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medic
 Post subject: Swap platter or replace head?
PostPosted: October 10th, 2012, 14:21 
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Hi All,

I have a 2.5" HTS725050A9A364 Hitachi TravelStar 500GB that suddenly died with an ominous clicking noise.

After opening the case I see the platter is spinning properly but the read arm continuously cycles across the platter and back to park.

I have another drive exactly the same and plan to use that to recover the data.

I probably damaged the read heads by touching them whilst trying to get it to work and am now wondering if I should move the new read arm to the defective drive or move the platter from the defective drive to the new drive?

What gives me a better chance of success?
Thanks for your help....
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PostPosted: October 10th, 2012, 14:33 
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PostPosted: October 10th, 2012, 16:30 
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lcoughey wrote:
If you have to ask the question, you need a pro.


Ditto

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PostPosted: October 10th, 2012, 16:49 
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Why do so many people want to "swap platters"??? :shock:

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PostPosted: October 10th, 2012, 16:52 
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Nick_CT wrote:
Why do so many people want to "swap platters"??? :shock:

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arvika
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PostPosted: October 10th, 2012, 17:52 
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Nick_CT wrote:
Why do so many people want to "swap platters"??? :shock:


You don't know? Platters swap is heal-all for any HDD disaster ;)

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SAjunky
 Post subject: Re: Swap platter or replace head?
PostPosted: October 10th, 2012, 18:33 
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arvika wrote:
You don't know? Platters swap is heal-all for any HDD disaster ;)

Nick_CT knows very well, his question is valid.
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jono-ats
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PostPosted: October 10th, 2012, 22:47 
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That advice is in the same manual that tells you to freeze a failed drive after hitting it with a hammer . . . :D

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arvika
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PostPosted: October 11th, 2012, 3:31 
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SAjunky wrote:
arvika wrote:
You don't know? Platters swap is heal-all for any HDD disaster ;)

Nick_CT knows very well, his question is valid.


I know that. Just joking :)

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Vaidis1973
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PostPosted: October 11th, 2012, 6:16 
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If hdd have 1 plater, better change plater or head stack assembly ?
Head with parking zone
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PostPosted: October 11th, 2012, 6:48 
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Vaidis1973 wrote:
If hdd have 1 plater, better change plater or head stack assembly ?
Head with parking zone


As Luke said

"If you have to ask the question, you need a pro. "

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Logical
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PostPosted: October 11th, 2012, 10:20 
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Just Curious,

Practicing head / platter swaps. If a drive has one platter and heads are on a parking ramp. From a physical point of view (and assuming the donor is a match) it does seem easier to carry out a platter swap and use original PCB rather than to risk damaging heads.

Or am I missing something.

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Vaidis1973
 Post subject: Re: Swap platter or replace head?
PostPosted: October 11th, 2012, 11:44 
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Logical wrote:
Just Curious,

Practicing head / platter swaps. If a drive has one platter and heads are on a parking ramp. From a physical point of view (and assuming the donor is a match) it does seem easier to carry out a platter swap and use original PCB rather than to risk damaging heads.

Or am I missing something.

Regards

Logical (still persevering)


I changed 2 pieces Samsung spinpoint 1 plater with stick motor (no parking ramp) and read all info at first attempt. But three weak ago with excelstor 80gb this focus dont work :( Or donor mismatch, use 2 donor pieces.

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medic
 Post subject: Re: Swap platter or replace head?
PostPosted: October 15th, 2012, 18:54 
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well thanks..... as the drive is a dual platter I swapped the head assembly. Worked a charm.
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PostPosted: October 16th, 2012, 3:34 
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