Hi,

This is the first time I try to repair a damage H-Disk. I have swapped parts, heads, PCB and it didn't help.
I then sent the disk to a repair specialist and they come to the conclusion that the SA track is damage. Can I fix that?

In this thread they are mention that Dmitrij's program can fix the SA track,
see hard-disk-drive-technology-f13/refreshing-hdd-geometry-llf-is-still-fundamental-t8412.html.

But when I read the description on the contents of SA then it maybe better to do what is called a hot swap.
http://www.myharddrivedied.com/presenta ... paper.html

Is this the right way of doing a hot swap.

1. Connect power and IDE to a healthy disk
2. Power on the disk and issue a spin down
3. Release the PCB from the disk with power and cables connected.
4. Attached the PCB against the faulty disk.
5. Spin up the disk.

What should I do, Software, Hotswap or something else...?

The disk model is IBM 07N8084 82GB IDE

/Pelle

I need to fill in that the repair specialist was unable or unwilling to fix the damage SA track.