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10-30-13, 11:41 AM #23Re: External HD failure
The clean room thing is part of the FUD. If you planned on using the drive long-term, sure. But you're just trying to recover data so it won't matter much. The rest is true... the firmware isn't necessarily that big of a deal, but you need the same model with the same revision of the logic board. You can also transfer the logic board from the failed drive if it's a motor/head issue.
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10-30-13, 11:59 AM #24
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Hmm there is an optic (circle) like device on the end of the arms that go back and forth on the platter, I thought they were optical lasers. After reading I guess they are just guides and the magnets on either side use to write or clear bits.....see I have a masters and I can still learn something new. Thanks for clarifying.
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10-30-13, 12:10 PM #25
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Thanks for all the info guys, I am waiting on my friend to decide if he wants to try a data recovery company or if he has accepted it as a loss. If it is a loss then I will use it as a learning experience and try my hand at opening it and see what I can do with it.
He has most of the pictures on another computer but there are a few he doesn't have that are on this drive.
i don't have the drive in front of me, but it is a Iomega external drive similar to this one.
Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive 1TB
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