Reuse Degaussed Hard Disk?

GowthamBalaji · Jun 25, 2014

I have a degaussed 80GB IDE Hard Disk . No information about what method is used for degaussing it. Can we reuse the Hard Disk? Is there any chance we can reverse the degaussing ?

ex_bubblehead · Jun 25, 2014

If it was actually degaussed by running it through an electromagnet then it's toast. The servo platter will have been erased, leaving no head positioning information. The servo tracks can only be written at the factory.

popatim · Jun 25, 2014

recovering depends on how well the degaussing was done. If the bios can detect the drive, try running a testdisk deepscan mode. If the bios can't see the drive then the low level format info truly has been destroyed and the drive is now a paperweight.

GowthamBalaji · Jun 25, 2014

Not detected in BIOS
Paperweight it is...

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