bearded Lady

Posted: October 25th, 2016, 15:44

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Also seen that a lot on Seagate 7200.10 drives.

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jono-ats

Post subject: Re: The Bearded Lady

Posted: October 26th, 2016, 16:01

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data-medics wrote:

So, you plan to clean and re-use the existing heads or replace them? Or does the media look like a lost cause?

Normally, I'd replace these. The platter surface isn't visible.

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jono-ats

Post subject: Re: The Bearded Lady

Posted: October 26th, 2016, 16:03

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F_ARG wrote:

Looks bad. I guess it is better to go with donnor heads. One question, where did that contamination come from? Has the hdd been opened before o it came from a head crash?

best,

F

As noted in the thread by labtech, the contamination results from the head scraping the media.

The drive had been opened by a non-professional before we received it, but I think that is unrelated to the cause of the contamination shown.

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F_ARG

Post subject: Re: The Bearded Lady

Posted: October 27th, 2016, 9:21

Joined: September 27th, 2010, 16:29
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Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

jono-ats wrote:

F_ARG wrote:

Looks bad. I guess it is better to go with donnor heads. One question, where did that contamination come from? Has the hdd been opened before o it came from a head crash?

best,

F

Thanks for your answer and for sharing.

Best!

F

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