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asgari

Post subject: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 10:16

Joined: November 28th, 2011, 10:06
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Location: Kent, UK

Hi all Gurus,
I have a 2.5" 125gb Fujitsu hard drive that is dead showing no signs of life or anything on bios.
I also have a fully working 2.5" 250gb Toshiba hard drive.
Would it be possible to swap the platter from the faulty Fuji into the Tosh as i need to get some data off?
I am a newb to HD internals your help would be appreciated

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jono-ats

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 10:21

Joined: June 8th, 2006, 19:44
Posts: 3144
Location: Atlanta, GA

Unequivocally no.

I suggest that you contact Pcimage from this forum, for recovery help in your region.

Jon

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asgari

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 10:29

Joined: November 28th, 2011, 10:06
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Location: Kent, UK

I understand the drives are different data sizes but surely the platters are the same physical size and fitment. they are not stacked platters there single layer. would they not read the same like putting in different cd's in a disk drive look for zero and start..?

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loki

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 11:19

Joined: July 7th, 2010, 4:45
Posts: 924
Location: UK

jono-ats wrote:

Unequivocally no.

I suggest that you contact Pcimage from this forum, for recovery help in your region.

Jon

I agree, contact Pcimage.

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jono-ats

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 11:31

Joined: June 8th, 2006, 19:44
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Location: Atlanta, GA

un·e·quiv·o·cal (n-kwv-kl)
adj.
Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous: an unequivocal success.

une·quivo·cal·ly
adv.
in an unambiguous manner

Just in case that wasn't clear:

No! No! A Thousand Times No!

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irs

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 11:48

Joined: July 22nd, 2008, 5:04
Posts: 160
Location: Italy

i agree ... NO
platter physical size is not enough...
there are many good pros in UK if you need to recover data
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Cleanroom

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 12:09

Joined: June 23rd, 2008, 11:26
Posts: 511
Location: Austin, TX

will not work 100%

If you attempt this you will fail, and most likely cause the drive to forever unrecoverable by any means.

If the data is important, take it to a pro for a proper diagnosis

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asgari

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 12:41

Joined: November 28th, 2011, 10:06
Posts: 3
Location: Kent, UK

Thanks for the responses. Data recover is far to expensive. The motor does not spin up so i think it could quite possibly be the PCB faulty which is easy enough to replace as long as i get the maching model and firmware, correct?

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Russwinters

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 13:27

Joined: July 16th, 2008, 17:52
Posts: 489
Location: Long Beach, California

Wrong =(

You will need to transfer adaptives on this disk. You *may* be in luck and find the ROM to be external, but on the newer Fujitsu they began to embed into MCU.

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northwind

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 13:33

Joined: January 28th, 2009, 10:54
Posts: 3547
Location: Greece

Again, no. Sorry. Pcimage or hddguy can do it for you. If it is only the pcb, it shouldn't be THAT costly.

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lcoughey

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 14:15

Joined: February 9th, 2009, 16:13
Posts: 2574
Location: Ontario, Canada

Here are your options, as I see it.

1. Give up, lose your data and save your money
2. Try DIY, lose your data and lose your money
3. Try PCImage, save your data and lose your money

I cannot speak for PCImage, but most labs give a free quote. If you find the quote by the pro too much, then you can decide between #1 and #2.

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loki

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 28th, 2011, 15:25

Joined: July 7th, 2010, 4:45
Posts: 924
Location: UK

Option 4
Get a quote & if its too much then place the drive in a draw somewhere safe until you can save the money

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freakzy

Post subject: Re: Swapping 2.5" platter

Posted: November 29th, 2011, 2:49

Joined: May 1st, 2011, 5:02
Posts: 101
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

loki wrote:

Option 4
Get a quote & if its too much then place the drive in a draw somewhere safe until you can save the money

This one is a good option, IMHO

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