Physical repair for IDE harddrive

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Nick said:
Has I said before, a virus can leave the files system ok, so every
programs will say that the drive are in good order, software and
hardware wise.
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Read the subject title. This is not about viruses.
Viruses don't destroy harddrives. Defective harddrives do not
engage in virus activity. So it is either one or the other.

Also, you are assuming that virus destruction is reversible and
that you know and detect every reversible type of destruction
by just looking at it. Duh, yeah right. No way.
Even if the content of each files have been garbled, making them
unsuable for any normal human being.
I do trust my tools, but I won't expect them to be that clever.
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Hundreds of thousands of people that buy virus protectors actually do.
 
Leo said:
The customer usually pays for concrete files, instead of for "good
order".
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So basically, you don't trust your tools.
"Trust to tools" works only in simple cases.
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Most if not all cases are simple go/nogo cases.
What tool can give automatically a 100% rate of success,
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None and neither can you. You either trust them or you don't.
for example, in case of copying from scratched disk
with replaced heads and without a native translator?
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And what are you going to do about that lost information?
Make up your own? What native translator?
From IBM DTLA with standart DTLA problem? Reformatted FAT
partition? etc. ;-)
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So you are saying that you go piece together several million sectors, right?
By hand, all by yourself. Yeah right!
 
Re: (proven home physical repair met
Am I missing some thing..
Which doesn't require you to look at it.
Just running a surface scan should be sufficient.
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What the hell does repair but no recovery mean.
Replace a burned out stepper motor?
A bad board..
(Even I can do that..)
A spindle motor..
One "shaky" success. 50% file loss.. without the proper tools.

**** look at the data..
How about copy what can be gotten to another drive.
Then figure out what the "data" means..

The first thing you need to do if you value tha data on the drive,
is figure out whether you dare even let the platter spin.
Then depending on the condition of the platter, whether to polish it
or risk more damage by try it in another
 
in1984 said:
All you/they would be doing is a repair, no recovery. To do that properly,
the drive just needs to be put in a computer to verify it no longer clicks and
gets properly recognized by bios.
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You seem to have a very specific set of repair problems you want fixed.
Here are a list of problems where that is insufficient.

WRT your set of results above..
How many times do you want them to verify thay are met?
Once, and send it to you.. No refunds..
Is that OK..
Or are you expecting a guarantee of some kind.

Now on to those problems that 100 such trials are not good enough.
The a platter spun on the spindle and needs to be re centered.
(Or any other problem requiring the platter(s) to be removed.)
Or the head(s) replaced.

About the only "repairs" where what you suggest would be
sufficient, you can do your self.
1. Repalce a board.
2. Remove the cover, and replace a stepper motor.
- Need to look again to be sure..
(Some resonable clean room practices obsrved)
Keep a supply of broken drives for parts..
That's what they do...
If they really get up tight, they may send the boards out
to a shop for repair by real electonics experts.
- Tends to cost.. they'll pass it on to you..

I think that's it.
 
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