How to Repair Hard Drive Platters

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How to Swap Hard Disk Drive Platters More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Ulrike Walsdorf | permalink
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This is an article regarding swapping hard drive platters. This is not a procedure for the technically inept or faint hearted. The following carries no guarantees, and definitely voids and nullifies any existing warranty. It may be best to...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Swap-Hard-Disk-Drive-Platters ^[1]

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DIY HDD repair by transplanting platter into new drive of same model? More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Hackerton | permalink
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I have a 1 TB Seagate SATA drive fail on me recently and Seagate support is saying it looks like a hardware failure and their data recovery fee is just out of my range. They are saying it will cost $2

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261014-32-repair-transplanting-platter-drive-model ^[2]

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Raising the dead: Can a regular person repair a damaged hard drive? | ExtremeTech More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Walter Hans | permalink
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Having a hard drive die without warning will ruin anyone's day. It certainly ruined mine -- but here's what I learned about data recovery in the process of trying to fix my own hardware.

For further reading: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/133294-raising-the-dead-can-a-regular-person-repair-a-damaged-hard-drive ^[3]

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Head and Platter Swap Pro. Standard - Dolphin Data Lab More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Sandra Calu 00f 3 | permalink
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DDL is offering advanced head and platter swap pro.to help with physical data recovery success in head and platter swap cases.

For further reading: http://www.dolphindatalab.com/product/head-and-platter-swap-pro/ ^[4]

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Hardware Tricks: How to Not Fix a Crashed Hard Drive More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by phil fryer | permalink
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For further reading: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7330/hardware-tricks-how-to-not-fix-a-crashed-hard-drive ^[5]

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Category: Fun | 9 years, 3 month(s) ago

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Walter Hans, Hackerton, phil fryer, Sandra Calu 00f 3, Ulrike Walsdorf

References & Citations

1. http://www.wikihow.com/Swap-Hard-Disk-Drive-Platters

2. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261014-32-repair-transplanting-platter-drive-model

3. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/133294-raising-the-dead-can-a-regular-person-repair-a-damaged-hard-drive

4. http://www.dolphindatalab.com/product/head-and-platter-swap-pro/

5. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7330/hardware-tricks-how-to-not-fix-a-crashed-hard-drive