How I replaced the headstack in a multiplatter Hard drive

[BillyScanlon]

I find it funny that people are so ignorant. I highly doubt that pleasecho2 recomends doing this if you data is super important to recover. This is a "well it is worth a try and if it doesn't work I will not loose any sleep situation" Great job on the video I will try this sometime thanks.

[pleasecho2]

:yawn:

[MachineLocal]

bullshit!that drive was toast since it was not opened inside a controlled environment room

[pleasecho2]

Absolutely right. That's why all the warnings in the video

[Spoif]

Although this might work, it's extremely touch and go. Specialist tools are required, without which, your chances of success are minimal to zero.

[pleasecho2]

you're telling me!

[livewire277]

this is no way to fix drive. if anyone knows anything about hard drives you would know what a bad idea this is!!!

[pleasecho2]

Doesnt matter now does it? That drive is long gone but the data lives on..heh

[DougQuixote]

Mmm...Fibrous-y material next to a drive with micron tolerances....oh, and, you got a little er...something on your face right there...erm, platter...2:38 :P...Looks like paper fibre...wonder where the hell that would have come from :D

[pleasecho2]

I figured it was about time for more of those posts

[TheLyonsDen1]

Please don't try this if you have data that you care about on your hard drive. this is really stupid. a stick? heat shrink tubing? swap a head stack your self? you have GOT to be kidding me... Scary that people actually post this crap.

[TheLyonsDen1]

Please don't try this if you have data that you care about on your hard drive. this is really stupid. a stick? heat shrink tubing? swap a head stack your self? you have GOT to be kidding me... Scary that people actually post this crap.

[pleasecho2]

That's like the third time someone's said that

[dormidont1983]

i work for data recovery. this stuff will never work. ones you replace heads much more needs to be done. it eill never recognize new heads 

[XenunX]

@dormidont1983 dumbdumb, you dont do anything else... dont lie to people because you wanna rip em off, they must be the same exact harddrives, and it doesnt recognize it as a "new head" if its the same exact head (Same model as broken head)

[brendanraymond]

@dormidont1983 why is that? I was told by a professional that if you get two hard drives that are ofcourse the pn number and the dcm number, that i can change the platers over... so that would mean different heads... I would then have to change the circuit boards over but what else would one have to do?

[SRLBamBam]

@stuartvthomas Yeah eventually but hopefully the working head stack would allow enough time to recover precious data.

[silntdoogood]

Do they even still make single platter drives?

[derekis1joedirt]

...epic halo music



[pleasecho2]

Now he tells me!

[OhNoNotMyPenis]

you should NEVER open a HDD in a normal room, dust and other shit can land on the platter and destory it

[yamabushi415]

there is of it not to open the hard drive because it breaks?

[pleasecho2]

this careful why is have you to be

[yamabushi415]

what happens is that I have one that does not start and it measures the logic board and has complete continuity. I think it could be the motor that turns the disc. you think you might be?

[pleasecho2]

I'm no expert I just got lucky. Do a YouTube search on Scott Moulton. He's a HDD guru

[yamabushi415]

gracias amigo. (thanks friend.)

[raywygo]

Whats the point, it looks like u took the heads off and just put them back on?

[pleasecho2]

Off one on another

[soldersucker]

This is an awful idea. When the pieces of tubing fall off the heads smack against the platters.....BAD idea IMO.

[pleasecho2]

It would appear that way and I've read that also.

[pleasecho2]

It's an earworm all right

[zioboby]

i was obsessed all the day with this music, now at night i can hear it LOL!

[pleasecho2]

It definitely takes a steady hand. If you're going to spend $600 there are services that can do this for you. See Scott Moulton's site

[kamerunite]

Tried this.. My hand shook to the point where I messed up the donor disk heads as well. I need a proper tool I can use to slide the heads off the platter and slide the new head right onto the platter. Some guys in Europe are trying to sell me a tool for 600 Dollars. Wondering if someone has a better option..

[keneke45]

whats up with the halo music?

[pleasecho2]

It was either that or Missy Elliot. You know I had the hardest time deciding!

[virokill132]

halo music, interesting

[mvidata]

Did anyone notice the small dust particles on the platters?

[harbingerkun]

when the drive spins up, dust particles are ejected from the platters via air pressure

[anonimist2600]

How identical was the donor drive to the original drive as far a manufacture date, model number, and DCM number? Also did you try swapping the PCB board first and then perform this operation after it still didn't work?

[pleasecho2]

The donor drive has to be exactly the same as possible - model, serial, firmware and mfg date. Even then it's risky. Naturally I tried everything else before attempting this.

[pleasecho2]

The heads are not slid across the platters as you say. The arms are separated by the tubing. Far as how much and the risk of overtensioning them its only enough so the heads don't make contact - same as other tools. This is why extra time was spent on explaining how important it is to get that part right. Replacement heads (and electronics) come with a proper donor drive - something not easy to find but not impossible. This was a one time data recovery operation NOT a repair.

[jobert512]

what happens if the head touches the other head.

[BadAndUgly]

That harddrive is dead, this is definitely bullshit.

First off, sliding the actuator arm across the platters causes permanent damage, then the paper wouldn't do any good either since it makes dust and might destroy the heads.

Then the heat shrink tube probably overtensions the spring ends holding the heads and on the last picture I saw some dust on the platter, also sliding the heads across the platters causing even more damage.

And where does somebody get replacement heads for a harddrive?

[gr3en21]

They get them from a spare working donor drive. This isn't something you can get from your local Best Buy, or hell, even the manufacture.

[Messerschmitt262a2a]

does that really work?

[pleasecho2]

It takes incredible steadiness of hand but yes it DOES work

[crudeoyl]

an idiot way of recovering your precious data.

[pleasecho2]

I know. The smart way is to spend $600 and still get no guarantee

[davidwilliamgordon]

Love this... yepsiree.... being smart is spending money. Congratulations on the repair, but more than that, having the tenactiy and guts to be sucessful. Sharing the wealth of this experience? Priceless.

[pleasecho2]

you're probably right. I'm just glad it worked. It is paper but not as rough or abrasive as you might think. There are materials that would work better, such as those used in commercially available "combs" Far as "clean room" conditions, right again but this was not a permanent fix. All I needed to do was rescue some files.

[mvidata]

The contact the heads made with the paper is enough to destroy them, and then on top of that, this drive was not opened in a clean room facility. if this worked for you, you have been very lucky.

MVI Tech.