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Anyone have success with rebuilding a HDD? I have a donor drive and the will to win, but not sure what all I should look out for...????

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Depends on which part has failed. If you've crashed your head you won't be able to recover. Additionally don't actually open the drive or it's definitely fucked. There's a reason it requires a very expensive clean room. Assuming it's just the controller board that has died, just keep a steady hand.

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The platters are spinning. I think it is engagement of the heads. PCB looks kinda rough, and I will swap those first. I just wanted to see if any has had success in changing heads/head motors to get the drive copy ready.... 

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6 minutes ago, rcmaehl said:

Depends on which part has failed. If you've crashed your head you won't be able to recover. Additionally don't actually open the drive or it's definitely fucked. There's a reason it requires a very expensive clean room. Assuming it's just the controller board that has died, just keep a steady hand.

I once pulled apart a drive, soldered a broken wire on a head, and got all the information off it. No clean room.

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33 minutes ago, keskparane said:

I once pulled apart a drive, soldered a broken wire on a head, and got all the information off it. No clean room.

You're risking getting dust in there that's going to cause a TON of read issues. Older hard drives from the 90s and 00s weren't too bad but anything semi-modern is going to be easily screwed up. See below:
 

 

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