HD mechanical Failure

**xboomerx** · October 10th, 2004, 01:44 PM

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What equipment do you need to buy,
to repair hard drives with mechanical problems.
I have 50+ hard drives with mechanical failures.
Some off the dives are WD 120GB.
Thank You
Bob Whitman
[email protected]

**Kenteth420** · October 10th, 2004, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by xboomerx

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What equipment do you need to buy,
to repair hard drives with mechanical problems.
I have 50+ hard drives with mechanical failures.
Some off the dives are WD 120GB.
Thank You
Bob Whitman
[email protected]

For starters you would need a clean room

**hudsonsmith** · October 10th, 2004, 04:58 PM

Welcome to windrivers bob. Hard drives w/ mechanical problems cannot be repaired without a clean room and specialized equipment. Some problems can be solved by replacing the circuit board with one from an identical drive. In short, if the data is important enough you will have to send the drive to a data recovery company ($$$). Otherwise, you have 50+ paperweights.

**TripleRLtd** · October 10th, 2004, 05:02 PM

But wait! Aren't any of those WD 120's still under warranty?

PS
Be careful putting your email in your posts like that.

**xboomerx** · October 11th, 2004, 05:15 AM

What type of specialized equipment is required?
How do I setup a clean room?
Thank You
xboomerx

**Raffaz** · October 11th, 2004, 05:51 AM

Originally Posted by xboomerx

What type of specialized equipment is required?
How do I setup a clean room?
Thank You
xboomerx

I work in a clean room environment, and it would cost thousands to set one up, so it wouldnt be cost effective to repair some drives.

**gjohnson** · October 11th, 2004, 08:00 AM

Given the number of apparently current hard drives he has, I would expect he is in some type of A-Typical situation where the money is there to build a clean room and get the equipment to do the repairs. Maybe some kind of company shop or something.

**hudsonsmith** · October 11th, 2004, 08:04 AM

He could replace the drives 20 times over for the cost to construct the clean room. Sending them to a data recovery company would be cheaper as well.

**xboomerx** · October 13th, 2004, 05:33 AM

[B]Money is no problem.
I will setup a clean room.
How do I setup a clean room?
What type of specialized equipment is required
and where do I buy the equipment.

Thank You
xboomerx

**eboyjones** · October 13th, 2004, 06:26 AM

Just do a Google search. You will get hundreds of hits on supplies and suppliers such as this one:

http://angstromtech.com/index.html

Question is though since most of us don't have or will ever need a clean room how do you judge who is a good vendor?

**xboomerx** · October 17th, 2004, 04:40 AM

What type of specialized equipment is required
to refurbished hard drives
and where do I buy the equipment?
I know how to setup a clean room.
Thank You
Bob Whitman
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Originally Posted by eboyjones

Just do a Google search. You will get hundreds of hits on supplies and suppliers such as this one:

http://angstromtech.com/index.html

Question is though since most of us don't have or will ever need a clean room how do you judge who is a good vendor?

**NooNoo** · October 17th, 2004, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by xboomerx

What type of specialized equipment is required
to refurbished hard drives
and where do I buy the equipment?
I know how to setup a clean room.
Thank You
Bob Whitman
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I would think you need to start with a degree in electronics.... followed by a course or two in computer forensics.

**xboomerx** · October 18th, 2004, 03:04 AM

[B]OK, I will hire people with a electronics degree
and a computer forensics backround.

What type of specialized equipment is required
to refurbished hard drives
and where do I buy the equipment?

Thank You
Bob Whitman

**Radical Dreamer** · October 18th, 2004, 06:08 AM

First off, you need a flux capacitor.....

**Platypus** · October 18th, 2004, 07:55 AM

Bob, it's hard to say whether equipping yourself to refurbish hard drives in small quantities is worthwhile. But I'm guessing you may want to look at refurbishing stock that comes to you through COREconsolidated, so I'd suggest maybe sending a PM to our member Ruslan. He is an engineer with considerable previous experience of reclaiming products in a central european environment, who is now Canada based, and may be able to advise you.