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or request your service here: http://www.hddrecovery.ca/contact-us/

This hard drive arrived opened, and as usual, this adds more issues to the data recovery process. During the initial inspection, we noticed fairly large deposits of contamination on disk surfaces that most likely made their way into the drive during DIY attempt to recover data. In the last year or so, we actively started cleaning heads on hard drives that click, as opposed to the basic swap. Original heads if brought back to life can perform as good as new, and it avoids the need for a donor (which can be expensive if the hard drive is rare). During the detailed inspection, we discovered some permanent platter damage on 2 out of 4 surfaces that could jeopardize success of potential partial recovery. The head assembly was degreased and cleaned with 99.9% alcohol. To give this drive a standing chance at getting some data back from it, 2 out of 4 heads were decapitated to eliminate the drag and further platter dust accumulation.
To be continued with Hot-Swap procedure

if you want to ship your failed device to us for data recovery and free evaluation, simply fill out this form: http://www.hddrecovery.ca/contact-us/

and send your drive boxed with bubble wrap to this address:

HDD Recovery Services
391 Bank St, Suite 201
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1Y3
Canada



Updated 2019 my gear for soldering:
Green inspection light https://amzn.to/2DFJoYu
Platter extractor: https://bit.ly/2YhQD2y
Momentary foot pedal switch https://amzn.to/2OSqjZF
Vacuum pump https://amzn.to/364XWxa
Cleanroom wipes: https://amzn.to/2ZLj49G
Programmer https://amzn.to/2DRjL7a
Quick pogo pin adapter for eepROM https://amzn.to/33TYVyO
Microscope: https://amzn.to/2rqWcwr
Vacuum chip pickup tool: https://amzn.to/2tNCSxc
Multimeter: http://amzn.to/2EHKAxO
Microscope camera 21mp 60fps 1080P: https://amzn.to/2Rb5cUq
JBC precision soldering iron and tweezers: https://amzn.to/33MACm8
Hot air station: https://amzn.to/2K7Mztk
Infrared preheater: https://amzn.to/2rYCH1c
Flux dispenser: https://amzn.to/2spLw4D
BEST Flux: http://amzn.to/2mXJd1b
Wick: http://amzn.to/2mNr0Xh
Solder: http://amzn.to/2mtyC0a
Solder paste for BGA reballing: https://amzn.to/2LrKQCi
NAND BGA rebelling stencil https://amzn.to/33Oq9a5
Gloves: http://amzn.to/2mbHWDI
Fume Extractor (mine is no longer available but this is the new version of the same unit) : http://amzn.to/2mNCmL7

Gear for filming:
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big camera: http://amzn.to/2Ficg9o
Lens on big camera:http://amzn.to/2Cx3fGw

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