fixing hdd platter to another hdd
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Platter transplants are not a sure thing between two otherwise identical drives since the factory-programmed calibration data varies on a drive-by-drive basis. Data recovery shops that do things like this usually have customized firmware running on the drive so they can tweak those parameters.
The raw platter data format between manufacturers is likely completely different.
The raw platter data format between manufacturers is likely completely different.
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Nope your best bet if you had to have the info stored on the drive would have been to send it to a data recover specialist.
They do this in a clean room. HDDs are sealed for a reason. Any bit of dust even on a micro scale would destroy the drive and crash the heads when spun up. Also when if you had a clean room to do this there are specific tools for recovery. You would have also probably wanted to use the same manufacture. You could have possibly had a bad controller which may have been easier to fix but once you open the drive about the only thing they are good for is a paper weight.
They do this in a clean room. HDDs are sealed for a reason. Any bit of dust even on a micro scale would destroy the drive and crash the heads when spun up. Also when if you had a clean room to do this there are specific tools for recovery. You would have also probably wanted to use the same manufacture. You could have possibly had a bad controller which may have been easier to fix but once you open the drive about the only thing they are good for is a paper weight.
If you really feel like trying and have two IDENTICAL drives see here
www.anandtech.com/show/7330/hardware-tricks-how-to-not-fix-a-crashed-hard-drive
Odds of recovering data are extremely low. It will never "work fine" though. Best case is you get some data and have 2 trashed drives. more likely you just have two trashed drives. What your proposing with different drives there is absolutely no chance.
www.anandtech.com/show/7330/hardware-tricks-how-to-not-fix-a-crashed-hard-drive
Odds of recovering data are extremely low. It will never "work fine" though. Best case is you get some data and have 2 trashed drives. more likely you just have two trashed drives. What your proposing with different drives there is absolutely no chance.
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