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NeilC
 Post subject: Is it poss to read only 1 platter from a multi platter drive
PostPosted: October 16th, 2009, 17:56 
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Hi forum,,, think i know the answer to this now but thought id post just for my clarification.

I took apart my multi platter drive (TOSHIBA 80GB HARD DRIVE MK8025GAS) a few weeks back seperating the platters and found a scratch all the way around the underside of the bottom platter.

If i get an identical drive and put in the good platter only will i be able to see any data if connecting it via a caddy?

Thanks in advance
Neil
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HDD Spaz
 Post subject: Re: Is it poss to read only 1 platter from a multi platter drive
PostPosted: October 16th, 2009, 18:03 
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 Post subject: Re: Is it poss to read only 1 platter from a multi platter drive
PostPosted: October 16th, 2009, 18:34 
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Unfortunately not.

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N.C.
 Post subject: Re: Is it poss to read only 1 platter from a multi platter drive
PostPosted: October 16th, 2009, 18:55 
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generally agree with the others, but there is still something....

I am working on a solution for reading platters one by one, and now i can do it on some drive models, but not on all of course.

But i need to add, on your case it is allmost impossible, because it was opened outside of cleanroom.
So if i think about the "normal" price for ths solution + the scored platter-problem, the price is huge.
I mean it is not worth, i am sure.

Simple: No. :mrgreen:
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hddguy
 Post subject: Re: Is it poss to read only 1 platter from a multi platter drive
PostPosted: October 22nd, 2009, 3:53 
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NeilC wrote:

I took apart my multi platter drive (TOSHIBA 80GB HARD DRIVE MK8025GAS) a few weeks back seperating the platters....


Why would you do this anyway?
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BlackST
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PostPosted: October 22nd, 2009, 5:57 
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I have a solution but it's gonna cost £££££££££. Simply NO.
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NeilC
 Post subject: Re: Is it poss to read only 1 platter from a multi platter drive
PostPosted: October 22nd, 2009, 12:50 
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hddguy wrote:
NeilC wrote:

I took apart my multi platter drive (TOSHIBA 80GB HARD DRIVE MK8025GAS) a few weeks back seperating the platters....


Why would you do this anyway?



Curiosity. Live and learn!
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