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mikebeary

Post subject: which hard drives can have the platters separated

Posted: January 4th, 2021, 16:55

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Does anyone know which hard drive models allow the platters to be removed and misaligned from each other?

I have a Toshiba mk5059gsxp that I'd like to clean the platters from.

-Mike

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fzabkar

Post subject: Re: which hard drives can have the platters separated

Posted: January 5th, 2021, 14:14

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See ...

Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues:
https://www.recoveryforce.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=565

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: which hard drives can have the platters separated

Posted: January 5th, 2021, 15:29

Joined: November 29th, 2006, 10:08
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mikebeary wrote:

Does anyone know which hard drive models allow the platters to be removed and misaligned from each other?

I have a Toshiba mk5059gsxp that I'd like to clean the platters from.

-Mike

These are very tolerant for platter removal.

But it does beg the question... WHY do you want to clean all the platters?

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