[SWLUG] ot: hard disk recovery

[Christopher Mitchell]

platter damage is able to be spotted in one of two ways, either you will 
see large pits or scratches on the platter, or the small little filter 
will not be perfect white (due to the dust catching in it)

bascule wrote:
> On Friday 29 June 2007 20:35:26 Christopher Mitchell wrote:
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>> Go to a room with very little dust,
>> ie no fans, tiled floor if possible etc etc and open up the drive. If
>> there is platter damage then you are scuppered so save your cash and
>> write it off, and if the heads are mangled then it's either send off for
>> a head swap (we charge £400+ for this) or write it off.
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> assuming i can find a room with little dust - none in my house - would platter 
> damage be certain to show? 
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