I have a 2 TB Western Digital Caviar Green drive with the following specs:
MDL: WD20EADS-00r6B0
WWN: 50014EE202873FE7
Date: 04 MAR 2009
DCM: HARNHV2AAB
LBA: 3907029168
U.S. Patents: 6178056, 5956196, 6289484, 6263459
Product of Thailand
R/N: 771642
The heads were stuck to the platter and the platters wouldn't spin. I rotated the platters clockwise while moving the heads. After moving them close to the spindle (to keep them from touching each other, etc), I closed up the drive and plugged it in with my SATA to USB powered hard drive adapter. As soon as I powered it on, it sounded like the heads went to the parked position, and then tried to read the disc. However, I heard the scraping of the heads (to what I now know was the edge of the platter) and as soon as I heard the scraping, I immediately powered off the drive. I took off the cover and found out the heads were damaged.
I did some searching online and found a parts drive for $20 (I contacted them and asked if the heads were still good - awaiting response from them). However the specs on that drive are (all the info is the same as my current/original drive - unless noted):
MDL: WD20EADS-00R6B0
WWN: 50014EE2034D0AE1 (different from my original)
Date: 31 AUG 2009 (around 5 months difference from my original)
DCM: HARCHV2AAB
LBA: 3907029168
U.S. Patents: 6178056, 5956196, 6289484, 6263459
Product of Thailand
R/N: 771642
If the heads are still good in the parts drive that's for sale, based on the info would it probably work in my current/original drive (it has 4 platters in it)? What info should I match for a replacement parts from a parts drive?
I know it's not ideal to do it myself, but I don't have a ton of $$ to spend for data recovery and I believe it contained mostly transfers from TiVo (i.e.: TV shows, etc.) as storage (this drive was in a NAS drive), and I haven't accessed what ever was on the drive in a few years. So if I can get some or most of the data back from doing a DIY head replacement, than good. If not it's not a huge issue, and as long as I don't allow the head change to destroy the platters, data retrieval from a data place should be still be somewhat possible (if I decide to do that later - if this doesn't work). Also for the head change I"m looking at finding a Hard Drive Head Tool (like this: http://www.hddheadtools.com/) to aid in changing the heads.
But I want to try and get one that should be compatible with the original drive (as I don't have a ton of $$ to spend to buy quite a few to try), so what should I look for/match?
Thanks.
MDL: WD20EADS-00r6B0
WWN: 50014EE202873FE7
Date: 04 MAR 2009
DCM: HARNHV2AAB
LBA: 3907029168
U.S. Patents: 6178056, 5956196, 6289484, 6263459
Product of Thailand
R/N: 771642
The heads were stuck to the platter and the platters wouldn't spin. I rotated the platters clockwise while moving the heads. After moving them close to the spindle (to keep them from touching each other, etc), I closed up the drive and plugged it in with my SATA to USB powered hard drive adapter. As soon as I powered it on, it sounded like the heads went to the parked position, and then tried to read the disc. However, I heard the scraping of the heads (to what I now know was the edge of the platter) and as soon as I heard the scraping, I immediately powered off the drive. I took off the cover and found out the heads were damaged.
I did some searching online and found a parts drive for $20 (I contacted them and asked if the heads were still good - awaiting response from them). However the specs on that drive are (all the info is the same as my current/original drive - unless noted):
MDL: WD20EADS-00R6B0
WWN: 50014EE2034D0AE1 (different from my original)
Date: 31 AUG 2009 (around 5 months difference from my original)
DCM: HARCHV2AAB
LBA: 3907029168
U.S. Patents: 6178056, 5956196, 6289484, 6263459
Product of Thailand
R/N: 771642
If the heads are still good in the parts drive that's for sale, based on the info would it probably work in my current/original drive (it has 4 platters in it)? What info should I match for a replacement parts from a parts drive?
I know it's not ideal to do it myself, but I don't have a ton of $$ to spend for data recovery and I believe it contained mostly transfers from TiVo (i.e.: TV shows, etc.) as storage (this drive was in a NAS drive), and I haven't accessed what ever was on the drive in a few years. So if I can get some or most of the data back from doing a DIY head replacement, than good. If not it's not a huge issue, and as long as I don't allow the head change to destroy the platters, data retrieval from a data place should be still be somewhat possible (if I decide to do that later - if this doesn't work). Also for the head change I"m looking at finding a Hard Drive Head Tool (like this: http://www.hddheadtools.com/) to aid in changing the heads.
But I want to try and get one that should be compatible with the original drive (as I don't have a ton of $$ to spend to buy quite a few to try), so what should I look for/match?
Thanks.
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