I have a Seagate st3000dm001 that I'm interested in either getting repaired or having a raw image of it. I talked to a local data recovery place and all they wanted to do was file/folder recovery. They kept insisting that's the only possible way and they only charge if they recover files. I tried to explain that I was fine paying for diagnostics and repair/recovery (if it's possible) and I understand that there's risks.

So, I'm interested in finding a reputable place that will do this type of work for me. The drive I wish repaired/recovered has never been opened or dropped, and I have a identical donor drive for parts if needed.

I've actually had several of these drives fail on me over the last 8 months. Either I'm unlucky or they just don't build them like they used too. They all exhibit the same symptoms on failure, they spin up, I can hear the head seek a few times, and then it spins down. On a failed on that I didn't care about I pulled it apart to see what it was doing and it behaved identically to this video.

http://youtu.be/rIygEvAFl-A

Just like in this video the top platter had no visible scratching. I can't see the other platters, but I don't hear what typically sounds like heads on platter, just the heads seeking and hitting their stops.

Please let me know about any recommendations, advice, help.

Thanks

Probably you have bad heads, and maybe bad patters too.
n case of patters damage nothing to do, but in case or heads we can help you

see PM.


thanks

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