full rebuild of WD passport to get data recovered
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This hard drive was sent to us by another data recovery company. After a heavy fall, this drive left most of the head sliders on the surfaces of the disk. Our client also mentioned that the hard drive was making buzzing/beeping noises. All 6 sliders broke off from the suspension. First, we had to locate and plunk all heads that were stuck to disks. Once all 6 heads were found, this drive was decontaminated and rebuilt with a donor head assembly. To work with USB interfaced drives in PC3000, we convert them to SATA first. After the rebuilt and PCB adaptation, hard drive kept buzzing on startup indicating a spinup problem. This issue was later resolved by a platter transplant into a donor chassis. PC3000's WD utility was used to prep and image out the content. The hard drive was recovered fully, and the data was saved.
if you want to ship your failed device to us for data recovery and free evaluation, simply fill out this form: www.hddrecovery.ca/contact-us/
and send your drive boxed with bubble wrap to this address:
HDD Recovery Services
391 Bank St, Suite 201
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1Y3
Canada
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TH-cam recommended your video, at first I thought you were working in a hard disk company's lab. Excellent job done!
I am glad you liked it Kevin!
Exactly the same situation here.
Me too. It looks like the lab
Same here!
Huge respect for your patience! I think the customer was delighted to receive the data back! Thank you for uploading!
Thanks, yeah the client was very much please
I like when he beautifully discusses the problem and solution of the recovery procedure. Keep it up good work.
Thank you
This is your daily dose of Recommendation
Full rebuild harddisk
I used to do this on a budget for folks who nearly trashed their drives. Back in the 90s it would cost around $5000 - $10000 for regular people to have their drives recovered. Today it starts at around $100 and up.. and that was my price back then... so I don't do it anymore. I used an acrylic box with gloves and vacuum pumped it. Not a professional way to do it, but I had a 90% success rate. If I didn't get the data, I didn't charge.
That's awesome. Did you reeplace the heads by used with the same models and first 3 characters of the s/n?
Did it works and did you recovered your data??
I seen expensive Hard Drive repairs on TH-cam, this by far has ASMR elements. The guy is literally performing surgery on the Hard Drive
Yeah! The air-filter noise makes it feel like a quality working environment! Very impressive!
Wonderfull to see a real professional at work. I wish that you were accessible in the UK. Thanks
It's like surgery
Computer surgery
They done a surgery on a hard drive
Brain surgery*
That's a mild way to say what it actually is, hardcore computer pornography.
best video of an hdd hardware recovery that i have ever seen on the web
Hardrive dental work, amazing.
That was VERY interesting, i had no idea a HD had a few platters, you're very talented.
Thanks
This is a masterclass work here. I am really thankful to get this recommendation and seeing how a pro do their job...this is just awesome to see
Glad you like it!
Amazing Video ! one of the first video of HDD recovery and rebuild i have ever seen ! so meticulous and careful in each step ! Great Job Bro !
Thank you :)
You are awesome man, I know it is really hard to recovery data from broken hard disk.
Perfect Friday evening video. Thank you, Erkin :)
just stumbled upon your channel, and now subscribed!
Welcome Max
Super interesting video ! I've lost count of the number of friends and colleagues who have lost precious photos etc because their hard drive failed. It's so important to take regular backups as not everyone can afford this kind of rebuild.
Absolutely, thanks for watching
Wow, that is cool. I have sent several drives off to get the data off of them over the years. You can def make good bank doing this.
i bet they were seagate lol
@@hippa2dahoppa2 I'm hoping M.2
Great video, very educational in respect to hard drive rebuilds and recovery. Good video.
Glad you liked it
Thank You for sharing with us all this very interesting stuff
Nice video I have two wd 1tb with same issues been saving them for price of recovering to come down. Definetly a wd defect
Hmmm. By recommending me this vid, Universe is trying to tell me to backup my important data... THX!
Haha totally
It's why u need to clone ur HDD regularly at least each month, so that when ur HDD fail and u could just use the clone one and sent the injured HDD to the clinic
This is a wonderful quality video. Thank you.
Thank you!
Nice work and great specialized tools!!
thank you!
what a great job man! Respect!
Thanks Ramon
I don't really understand how i'm not subscribed , new account anyways , Thanks for helping the community , and like always , ThumbsUp!
Welcome to the channel
I actually might have also learnt a couple of surgery skills to perform on my failed drives LOL
My silly joke set aside, thanks for the great content you delivered here. I'm quite impressed with how far you had to go for something coming up seeming not that big of a problem at the beginning of the operation.
BACK UP YOUR THINGS, PEOPLE!
Easy said than done. Back in early 2000's. Terabyte of data on hard drive is expensive. I had some in raid and heat killed the drive. After 15 years I have them lay around and some of the drive missing. Now I don't know if that could be recovered
@@BlueRiceHave you ever done it to replace the heads by used with the same models and first 3 characters of the s/n?
Did it works and did you recovered your data??
@@chris01479 i never perform head replacement but i replace the PCB which i dont know if thats incorrect one or theres something wrong with the head. i didnt want to dissect it since i dont want to mess it up even further.
there's one movie i have on the HD that i dont know the name of. i remember watching 2 min into it and want to watch later. the movie was a master piece. the most beautiful movie ever made. im willing to pay 1k just to recover that movie..bascially paying to find out the name of the movie.
Could watch you do this all day...
Wow, this is impressive stuff. You certainly have skills sir...
Nice! Not many REAL hard drive videos coming out these days.. solid state junk... lol .. thanks for posting these, I love the hd surgery videos!
Obviously you have done this many times, you are so quick
This is what I do for living, so I do this everyday
I see, this drive had heavy impact. Heads was rip off and probably spindle bearing was locked too. Only solution is move platters to functioning drive and pull data off.
Edit: Good work to extract data from dead disk drive.
Really shows the importance of a good backup strategy.(and testing said strategy)
Yep 😁
Amazing work and it's all magic for us lay folks. Very interesting to see that data is recoverable in some cases. So interesting and thanks for sharing your expertise and for the great video too.
Thanks Lisa
What blows my mind is the level of care that needs to be taken when handling this. I was just watching a video from how a nuclear core went critical because of a scientist's screwdriver slipped.
Hello from Poland.
As for me - what you do is magic 👏🎆
Hello! thank you!
i have hear that hard drive cant or never been repaired but here it is repaired everything is possible in this world
Recovering data is basically fixing the drive but it's only a temporary measure. You should never use a 'repaired/recovered drive after the fact.
you can just depends on how much you wanna spend to recover the data
Dont forget to break out your 1 inch air impact and really torque em down.
At least 7 ugga duggas!
I was thinking that the drive is dusty but my screen was :D
That's funny:)
Nice work. I use 1 or 2lb fishing monofilament to pluck those sliders off. Less chance of scratching the surface
Nice work, I like this stuff.
Thanks
Fantastic video! But a gentle reminder, its now 2020, if you haven't yet backed up your data somewhere safe, consider doing it now!
This looks like a fun and rewarding job. And if all fails and it doesn't work, you can just say you tried your best and blame it on the hard drive :)
sure is, but why blame the drive? :) its like a hard drive er, patient either come in recoverable condition, or it is DOA. If the drive is partially recoverable - we recover what can be pulled
I learned long ago to keep at least one other backup drive for important data. My DVD/CD burned came in handy for that. But now I have well over 200 discs taking up space. When the main HD fault happens, there is no data loss, just cash loss, replacing the drive. I was wondering, if the head arm is stuck, or the platter doesn't want to spin, if there is an oil for the bearings. I have seen on larger greased joints in things, the grease gets hard like glue. Just enough lubricant to get the data if needed.
Beautifull! i though data recovey was way easier, now i understand why it is expensive
;)
Yeah it can sometimes require an extensive amount of work and special equipment...
@@r100curtaincall And the cost of the tools is very high. Most people may not realise this but the head comb, which is used to secure the heads on the servo arm during handling, is actually the single most expensive tool he is using in the process of performing the mechanical work on the drive. It is made of titanium and a set of those can cost over a thousand dollars.
@@douro20 Yeah they're super expensive. The tooling required to make them is as insane as the task that it is used to perform. Many people diss hard drives now in favor of SSDs, but they are a true mechanical engineering marvel all their own, from assembly to performance. I daresay they are probably one of if not the fastest precision micro instruments ever created by man.
I am watching you work like a hungry cat watching a fish bowl... That is amazing tech people dont realise what they have in their hands....
You can do anything with the right tools. (Bows to Asia) and the right minds.
Thank you for this video, good job. Do not hesitate to present pc3000....I want to learn more about it.
PC3000 is a tool that has a huge variety of features. We demonstrate a little bit at a time in almost every hard drive recovery video
@@hddrecoveryservices thank you
Nice job, very professional :)
I was amazed that there is a way to read multiple platters after reassembly, since there is no chance at all that the platters were re-installed in the exact same rotational orientation relative to each other.
What makes you so sure they were not set back the same?
@@hddrecoveryservices I don't mean top/bottom/position in stack, I mean turned a little. Are the platters keyed to the spindle?
I was almost literally on the edge of my seat. Fascinating work! I could do that, but I don't have the equipment... and especially, not familiar with the software. Great Job.
It's not too late to start :) this industry still has a few years I think
@@hddrecoveryservices I have a doctorate in information systems and leadership. Unfortunately, as a former computer repair technician, the doctorate was more about leadership than tech. No matter. I truly enjoyed the video. Thanks.
quite technical thank you for sharing !
Wow simply amazing work.
Thanks
Your video is very helpful 🙂
1:50 I tilted my head to the right to see what he was doing xD
Haha, removing the head screw
@@hddrecoveryservices hi :) your video is very cool! u are cool :D i have a question, what do you use to cut heads?
С такой кропотливой работой алкоголь исключён вообще наверное))
Мне кажется наоборот - тут же одно неверное движение и прощай хард. Слышал что хирурги часто выпивают после тяжелых операций.
Fascinating
Some amazing skill here. I'm really curious as to what you ended up charging for this case.
I was thinking that I could do this my self if I needed to, boy was I wrong! Thanks for this great video. I'm putting your name in my address book! :-)
Looks easy...u need all the tools..&the one pc3000 without it bye bye data....
@@ucupi Its not inly software, its special hardware aswell... ive recovered data myself without fancy tools, or software but any attempt at platter or head replacing failed, as most of these drives have firmware on the platters and these platters apparently need allignment (?) maybe youtuber can confirm this.
Anyway, I recomment going to a recovery lab FIRST if data is important. ive only tried my own drives or friends harddisks after they learned the price (most offer diagnosis for low or free price, actual recovery costs money).
@@CodeAsm any side effects to doing it without specialized tools? I'd assume data loss is basically inminent if you try to do this the ghetto way, but the hdd would be reusable.
@@KotauFPS ghetto style is posible depending on the case. Dd, ddresque, testdisk and the best Rstudio might do the job for allott of software isues people might have. Hardware isues depends. Replacing flashrom, capasitors connectors, sure. If you have a cleanairroom and use gloves, maybe. But too many try and then go to a recovery company and actualy made it worse. If you wanna learn, and probably lose data, go ahead. Investigate why those paid hardware and software is so good, why are they using custom hardware? The hdd also have special controllers, maybe learn how to controll those
@@KotauFPS Dust is the main culprit. You MAY get lucky, but generally a spec of dust rotating at 7200rpm is like crashing into a boulder. That's why every shop has one of those fancy clean booths: you can spend 30mins swapping parts, but a single spec of dust or even a small hair can destroy the drive.
Great Job Bro..
I'm here to learn...
you are in the right place :)
after looong time bro. nice work. wow
Great video as always. I enjoy watching you work. I assume the head damage, in this case, was caused by the slow (or stopped) platter meaning the heads were no longer flying properly. Is that correct? If so it's very fortunate that there was no platter damage.
Cheers, John
I think he said the drive was dropped. I imagine that is when it was off which meant that the heads were parked.
The fact that the spindle failed, actually saved this drive from platter damage. With sliders missing and suspension on the loose, it would only be a matter of a few power ups :)
@@hddrecoveryservices Exactly, we could have a nice shredding platters on new head stack assembly ... one thing to point it out is the aligment, the platters were previously marked so the cylinder remains, therefore the data is more likely to be extracted. As you do my friend, I always create a head map for detecting either weak heads or zones on the platters.
You are my hero, keep going man.
Superb task
I will adore to do this job
This guy is the HDD whisperer!
good job
To get the platter unstuck from the arm reader, find a screw in the middle of your hard drive and then unscrew it and try to see if it would spin again. Never open up the hard drive or that's it.
Impressive!
Hi. Please explain why you did not fix the platters to each other for keeping their relative position.
You used to tape the sides with scotch tape in some of your videos.
Thanks, keep it up.
I was wondering that - I thought the platters had to be perfectly vertically aligned??
I was wondering about the alignment as well...
@@gustavinus we keep the alignment by etching the drive and setting it back lined up by etches
@@hddrecoveryservices Do you have a video of this process? And what's the tolerance on alignment (in radians) ?
@@donbeckham I don't
How do you re-align the platters after moving them around? Is the angle at which they originally were important, or is it self read from info on the platters? Does it matter if the individual platters are not as they were, or are they read at different times and the indexes are on the platter themselves? Thanks.
I’m impressed
Cheers buddy
Thanks
You are awesome !!!
epic video :) , thx for sharing
You are welcome
At the end, on your left, is that the laminar flow work-table with lights on?
You are awesome
:)
Hello, I once heard or read that when you replace certain parts on HDs that the parts need to come from the same model# and DCM of the new HD. Like for instance, I have a western digital WD10EZEX - 00BN5A0 with DCM: HANNKT2MHB so would I need an exact HD match to pull parts for that?
Also, is there a torque specification for the screws that has to be exact?
Cool vid!
nice project ..
If a drive is operated over time in a certain orientation such as label side up, and you try to run it label side down, the bearings can wear in such a way that can cause the knocking you hear.
Positioning the drive just right sometimes does improve performance during imaging
HDD Recovery Services So does smacking it with the end of a screw driver can sometimes can unstick things 🥴
Doesn't platter alignment have to be maintained critically close for it to recover any data? I was under the impression it needed to be within thousandths of and inch, otherwise its just a headache. Is there redundancy between platters that allow for them to be out of alignment of each other?
I thought that platters need to be aligned (take out and insert all at once and not one by one). Is it critical only for some models or cases?
Your platter swap tool: How does it keep sector alignment across platters? I remember in the past use of sticky tape to keep the disk stack in alignment during platter swap. Is there a video that demonstrates this tool you used? Thanks!
I think I did a review of the tool in "ST2000DL003 too bad so sad" video
*doing hdd surgery
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I just have a question.. do you need to align the HDD discs, donuts, after replacing the head reader...?
appreciate your videos and answer.
Cheers
Great video, really puts into perspective on how the work is done. I've had some ideas on how repairs were performed, but no idea what tools were used! I have a question: Would this repair work if the platters were transplanted into the working hard drive instead of replacing the reader head? Thanks for your video and look forward to more of your work!
You can't take out platters without taking heads out. If the motor is not damaged and chassis are not contaminated by platter dust we don't swap platters
@@hddrecoveryservices okay understood, thank you for your reply!
At what basics you replace the heads? Should they have a same DCM number , after that did you make any change in the module? do you have any books or online courses for hard repair ?.
different brands have different rules. some need adaptation, some work just like original. No books, just PC3000 manual, forums, and years of grind
@@hddrecoveryservices thank you so much , do you have any PDF version from PC3000 manual ; if you don't mind :) .
You said that's it, but I never saw you put back the part you removed at 8:55. Is that just a plunger to keep the actuator and heads from moving?
That's a head separating comb. Prevents heads from touching each other when they are out. It also keeps them leveled with the ramp. That part is a tool, not part of the drive
Are your plastic rolling chairs grounded to your non anti static floors?
i enjoy the video, thanks m2n
You are welcome
i dont know what im watching , but its intriguing. for now anyways.
you can clean by make to drop of alchole on the surface and after 3 minute it will be analysis so you can clean by cotoon
It leave residue this way. There are many ways to clean disks, I guess whatever works for the one doing it is the right way
Just a tip, it would be SO much easier to read the text on screen if it was much, much smaller, and just located in the bottom like regular subtitles.
Dude, its fine.
Hi wow amazing stuff. I have a question how do you deal with platters alignment to each other?
Sounded like a bearing was out and causing contact chatter. That said also sound pretty close to head crashing.
Most likely the spindle got bent and parking ramp was binding with the edge of the disk
I wager the PCB was toast, aside from the heads. I'm still sitting on an old WD20EA that has a PCB that literally blew 3 chips. Has over 10 years of music production on it.
What keeps the platters absolutely centered when you disassemble and reassemble the stack? Isn't there bound to be a few micrometers of slack? Also, do the platters need to maintain their rotational orientation relative to each other?
they are held by years of experience :)
Such Skill !! I would rather pay to have it repaired than meddle with it myself.
great job as usual Dear God Bless you for sharing
Hai Brother, Is there any marking in the platter to find it's top and bottom Side? Is there any another way to find the top and bottom side of platter. Please reply
No there is not. Our platter stand is notched for the disk number on the part that screws it down. It helps keeping them in order, especially during cleaning process
@@hddrecoveryservices Okay Brother. Thank You
And this is exactly why I've already transitioned from using portable mechanical hard drives to solid state drives. SSDs still can fail too but less likely from drops.
Will transfer too all my data from HDD to SSD. My HD have more tan 10 years!
Magnetic data storage can actually be much more reliable than flash. All flash media suffers from problems associated with the way that the charge is stored in the memory cell, and there are only so many times a cell can be written to and erased before the cell degrades to the point that it cannot be written to or read out. Also with the density of modern flash storage the distance between the cells can also cause problems where the electric field used to read or write a cell can cause cells around it to become corrupted, a problem known as read or write disturbance. Therefore flash controllers use very strong error correction codes to ensure the integrity of the stored data, and data bits are always spread across cells to help minimize wear. These are all problems which don't exist with magnetic storage.
Great video man
Would you please prepare a video for how to clean the platters