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Old 01-20-2009, 08:10 PM   #22
Hack&Lube
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Originally Posted by Titan View Post
I assume I am missing a lot here but could the actual platters not be removed and re-installed in another drive, by someone qualified of course?

Is it the case that when a drive goes down it scrubs all the data? I thought the platters themselves still had the data but the drive would not access them?

Am I way off?
That is an incredibly expensive process that will cost you thousands of dollars. It is easier to buy a new circuitboard and try replacing that although there is no guarantee that even the same revision will work because drive information is stored inside yours.
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