hdd disaster

SoftDux-Rudi said:
Actually, you can. As long as it's the same HDD size & model number. I've been doing it for years and never had issues. And, I save "a few grand" more then a few times by doing so.
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If you understood what was stored on the PCB you would realise why it has very little chance of working. If you have such luck perhaps you should open a data recovery store. Or play the lottery.

In terms of repairing the PCB with a DIY soldering manoeuvre, do you not want to use the drive after you've got off it what you want? Considering the price of a new 2TB drive it would make sense to actually fix it properly (new PCB) so that you can use, and trust, the drive in future.
 
South_Bit said:
If you understood what was stored on the PCB you would realise why it has very little chance of working. If you have such luck perhaps you should open a data recovery store. Or play the lottery.
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Yea, you're right, I should. I should probably also open up a garage since I service my own cars, as well as my parent's cars at a third of the price of any garage around.

South_Bit said:
In terms of repairing the PCB with a DIY soldering manoeuvre, do you not want to use the drive after you've got off it what you want? Considering the price of a new 2TB drive it would make sense to actually fix it properly (new PCB) so that you can use, and trust, the drive in future.
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There's a 500GB drive in my NAS at home which was fixed this way a few years ago. a Data Recovery Specialist quoted me R15K to recover the data off the drive....
 
Maybe you could just take the drive to a TV repair shop close to you and ask them for a quote to repair/replace the connector. It looks like a very simple repair and not worth all the trouble to courier the drive somewhere. Just make sure that they treat the drive very carefully when working on it i.e. no bumps or hard knocks.
 
SoftDux-Rudi said:
There's a 500GB drive in my NAS at home which was fixed this way a few years ago. a Data Recovery Specialist quoted me R15K to recover the data off the drive....
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You were very lucky in that case, the chances of a straight swap working are extremely low. Hence me saying you should have played the lottery. As mentioned there's a risk of corrupting the firmware modules on the drive by pulling that stunt.

Luck has no place in data recovery, a professional would not risk client data but randomly swapping PCBs in the hope that one worked. A straight PCB swap on this Hitachi 2TB has less than 0% chance of working.

And the R15k quote you received was insane - it gives the data recovery industry a bad name.
 
South_Bit said:
You were very lucky in that case, the chances of a straight swap working are extremely low. Hence me saying you should have played the lottery. As mentioned there's a risk of corrupting the firmware modules on the drive by pulling that stunt.
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true........ but what about all the other drives that I, and many other people, have recovered that way?
 
If you like I can point you to some reading that will explain what's stored on a HDD PCB and reasons as to why it will hardly ever work. I'm not doubting that it worked for you, perhaps for others too. Luck is luck.

In the same way that beetroot, garlic and a shower aren't cures for chronic diseases, swapping mismatched HDD components will most often not work and can exasperate the problem. If you want the best chance of curing cancer you go to an oncologist. If you want the best chance of getting your data recovered, you find a professional - but not one who wants to charge R15k for a PCB replacement.
 
Just wanna thank South_Bit, did a great professional job for an affordable price. Drive has been fixed and is as good as new with all data still intact :) Great job and 110% recommended
 
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