Hard Disk head removal
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Send it to a professional recovery service. Not only do they have the necessary tools, they also have the necessary sterile clean room in which to do it. You'll get nowhere trying to do it yourself. Having backups of the data would have avoided this problem.
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If you take the drive apart, you will discover what tools you might need for "head removal".
Of course...you won't be able to get any data off this drive.
But you will see how the heads are connected to the rest of it.
I suggest opening up an already dead drive first. Just to see.
Of course...you won't be able to get any data off this drive.
But you will see how the heads are connected to the rest of it.
I suggest opening up an already dead drive first. Just to see.
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In agreement with USAFRet.
I tend to collect and take apart old hard drives just for the magnets and shiny platters (scares squirrels - at least sometimes, for awhile...)
Most of the dis-assembly only requires small torx head screwdrivers. Just a couple of sizes to remove the various screws. A couple of which are hidden under the drive's labling.
So if you are not concerned about the data per se (i.e., sterile room, etc.) no expensive tools are needed.
Just study the assembly beforehand to before working your way down to the heads. Some very fine wires and connectors along the way.
Fragile.
I tend to collect and take apart old hard drives just for the magnets and shiny platters (scares squirrels - at least sometimes, for awhile...)
Most of the dis-assembly only requires small torx head screwdrivers. Just a couple of sizes to remove the various screws. A couple of which are hidden under the drive's labling.
So if you are not concerned about the data per se (i.e., sterile room, etc.) no expensive tools are needed.
Just study the assembly beforehand to before working your way down to the heads. Some very fine wires and connectors along the way.
Fragile.
@ USAFRET & Ralston28,
I already did open the drive but whats holding the head on its place isn't a torx screw or s'thing else.
It just has a hole with screw thread and the only thing u can do is insert a srew to tighten it up but ofcourse i dont want to tighten it but loosen it up.
If u look at the tool form hddsurgery u will see that the tool they are using is able to loosing the surrounding of the screw in the middle.
I'would like to know how to loosen the screw with the screw thread
I already did open the drive but whats holding the head on its place isn't a torx screw or s'thing else.
It just has a hole with screw thread and the only thing u can do is insert a srew to tighten it up but ofcourse i dont want to tighten it but loosen it up.
If u look at the tool form hddsurgery u will see that the tool they are using is able to loosing the surrounding of the screw in the middle.
I'would like to know how to loosen the screw with the screw thread
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The head on the arm, or the whole arm?
I'm not sure what you're hoping to accomplish by replacing the actual 'head'.
There's a reason why data recovery costs rise sharply when the software fails to do the job.
Clean room, tools, experience...
Replacement drives are cheap
Backups are also cheap, if you do them the day before the drive dies.
I'm not sure what you're hoping to accomplish by replacing the actual 'head'.
There's a reason why data recovery costs rise sharply when the software fails to do the job.
Clean room, tools, experience...
Replacement drives are cheap
Backups are also cheap, if you do them the day before the drive dies.
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Okay - accepting that you only are interested in the arm removal per se and not drive repair or data recovery....
Is the following link the video you are referencing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0PF6LQpTs4
And the support tool plate and related parts in particular?
The removal process itself (starting at 2:35 or so) being what you need to do sans the expensive tools?
Is the following link the video you are referencing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0PF6LQpTs4
And the support tool plate and related parts in particular?
The removal process itself (starting at 2:35 or so) being what you need to do sans the expensive tools?
Hi Ralston18,
Although it seems that the Hitachi disk is attached the same way as the samsung disk i'm referring to this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M9WVXXkDdc
It looks likes its impossible to be able to remove the arm without spending some serious money for a tool that does the job
Although it seems that the Hitachi disk is attached the same way as the samsung disk i'm referring to this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M9WVXXkDdc
It looks likes its impossible to be able to remove the arm without spending some serious money for a tool that does the job
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Thanks.
Most of the tools involved seem to be related to keeping the arm, heads, etc. all aligned and separate.
Via the removal comb, cocoon, alignment pins, and so forth.
Not an issue per se if you are not interested in data recovery.
What about the following video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a1gdHFPmp4
Especially where the small screw on the underside is removed around 1:20 or so into the clip.
Most of the tools involved seem to be related to keeping the arm, heads, etc. all aligned and separate.
Via the removal comb, cocoon, alignment pins, and so forth.
Not an issue per se if you are not interested in data recovery.
What about the following video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a1gdHFPmp4
Especially where the small screw on the underside is removed around 1:20 or so into the clip.
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