hdd:start
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Surprisingly I can't find a wiki on hard drive recovery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI6skcUkKRE
- How to use eBay “super-a*b” chinese deluxe kit on ebay
- DeepSpar
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?
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
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
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