hello, here it goes i found the forum thank god , i have an HDD 3.5 inch western digital CAVIAR SATA aka: WD3200AAJS WD CAVIAR SE 320gb MDL : WD3200AAJS-00VWA0

ok thats everything that i can post for ID , i may have done some bad things , regarding that i am scared that i already lost the data on my HD , ok thats what happened i was home working and i had to leave to the market to buy some groceries , my maid was cleaning the house, i had the hd on the table near my screen and she was like busy cleaning stupid head that she didn't care anyways the hd felt off the table and i came home got pissed etc ..... anyways i tried to run it again it didn't work it ticks and ticks then it stops like its unplugged , the problem is from the inside anyways so i ordered a new one the same its on the road i hope its soon , i checked you tubes for guides but they were nothing i was a bit curious i had to open the case and i did then i said i should close it again hope nothing wrong happened when i opened it anyways my questions are :

1: i already opened the hard disk i closed it fast , have i lost something ?Have i lost my data ?
2: can anyone show me step by step what to do to exchange the platterns or guide me on what to do ?
3: is there any guide with pictures ?

thx for the answers , i am sorry if this is lame but i am desperate and in need of my data files , its important half of my life work is on it , just need some help thank you alot , please do contact me on my gmail , send me mails .... tarekhaig@gmail.com if there is any pics or guides ,thanks alot again and sorry if my sentences are not good in place my english ain't that great because am not a based english guy peace thank again

[quote="DaLi"]hello, here it goes i found the forum thank god , i have an HDD 3.5 inch western digital CAVIAR SATA aka: WD3200AAJS WD CAVIAR SE 320gb MDL : WD3200AAJS-00VWA0

ok thats everything that i can post for ID , i may have done some bad things , regarding that i am scared that i already lost the data on my HD , ok thats what happened i was home working and i had to leave to the market to buy some groceries , my maid was cleaning the house, i had the hd on the table near my screen and she was like busy cleaning stupid head that she didn't care anyways the hd felt off the table and i came home got pissed etc ..... anyways i tried to run it again it didn't work it ticks and ticks then it stops like its unplugged , the problem is from the inside anyways so i ordered a new one the same its on the road i hope its soon , i checked you tubes for guides but they were nothing i was a bit curious i had to open the case and i did then i said i should close it again hope nothing wrong happened when i opened it anyways my questions are :

1: i already opened the hard disk i closed it fast , have i lost something ?Have i lost my data ?

perhaps no

2: can anyone show me step by step what to do to exchange the platterns or guide me on what to do ?

Its the worst think did a platter exchange, u will be endless loosing u data forever

3: is there any guide with pictures ?

No there isnt, wd are the most hardest brand´s to this problem, only a professional and experience engineer could work with that

I think this must be the first page of DIY bible...

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The answers :
1 - perhaps yes, instead.
2 - not for free.
3 - no.
Period.

i found some vids on youtube pplz are restoring there data by exchanging the platter 2.5 hd and 3.5 hd i know there has to be a way ...

Then do it. If it is that simple... why you came here then ? You just got all the answers.

P.S. and end - You were so scared about loosing your precious data and you want to do DIY that can surely destroy definitively your chances of getting data back ?
If you cannot afford a professional recovery, pack the disk and keep it safe until you can do it. The risk of DIY is to destroy your disk. Your data, your choice.

It's very easy actually.
Just buy similar harddrive and replace platters.

I love DIY experts!

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Dude,
Putting it nicely and trying to legitimately answer you, you're in way over your head on this drive. I normally will not say send it to a pro because it is up to you and you probably already knew you could send it to a pro but if you want to ever see that data again (which is probably gone anyways) you shouldn't even look sideways at the drive again. The first incident with the drive where it fell was enough to make the recovery questionable. It could've been physically damaged on the interior and you wouldn't even know what to look for when you did open it. Secondly, when you opened it you literally opened yourself to such (no pun intended) pandora's box of problems. There's alignment and cleanliness issues screaming horrible things from your actions. I'm not saying any of this to berate you but to give you the honest assessment of the state of your drive. These drives present some of the biggest problems to professionals and they know what they're looking for. As creator said, all of the things you've asked are answered on the D.I.Y. bible topic on this forum.

To put it bluntly, send it to someone and hope that they are the best if you expect to get data back from this drive. DO NOT attempt any of the youTube videos that you've watched. I repeat DO NOT. There are so many unexplained actions on these videos that you WILL, not if, mess your drive up.

What's worst, if the drive was not opened, the quote would have been lower.

Exactly.
Actually I bet the data is lost forever (just several dust particles is enought)

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Sounds like the drive was in an enclosure. I wonder if the drive was opened or only the (usb) enclosure was opened. Then again the youtube videos give the game away...

Having read you post i think, you need a data recovery professional. Look in your area for an established one with a good reputation and recovery ratio. To ensure repair and recovery of your data.

If a hard drive usb enclosure.
Most probably your maid was not at fault. Many new post here are about the same problem. These usb enclosures are very well designed to fly onto floors, having no rubber feet, or feet that have poor grip.

Do say if it's the actual hard drive case. Or the external usb enclosure case that was opened.

the hard drive case , actually when i checked it was clean as glass