Hey, first of all sorry wasn't sure where to put this topic, i'm trying to learn data recovery, have been for a few months but funds are minimal. PC-3000's price is just not something i can afford and don't see a point anytime soon that i'll be able to afford it.
I have built a "laminar" flow cabinet for £30 which works great suprisingly and have purchased some deleted file recovery software, some scanning/repair software, head replacement and a green inspection light. i have also been buying broken/second hand hard drives from ebay to try and fix and open up to learn what can and cannot be done.
Well i have now come to the conclussion that i need PC-3000 or something similar so is there any alternatives to PC-3000 that obviously wont do that good of a job but would allow me to handle the most common repairs to gain some cash for funding after i have learned more and am confident i wont ruin someones hard drive.
The problem i am facing right now is an inifinite read issue (that's what i call it), i plug it in via usb adapter and the pc makes a noise like it has been connected and then the read light flashes a few times 5-8 times. Then stops, then flashes again then stop then flashes again and so on forever. Sometimes it reads eventually but the hard drive can't be opened or recovered and other times it never reads. Also trying to open the drive in anything (chkdsk, hddscan, reclaime, etc) all results in the software freezing and not being able to close it or end process until i unplug the usb and then it detects the drive and so does windows and says it needs formatting. I'm wondering if it's a head issue maybe debris on the heads, or could be firmware but it seems like a large number of hard drives i look into have this same issue.
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