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Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 3:34 am
by oded
HI Luke,
Great post.
I had also successful experience with the following drive:
WD Zephyr - WD5000BMVW-11AMCS2
Platters were not 100% aligned and i got all the data from this drive.
Cheers,
Oded
Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 6:07 pm
by lcoughey
oded wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 3:34 am
HI Luke,
Great post.
I had also successful experience with the following drive:
WD Zephyr - WD5000BMVW-11AMCS2
Platters were not 100% aligned and i got all the data from this drive.
Cheers,
Oded
Thanks...list updated.
Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 10:11 pm
by pclab
Confirmed today with a Zephyr as well.
Top platter scratched, removed for inspection, put back and works fine (except the top surface
)
Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:10 pm
by ddrecovery
Had to do a platter swap on a drive run over by a car, but I did not split the patient platters I moved them as one unit. However putting the donor platters back in the donor HDA after recovery, I misaligned them by about 1/16th of an inch on purpose (from my previous sharpie marks). Drive read from all platters without an issue.
Hitachi HDT547564A9E384 - 2 platters/4 heads - All surface reading with intentionally misaligned platters.
Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:18 am
by pclab
So much work keep them aligned and then you messed them up?? hahahahah
Good work and thanks for sharing.
Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2020 12:27 am
by oded
Nice one Tim, good to know.
Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:56 pm
by pclab
Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:16 am
by pclab
Tested today a TOSHIBA MQ01UBD100, moved around the top platter and it works fine.
Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:53 pm
by ddrecovery
Toshiba MK5061GSY - 2 Platters - 4 Heads.
Used HDA after a spindle motor failure.
Put platters back in donor and spun top platter 180 degrees.
All heads are reading 100%.
Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:27 am
by davey
Hi guys,
ST2000LM003 family: M9T (BP) 3 platters, stuck motor (caution: not every motor will be compatible), random platter alignment, heads are reading full speed
ST750LM022 2 platters, quite precise platter alignment by marker on the edge, different headsets are reading with errors, speed 4-7kB/s, not recommended
Regards,
Dawid