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Uploaded by on Aug 26, 2011

A client's Seagate 7200.12 was making a steady, faint beeping noise. The platters weren't spinning and the drive seemed dead. This is usually stiction (when the read/write heads stick to the platter) or a stuck spindle motor. Since this was a stuck spindle motor, I show you how to un-stick (release) it.

Casual Techs is Hawaii's first (& only as of 8/26/11) data recovery company with an onsite ISO class 5 clean room solution. http://casualtechs.com

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  • you should make some more videos! after your clonezilla tutorial i am eternally grateful and will watch them all!

  • @Pakman332 I appreciate the sentiment & I definitely will! I currently have the equivalent of writer's block, as I think of something else to do a video on.

  • What is the tool called that you used to hold the hard drive in place? also does this recover data?

  • @InfamousDance It's a simple work bench that can be built or ordered online from a few companies. A Google search for recovery tools will yield some good results. The bench simply holds the drive(s) in place, it, by itself, does nothing other than that. Thanks for watching!

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  • Where can I buy the class 5 clean room hood?

  • hi their this video is very useful by any chance can you guide me in the right direction to finding the see thru platter that allows you to spin the plates? with our having to use pliers

  • Is there any specific name for the HDD mini bench you're using? I repair hard disks as well, but I have yet to find one of these. It would be a VERY nifty addition to my set. :)

  • after having the exact same sound and issue and watching this I said screw that I don't have the tools. I decided to just not open the drive and spin the drive in my hand. I heard a rough spinning noise from my drive when I did this. Eventually the noise stopped. I plugged it back in and the drive worked fine. I guess mine was just a little stuck. I took the drive in my hand spun it quickly and stopped did this about 20 times until the noise went away and it worked.

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