[Dorset] OT Disk drive recovery
I've had a disk drive die on me (A Seagate Barracuda 1Tb). It looks like it's a PCB fail rather than anything mechanical. I'm aware of various data recovery firms who will happily charge £400 to sort out a drive like this. But maybe there is someone in the area who will tackle this sort of thing on a low priority basis for less than ransom money? If anyone knows of anyone capable I'd be grateful for recommendations. Regards to all, CPKS -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-06-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] OT Disk drive recovery
Hi CHristopher, I can't offer to do the forensic job myself but I did see somebody blog once that if it is the PCB that has failed, and if you can get hold of an identical drive, then it's possible to swap over the electronics and access the data in that way (and immediately write it to a backup of course!) hth and good luck! victor see you Tuesday perhaps? -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-06-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue -- best regards, 웃 Victor Churchill, Bournemouth -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-06-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] OT Disk drive recovery
That is possible and I have done it myself when I blew up a hard disk PCB. There could be a slight problem with that if either of the two hard disks has detected bad blocks, the hard disk may store bad block re-mapping details in the flash chip on the PCB. Even if either of them has done this you'll probably get most data back though. A lot more than with no working PCB. -- Andrew. On 01/06/14 19:23, Victor Churchill wrote: I can't offer to do the forensic job myself but I did see somebody blog once that if it is the PCB that has failed, and if you can get hold of an identical drive, then it's possible to swap over the electronics and access the data in that way (and immediately write it to a backup of course!) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-06-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
