Hard Drive Recovery, Click of Death

So, remember that time your hard drive was making noises and wouldnt work and instead of bringing it to a pro, you thought you would try a few things yourself? This is the result.

Whenever you hear odd noises coming from the drive, it more than likely means the heads are stuck and/or grinding against the platters (where all your data is stored).

This drive was used as it began to fail. When it finally failed, the user continued to try to plug it in and get it started in different ways. Unwilling to spend the money for recovery, they opted to dispose of the drive so I decided to open it up and see how bad it was. 

Aside from the obvious physical damage to the platters seen in the picture, the drive was also filled with black dust - Grinded down platter powder. This drive cannot be recovered. 

The next time your drive makes noises or begins to act strangely - turn it off and call a pro.

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New Experimental Recovery

I received a hard drive from a new client with physical damage to the PCB board.
I really feel this odd personal defeat when I cant recover data, so with the client's approval - I'm trying a new method of recovery. This will involve replacing the PCB board and transferring the BIOS chip over from the old board to the new one.
Finding the correct board is challenging and it looks like I will have to order it all the way from Australia. Shipping is going to take time and then I'm going to have to de-solder that chip and solder it to the new board.

Fingers crossed!

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Recovered Another Hard Drive!

Just recovered all of the data off a new client's hard drive.
I'm not sure which is my favorite part - that another shop said it couldn't be done, or that I was able to get all of her family photos back. The client's expression when I recover all of their precious photos is why I do what I do!

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