The following is one typical handling process of head replacement and platter swap. Here in my data recovery clean room, I use one of the HDD repair suite-HD HPE PRO. HDD repair suite includes HD Doctor suite and HD HPE PRO which integrates solutions of head swap, platter swap and firmware repair including password removal.
Please check the attachment for the detailed process images.
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Hello, it seems nobody is interested in head/platter swap? Sofa first for myself
the avarage joe just throws away bad hdd and buys a new one .
throws away bad hdd? Throw away the data as well?
throws away bad hdd? Throw away the data as well?
the average joe's data is just downloaded music and movies !
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