hard drive head alignment tool

[craig6928]

ok guys im suprise that i can not find anywhere on the web
that sells these tools


im looking into purchasing a hard drive head alignment tool

on some hard drives they have a parking head
if every hard drive has this
it would make our life much easy
but they dont.

anyone know where i can buy a tool for maxtor and toshiba
or any other hard drive tools

cheers

[craig6928]

i suppose no one wants to give up there top secret
where to buy these product from

[rchadwick]

What do you mean by alignment? Are you talking about WD drives? Something else?

[craig6928]

sorry looking for a tool when i remove the head so it does not touch together.

yep i know about postage labels but looking for a tool

[shahij]

Did you try Head Platter Exchanger?
http://www.salvationdata.com/productDetail.asp?pn=00013

I saw a product also, but not sure about the quality...
i forgot the link hdrc india maybe...

[koala]

it seemed that you want to open the hd, and extract the platter. maybe you can try Hard Platter Extract supporting by SalvationData.

[craig6928]

yes i seen that but some people say its ok not great
because when your unscrewing the screws on the platter
the screws can touch the platter and damaged it

im waiting for hdrc india to go online
they waiting for copywrite protection before going on sale.
this looks good as the platter does not come into contact with the screws at all.
or dust

[craig6928]

thanks to Dobre that sent me a list of a company in the usa

i contacted them to buy two head tools

and they want $80 for posting them to me wft

anyone know of any other companys that sell theses.

[koala]

excuse me, what's mean of "wft" in your reply.

i see a tech, WFT: The Windows Forensic Toolchest™ (WFT) is designed to provide a structured and repeatable automated Live Forensic Response, Incident Response, or Audit on a Windows system while collecting security-relevant information from the system. WFT is essentially a forensically enhanced batch processing shell capable of running other security tools and producing HTML based reports in a forensically sound manner.

[HardDiskBug]

Now it's really "WTF"!!!!!!!!
Terry....you were right. Drunk Koala.......

Craig......so far, "commercial" tools for jerking with heads/platter is HPE from Xly. Second option is that bullshit indian company (I mean it...) and third is to wait for Clarke's product which seems quite stable.....

[craig6928]

the wft is want the fu"""

as they are charging $80 to send it to canada that postage cost only.
which only ways less then 1 pound and is small.

hmm clarkes product what this about now

as for the company in indian its a real company and i been in contact
with there uk branch
just have to give them time as they are new

plus its going to piss of a lot of companys too
who supply tools at a higher cost rate

[zed]

HardDiskBug , May i ask, do you have a link to "HPE from Xly" web site?
and
craig6928, Can you send me the details of the US firm charging $80 for shipping, i don't care about the cost - i would be keen to order and test the product. I'm still using plastic straw bits and folded cardboard. Works but clumsy at times.

[shahij]

HPE is of Salvation, XLYSoft website is in chinese language.

the link for the product...
http://www.salvationdata.com/productDetail.asp?pn=00013

[craig6928]

ok i got a hard drive in and its needs the platters removing.
can anyone tell me of a company that sells hard drive platter extract.

i know salvation data does but the only problem is
that the screws could fall of and damaged the platter.


anyone have who has bought this tool and can tell me what its like.

the pros and the cons

cheers

[rchadwick]

Actually, Salvation's product has a disc that goes over the platters. Dropped screws fall on this disc. I've never seen in person (Has anyone?) the one from India, but from what I can tell, the Salvation product is much better.

[HardDiskBug]

What I told about that Indian company (HDRC) is because of the "Image" they have created for themselves. They have done all those things, which is done by spammers, thugs and frauds. They have spammed this forum..no photograph or any visible proof of even any sort of existence about their product..no technical information..hell lot of spelling mistakes like a newbie..even when it's about the price..("Price : Desktop - USD 390; Desktop - USD 450."..What is the fucking difference between both of them?). Morever, you can see Dmitriy's advice about that company ("Try a search for "hdrconline.com" on this forum"-Dmitriy) and yes, one of our fellow member has also visited their "magical" world..you can see his reviews in this forum somehwere...look out for Amarbir
And, they have "NO" such UK branch. They only have some tie-ups with "droid.it" only on the training side. It's not their branch, only strategical contracts on the online training issue.

As shahi stated, Xlysoft is the chinese name for salvationdata...I was talking about the Heads Platter Exchagner from them..

And, by clarke's product, I mean Dunkan Clarke of retrodata- A fellow member of the field and this forum. He seems to be involved seriously in developing a kind of stable tool for working with Heads/Platters...Though, it's not complete yet and and don't know, how much time it is going to take either. Also, price could also become a factor....

regards
harddiskbug@yahoo.com

[craig6928]

Actually, Salvation's product has a disc that goes over the platters. Dropped screws fall on this disc. I've never seen in person (Has anyone?) the one from India, but from what I can tell, the Salvation product is much better.

its possible it might happen.

as really you can not use a magnetic screw driver to unscrew with

i wonder if you could add some type of plexiglass inside the canister
with the holes drilled out for removing the screws from the hard drive
and then they wont come into contact with the platters.

anyone got this product from salvation data can you post what you think

[rchadwick]

I have Salvation's product. I like it. It seems a bit flimsy, but it's likely due to necessity. If you're very delicate, it should hold the platters tight enough. The metal disc is part of the design, and covers the surface of the top platter. You can drop all the screws without worry. What worries me somewhat is the disc itself scratching the top platter. There are little rivets that hold little clips to the disc, and those rivets might scratch the platter. I've been thinking of what to put on the bottom of the disc that would protect the platter, yet not contaminate it. Best I could come up with so far is a cleanroom wipe.

[bnice]

How clean are hospital surgery products a possible avenue to look into. Besides implements they use a wide asorted range of materials, all sterile clean.

Maybe there is some theatre equipment that could be adapted. Maybe the titanium implements made for strength and light in use.

[TerraNova]

hahahaa