Hi, how is everyone?
I have a 2 external hard drives for data recovery
They both have dropped them both over the last 12 months.
- 500GB Seagate (was inside a Lacie 3.5" external drive) suffers from a clicking noise (commonly known as 'click of death')
- 1.5TB seagate (was inside a Maxtor 3.5" external drive) suffers from a beeping sort of noise
Neither is recognised by a computer externally or internally.
Now basically the person needs the data on it because for some reason he only kept a single copy of the files, or mutliple copies on the SAME hard drive. (some people just don't listen
)
The person asked if I could swap the platters over to another HDD as suggested by someone he knows. This is where I come in, can anyone please help me with this maybe suggest any otherway to recover the data or help me advice me with swapping the platters between drives?
I have done some research I do know that;
- I will need a dust free environment
- and possibly a Static free enviornment (for safety)
- make sure I do not get fingerprints on the platters
Will I need to have identical drives for me to do this?
I will be testing out on 2 used HDD's (from ebay) before I do it to the actual drives don't want to get told off or get into a fight
If nothing else, atleast I will have experience which I could note down for potential employers (after my degree)
Thanks & Regards
I have a 2 external hard drives for data recovery
They both have dropped them both over the last 12 months.
- 500GB Seagate (was inside a Lacie 3.5" external drive) suffers from a clicking noise (commonly known as 'click of death')
- 1.5TB seagate (was inside a Maxtor 3.5" external drive) suffers from a beeping sort of noise
Neither is recognised by a computer externally or internally.
Now basically the person needs the data on it because for some reason he only kept a single copy of the files, or mutliple copies on the SAME hard drive. (some people just don't listen
)The person asked if I could swap the platters over to another HDD as suggested by someone he knows. This is where I come in, can anyone please help me with this maybe suggest any otherway to recover the data or help me advice me with swapping the platters between drives?
I have done some research I do know that;
- I will need a dust free environment
- and possibly a Static free enviornment (for safety)
- make sure I do not get fingerprints on the platters
Will I need to have identical drives for me to do this?
I will be testing out on 2 used HDD's (from ebay) before I do it to the actual drives don't want to get told off or get into a fight
If nothing else, atleast I will have experience which I could note down for potential employers (after my degree)
Thanks & Regards
