Re: HDD Platter Removal

"dnss" <dnss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Jim Watt" <jimwatt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:47:55 -0500, "dnss" <dnss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:

<snip>

> > But as Hairy One Kenobi pointed out, some years ago we used
> > to use removable disk packs, which did not have heads in them
> > and were dropped in place, or rather mounted carefully.
> > The technology is essentially the same. Somewhere in an attic I have
> > an IBM S/3 Fortran compiler on such a disk.

<snip>

> Great info, Ontrack and a former associate both worked with age old hdd's
> and platter swaps.
> Both told me they could not recover data via platter swaps with current
> technology.

Uh huh. And that statement means exactly /what/ to me?

Twenty year old technology works now, but cannot be reproduced? Well, I'm
fairly sure that people still make electric motors, magnetic heads, and A/D
convertors. A bare plattr would, of course, be a major PITA to work with -
it would take many expensive man-hours to balance on a new spindle. But
expensive != impossible.

Or is it simply that a company specialising in remote software-based data
recovery doesn't touch hardware (something I doubt), and that your mate
doesn't know his arse from his elbow?

Most people who've dug themselves as deep a hole as you have actually stop
while they can still peer oveer the edge.

H1K

P.S. Oh, yes - you wanted a link? http://tinyurl.com/dxywf


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