Table of Contents
Surprisingly I can't find a wiki on hard drive recovery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hQZ09sdcRs
- Professional service (ACS Data Recovery)
- DeepSpar
- Removing the heads is proprietary / trade secret
Click of death
Primarily interested in this since its how my drive is failing
Software
http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/
- Low level recovery?
PC3000
- ACE Labratory
- Used by ACS Data Recovery
DeepSpar
Seems to be the pro choice. I'm unclear if the hardware actually adds too much value, but its required to use their software
ddrescue
If data is present, my tool of choice
photorec
Useful to
Hardware
DIY head removal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIPZtJyrVPw
- Using foil from pill container
hddsurgery
super-a*b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI6skcUkKRE
- How to use eBay “super-a*b” chinese deluxe kit on ebay
- DeepSpar
Target
Massive RAID5 failure: 3/4 drives clicking. Source of failure is unknown but is suspected to be mechanical damage.
Drives
1
Status: good
HITACHI DESKSTAR APR-2003 N155 2-2571 E182115 T MODEL: IC35L180AVV207-1 CAPACITY: 185.2GB P/N: 07N9216 LBA: 361,882,080 SECTORS RPM: 7200RPM MLC: H69303 CHS: 16383/16/63
2
Status: click of death
IBM instead of hitachi
3
Status: click of death
Like 1
4
Status: click of death
Like 1
Deskstar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwFAVieNK5g
- How to open HITACHI DESKSTAR hard drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0PF6LQpTs4
- Shows their proprietary tools
Proposals
- Create a list of hard drive repair success stories. What was the problem? What worked? What didn't?
- Cleansiness experiment
- Run HDD open with a torture test. How long until it fails
- If above fails, same but in 10k environment. Is 10k enough?
- Can sprinkle magnetic particles to see (limited) data?
- “Ultra-fine magnetic particles from 0.15 microns to 0.14 microns”