I have performed this method of recovery more than once successfully. Mostly desktop systems, where the company had ordered a series of identical models, so the drives were identical too.
I cannot say on the times I failed if I did more damage to the situation, and will not argue your opinion, but for some instances where either time or budget is very important, it’s worth a try. YMMV, don’t try this at home, kids ask your parents first. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Mike Gill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 4:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: hard drive repair/data recovery vendor I’ve never done that myself, but had researched it once. Everything I read said don’t do this. The logic board goes through tuning unique to each device at the factory. People have had success, but there is the risk of making the situation worse. Depending on the contents, the no-risk move would be to take it to someplace like On-Track. -- Mike Gill From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 12:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: hard drive repair/data recovery vendor I'll apologize in advance for my reply not answering your question, but ... Do you happen to have any more of that model drive anywhere. I have, in the past, been successful with replacing the electronics board attached from a known good IDE drive to get data off an apparently 'zapped' storage On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Hank . <[email protected]> wrote: I remember someone mentioning a company they were happy with. I have a WD400 IDE drive that was in a system in a location that had an electrical hit. It has a small database on it that wasn't backed up. The drive electronics are toast (drive doesn't appear in the BIOS in a test system) Any suggestions for a company appreciated. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
