Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
January 24th, 2013, 11:52
I'm having a big issues cleaning a platter on a hitachi drive, I had tried 99.9% isopropyl alcohol but for some reason it's leaving residue on the platter, the drive was open by the costumer and left finger prints and I don't want to kill my parts heads, I used a 3M cleaner in the past but I can't remember what it's call, any suggestions. Thank you in advance
January 24th, 2013, 12:01
it's most likely called 3M Novec HFE - xxxx
January 24th, 2013, 12:14
that's the one, thank you Doomer!
January 24th, 2013, 18:15
IMO, Novek is a waste of time and damn expensive.
January 25th, 2013, 18:18
CK, what would you recommend?
January 28th, 2013, 19:56
IPA is probably the best and safest. I've tried Novec on a number of test cases and some seriously badly damaged drives with poor results. Although I wouldn't recommend it for others and most people think I'm crazy, but we have used Fluxclene on certain cases with good results. Usually in conjunction with ultrasonic cleaning.
January 29th, 2013, 8:33
I use a lot of different solutions - depending on contamination and media. I would recommend checking.
January 29th, 2013, 12:03
Thank you guys for the suggestions
January 29th, 2013, 16:12
IPA is working well many times, but for some media it is not usable/safe at all. Always check before use.
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