My data is not that important, so I though i'd give it a shot myself. I am prepared to loose the data.
I know there was lots of discussion a year back on new multi-platter exchanger tools, and the prices seemd ridiculously high then.

I'm hoping someone is now selling something more reasonably priced for what is essentially plastic, metal and some bolts.

Either that...or else I try this.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgqOcEAdSas

Your right, your data cant be important...

This should be moved to the fun topic...

I thought you guys would have a chuckle at the video

On a serious note though...are there now any lower cost tools?

yes.

yes.

The physical repairs you want to attempt consist of a good understanding of your problem, and even better understanding of the media you are working with. Data recovery is very complicated and perfecting a commercial tool that is suitable for DIY is an expensive process hence expensive costs.

Any cheap tools, or homemade tools will likely not be suitable and will cause further problems. If this is really what you want to do then do it properley. It will likely fail, but it could be good fun

And dont forget to tell us the final outcome

He forgot to polish the surface with a banana.

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Hmm perhaps a tuna tin as well. At least then you can make sandwiches after losing your data

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Go buy a catering size tin of beans

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Beretta, S&W or Colt ?

is that for multi platter drives?

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No multiple platter drives need foam spacer inserted into the middle of them and around key point around the drive. Then you need some special sticky tape you know the one that does not remove at all to attach this to the drive to hold them in place. After you can use your bean can and move them to the new chassis on this one. This way you are insured the platters do not move on you.

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Too complicated! All you need is a can of expanding foam- fill compartment and platters wont move! Just spay Pam on case to make it easy to remove.

Can you point me to them?

- I have an old school, Seagate ST39140A, 9.1 GB drive (http://www.storagereview.com/articles/9 ... amed9.html). 4 platters!
- It dropped while it was still accessing data (don't ask how)!
- I think chilli bean cans are the way to go!

- There have to be some options -(maybe rent a tool or something?) I simply dont have the anywhere near the kind of money it would cost to get it fixed by others.