Surprised to find the WD10EVDS-63N5B1 HSA was compatible with the damaged WD10EADS-00L5B1 HSA. Both were kermit. Was able to recover 98% Data on the WD10EADS-00L5B1

WD10EADS-00L5B1
DCM: DANNNT2CBN
15 JUL 2009

vs

WD10EVDS-63N5B1
DBNNHT2CAB
13 JUL 2009

DCM is pretty much irrelevant it seems on the new WD. Good job and ty for sharing this m8. It is appreciated. I remember on the Deepspar forums in the WD head swap category there was a few WD that broke all the DR canons... One was different model , same family and years and years apart , yet still worked =) Never happens to me though -) Well, only 1 time on a 2,5 inch samsung , different model heads worked -)

One that stands out for me recently which worked for HSA swap was:

Patient: WD6400BPVT-00HXZT1
Donor: WD5000BEVT-22A0RT0


Different model, different capacity, different family, etc. Imaged about 99.8% of drive. New WDs do not seem very fussy at all.

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I second this. New WD's seem very forgiving in terms of compatibility. The older ones...

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Whoa Nick =) Thats impressive. And yes i LOVE working with WD. Hitachi, Toshiba , Samsungs are cool too. Hate seagates with a passion.

I love WD's too. I also somehow like seagates. I hate samsungs
I guess it's a matter of success rate...

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Give me a WD any day, over a new Toshiba drive.

Too many media issues for my liking!

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Was so great after running out of donors for that particular model.

Update.

Worked on 4 more cases of WD10EADS-00L5B1 this week all having heads problem. Turn out all incompatible with WD10EVDS-63N5B1 head stacks.

Maybe just one of those LUCK of the draw one offs.