Hi, I was in the process of changing the head of my clicking hdd but when I opened it I saw a scratch all along the inner circle of the top platter that seems to be caused by the head arm. I searched for possible repair solution, some said it still can be recovered, most said it's pretty over. I saw this guy saying he could make the head skip the scratched section, I don't want to pay him for this I prefer to do it myself, is anyone knows how to do that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1OcTKDjO2g

Thanks

Good luck!

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Luke
Recovery Force Data Recovery

Ok so I guess by the tone of your voice this guy has programmed his own application for doing this, so I'm really done with this drive.

Not sure how you ascertain a "tone" out of 2 written words..

Luke could mean "good luck" meaning he seriously hopes and wants you to have the best and most successful chance.

or

he could mean you have no chance and is basically discounting any chance of success.

As this is one of the most difficult types of recovery, and you currently don't know how to do it, I go with the latter...

This is where good tools and lots of experience comes in... If you don't hand this over to a good lab, I fear you have no chance.

You don't say what circumstance you opened the drive in, I fear chances are already nil

The tone was a joke about specifically that, how I can handle a "good luck" is as close as how I can handle tone from two text words.
I did my own glove box, I don't know what are the risk of exposition but I saw some video on internet of guys successfully repair out in raw air, so my glove box seems pretty secure to me right now.
The things I want to recover from my disk are not worth a professional lab but are worth doing it my self or at least trying, I have a lot of time for this so the complexity of the thing wont bother me.

anyway I go with the latter too, I just saw how skillful I needed to be, I did a handmade head comb but it was pretty useless. After 15 min of trying to fit it, the heads touched. It wasn't worth buying a head comb at $70 but at least I know now... thanks anyway

If you like doing it, checkout Scott Moultons videos. He has 100+ hours of video and tutorials at my something like "hard drive died .com"

Specifically dedicated to do it your selfers. Practice is the key

Thanks