On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:03:24 -0400
"anon" wrote:

Some similarities. But I suspect anyone without experience using your
suggested procedure has at the very least ruined a RW head, if not
caused more damage.

I prefer not to work in fish tanks.

Not a very clean environment btw.

If tricked out as described why would it not be a clean environment from
the viewpoint of disk repair? He's taken pains to seal it and to
collect any residual dust. Basically he's describing a home-made glove
box and glove boxes are used commercially for drive repair.

I doubt very many of the average public truly know what an "identical
disk drive" would be.


"Hugo Drax" wrote in message
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"WDsux" wrote in message
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Got a dead 7200 Western Digital drive (9 months old) I want to
get repaired. Just physically repaired. I will do the data
recovery.


Easy. Buy 2 identical drives. Buy a medium sized fishtank (usually
40-60 dollars), 1 set of heavy-duty black neoprene gloves, 1 sheet
of Plexiglas and nonmagnetic screwdrivers (nonmetallic if possible),
Damprid sillica
gel
packs (the one that changes color), silicone caulking (has to be
100% silicone) black electrical tape or ducttape,handi wipes (the
green or blue cotton cloth), sticky rat trap. a licensed copy of
nortons ghost.

Lay the fishtank on the side and measure the opening, with the
measurements
cut a section of Plexiglas that fits snugly across the tank. then
with a drill and cutter, cut 2 circles for the gloves to fit but
make sure the
hole
is slightly smaller. glue the outer collar flat against the
Plexiglas so
it
seals and affixes the gloves to the wholes and no air can get
through.
wipe
the insides and the Plexiglas with isopropyl alcohol and be very
careful
to
get most of the dust out. clean all tools and place tools,small
pliers and
a
collection container of choice inside, sticky rat trap and place the
damprid
silica gel packs (2 of them) inside, place the two drives (mark the
bad
one)
inside and seal the box and affix electrical tape around the whole
thing. let the whole thing sit for 5-8 days (allowing the silica gel
packs to absorb moisture, and allowing the residual dust to settle
on the sticky
rat
trap.

Take apart the bad drive removing all parts and carefully dropping
them on the collection container. try not to stir dust or move
quickly. the final step is removing the platter assembly and placing
it aside carefully. Open the good drive and remove the heads and
platter assembly and swap the original drives assembly into the new
drive. reinstall head assembly and close drive.

With the rigged drive place it as the primary master in your PC,
place the Brand new drive (remember when I said buy 2 new identical
drives) as secondary master. Boot with the Norton ghost Diskette and
image the rigged drive to the new identical drive. And there you
have it, a recovered
drive.
This is what those 600+ recovery outfits do anyways.

Maxtors/Quantums are easy to do, I am not sure about the WD and how
hard they are.






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