Maxtor Harddrive Repair/Rebuild parts

[dhallgar]

I have a maxtor harddrive diamondmax 60, 40GB, model 5T040H4
which died when a paperclip fell into the cooling fan and killed the machine. The drive has only personal info, but worth recoverying for myself. I have froze it, banged it and nothing.

I want to purchase an identical working drive and trade out parts, but I have been unable to locate one over the last three months. I have located several 30GB, same model,but so far no 40GB which would be identical. Is it possible to use the elctronics in the 30GB to put with the 40GB platters to recover the data from the non working 40GB platters?
regards
david

 

[nipester]

What sounds, if any, does it make and does it even spin up. You may or may not have a PC board failure but after banging and freezing it you most likely have physical problems as well even if the PCB was bad to begin with. I saw this very interesting article written by a former hard drive repair tech on how to do your own surgery:

http://www.overclockers.com/tips1035/index.asp

You may want to construct a clean box using an old aquarium and some plastic bags and tools, maybe a DC air pump and filter just to make sure there is nothing harmful in the air when you open the drives.

 

[dbData]

Is it possible to use the elctronics in the 30GB to put with the 40GB platters to recover the data from the non working 40GB platters?"

Rarely!


Rick

http://www.howtorecoverdata.com