Hi all,
So, i have a 1TB HDD that was in a camera DVR system which was damaged after a break-in, fortunately they left the dvr on the floor (though stood on).
The dvr works still, the hard drive is intact however not booting up, keeps making a clicking noise, ive opened it up and to my delight the disk is still in perfect condition, no scuffs scratches, nothing.
I purchased another hard drive with the same model number to swap the disk over, (i was gloved, earthed and make shifted my camera white box into a dust free zone). The swap went perfectly slowly and i really thought it would boot up, it tried many times but the read arms seem to flick back to start position after going half way over the platter and juddering in the middle of the platter, almost as if the Actuator is now timed wrong or something.
I have swapped over the platters again but now its doing the same thing with the original platter in, cover on, or off and the old hdd does the same thing, though other noises as its damaged.
Below is what i did stepped out:
Removed all screws from cover - removed cover - removed the stop pin so the arm moved back for platter for removal - unscrewed plastic data head rest and removed - removed 3 bolts for platter - removed platter top plate - taken out platter and replaced with old one then all in reverse order. (just to note the arm heads freely went either side of the plastic rest).
My question is... have i brain farted and missed something?
Thank you for your time.
So, i have a 1TB HDD that was in a camera DVR system which was damaged after a break-in, fortunately they left the dvr on the floor (though stood on).
The dvr works still, the hard drive is intact however not booting up, keeps making a clicking noise, ive opened it up and to my delight the disk is still in perfect condition, no scuffs scratches, nothing.
I purchased another hard drive with the same model number to swap the disk over, (i was gloved, earthed and make shifted my camera white box into a dust free zone). The swap went perfectly slowly and i really thought it would boot up, it tried many times but the read arms seem to flick back to start position after going half way over the platter and juddering in the middle of the platter, almost as if the Actuator is now timed wrong or something.
I have swapped over the platters again but now its doing the same thing with the original platter in, cover on, or off and the old hdd does the same thing, though other noises as its damaged.
Below is what i did stepped out:
Removed all screws from cover - removed cover - removed the stop pin so the arm moved back for platter for removal - unscrewed plastic data head rest and removed - removed 3 bolts for platter - removed platter top plate - taken out platter and replaced with old one then all in reverse order. (just to note the arm heads freely went either side of the plastic rest).
My question is... have i brain farted and missed something?
Thank you for your time.
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