Hello everyone,
Is there a way to reuse a HD after it has been degaussed?

Two thoughts:
- As long as there isn't physical damage, I'd think this would be possible. I can see where the degauss'ing would cause the servo to smash in to the head though.
- A low level format seems to be what is needed.

Any idea's?

If it has been thoroughly degaussed, then all the embedded servo information will have been destroyed. This can only be restored with a servo track writer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servowriter

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exactly.

pepe

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+1

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Amarbir S Dhillon , Chandigarh Data Recovery Labs [India]
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Thanks for the replies all. Very interesting, I thought the low level formatting that existed way back in the day still existed in some form, but it appears not. Given drive technology today, this is understandable.

Thanks!

This tutorial should explain things:

Tracks and Zones:
https://hddscan.com/doc/HDD_Tracks_and_Zones.html

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