cleaning heads on hard drive that clicks

[@geoffcarr5157]

In other words its all about the 0's and 1's. If you don't open your drive at home, data recovery it will cost $$$. Peeking inside changes the 0's and 1's and now recovery looks more like $$$$. LOL.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Lol

[@Tome4kkkk]

Two days ago when my main data drive went titsup I panicked for a moment and I was this close from buying TWO donor drivers 10 minutes after the hiatus. Then I cooled down...

[@rosephoenix4634]

It looks like that this hard drive is very easy but what about a hard drive it is much smaller well the iPod could it be possible to remove the CD of the older hard drive and remove the city and sweatshirt that to get a new hard drive cover and remove the new hard drive CD and put it the old one CD into the new hard drive and could it work and if you do know that other person that lived in New York City find of a person who knows how to switch to CD hard drive please leave a comment and then I will find a person or the address I will be happy

[@gblargg]

@@Tome4kkkk Just restore from your backup.

[@tonyjablonski7433]

Excellent demonstration of expert techniques to fix/clean faulty disk drive heads by disassembly in a clean environment. Brought back memories of replacing and aligning heads on damaged big server disks many years ago. Those days we had to manually tweak repaired drive heads using an oscilloscope to obtain best dibit/tribit waveform patterns to optimise data retrieval signal amplitudes for error-free data transfers to/from the disk. Nice job.

[@polestar696]

I think this channel is great. Find the work fascinating, not that I know what half the things are. He describes what he is doing and goes into great detail the way to do it.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

thank you!

[@cwitmer]

Great video of a very skilled craftsman. As mentioned in other comments, could you elaborate on what you did to keep the platters aligned? Or is it something you simply didn't have to care about at this stage as it will be dealt with in the hot-swap video? A video about cleaning platters would be much appreciated as well. Thanks for sharing your professionalism.

[@AngelGarrote]

Great info and tips. I see many questions about platter alignment and have the same question about it. I don't see any reply's to this or some other videos with the same questions. Would be great to see one video dedicated to platter alignment. It will help followers of the channel and will also help you answer all those questions once and for all.

[@plaskor]

Love your videos. As you move platters around is there a need to index (or keep them aligned) or does the tool you use do that? Keep up with the great videos.

[@simonstergaard]

I would also like to know this... but it seems not to be the case...

[@mason.elmore]

I see some black marks that he lines up when puts the platters back in the case. It doesn't seem like that would be accurate enough to line them back up by sight, though. I'm wondering if those four divots mate with the platter on top--"locking" them in place.

[@mason.elmore]

He answers this question at the end of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWHYg4OlgJ6hgMk

[@mkilptrick]

Yes. Could you use a fine tip pen to mark on the edges of the platters? Would that be too coarse?

[@patrickm.5363]

Really like your vids on how you engage your troubleshooting and fixing skills, while explaining it all. Keep it up! Question: I work in the semi-conductor industry and for cleaning we also use 99IPA, but if it can't be cleaned with IPA we use ultra-pure acetone. Have you ever tried that on the heads or would that not be possible due to the head-material?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Yes, I have tried it. It works great too

[@kennener8446]

Would love to see a video on platter decontamination.

[@2000ViperGTSsubscribe]

Start with 40 grit, then a 200 grit, buff with Turtle Wax until the shine is back and good to go.

[@wombatau]

@@2000ViperGTSsubscribehahaha

[@kumpelanton3693]

​@@2000ViperGTSsubscribei use a dish washer! 😁

[@marcofigueroa7131]

Hey man great videos. Happy new year. Waiting fot the PC-3000 Flash review :)

[@frasercorrance]

Nice work and great attention to detail.

[@filmfiklmtin]

I cleaned the hard disk with a tissue and cleaning liquid. Did this damage the hard disk? Or not? It basically does not work and makes a sound. I wanted to transfer the disc to another healthy hard disk to save the data.

[@sergejpopov1646]

Пока смотрел, руки вспотели) Жаль с инглишем у меня пока не особо. Хотя твой мне гораздо понятнее. Спасибо, что не тараторишь и говоришь чётко и внятно.:)

[@NoferTrunions]

You mentioned buffing. Does that remove the protruding burrs associated with scratches? If the protruding high points could be "knocked down" to be level with the proper surface of the platter, could a head be used to recover data elsewhere on the platter? I'm surprised ultrasonic cleaning was ineffective. I would expect 40khz cleaning frequencies would damage the micro sized features (they definitely kill inkjet print heads) and that higher frequencies would be used perhaps as high as 90khz or even higher.

[@farazuaf]

Sir, if we remove platters and heads ,cleans them, is it necessary to place platters back in there original alignment. Or we can place in and position Thanks

[@andresbudihardja]

to swap platter WD 3.5" at center of platter there is circle with 6 screws and 2 of that 6 not able to unscrew

[@BlueRice]

what if the drive is missing pcb board? i remember i took the board out and tried swapping before. years later its maybe missing and or incorrect one. i just have to dig up my stash to look for the drive

[@rolandongjr3514]

what exactly look like tip of the head.. i think mine is broken

[@cocobongo268]

Hi Bro, amazing content... great skills and technique... happy new year :)

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thanks

[@nilomyki]

@@hddrecoveryservices Is it that you work with different microscopes for different repairs/inspections? Also, what's your minimum working height you use and what these microscopes offer?

[@38911bytefree]

Killer shots. Nice job man. Waiting for the sequel. What could had happen. Also, I have a question that probably you mentioned. when you extract the platter you don care of the aligment of one respect the other. This wont screw the drive, or tools have gone far that it is not longer needed and you can dump just the raw magnetic data from platters and the use a tool to reassemble the platter data into one drive again ?. Cheers.

[@parkerzeras2818]

Can i ask just clean a heads can make hdd can read and write normal again ? My hdd problem just heads,before i use hdd regenerator for repair bad sector is normal after use it 2times my hdd cannot read and write again..

[@circuitlabindia]

Horizontal laminar air flow good or vericale laminar air flow ?

[@metalfuryskulls]

Great videos man, enjoy watching the precision with how you work. I have a couple of old drives that I'm going to play with. The tool you use to keep the heads apart; does it need to be a super accurate distance? - I've seen people do similar just using little pads.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Heads need to be opened enough to clear the edge of the parking ramp.

[@metalfuryskulls]

@@hddrecoveryservices thanks 👍

[@nezaralmubarak2235]

Great video my friend Would you please send purchase link for used tool of washing heads?

[@bezerker]

This type of job (hdd "service") is my dream...but I have one big problem. Skin issue...I have psoriasis and I would contaminate every harddrive on which I would work :( But with youtube I can meet my dreams at least virtually :D Good job buddy!

[@the_socompsp]

can you not fill in scratches with some form of clear epoxy under a vacuum? sort of how like windshields are fixed but on a much smaller scale? and then polish it all down?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I've heard stories of something alike, but I would believe it when I see it

[@pmplatinumman9612]

Where do you get required tools to do head cleaning and swapping?

[@naami2004]

Thank you for video, Wish you the best.

[@AGCbloglines]

Very nice tutorial sir thanks for sharing your knowledge here...

[@moonman19]

how did you aligned?

[@mrDoctorWho0]

Hey! I really like your videos. I have a bunch of semi-dead HDDs which I want to recover myself one day. Keep doing the great job! A little recommendation: when filming on 6D Mark II, try using 60 FPS mode. It has higher bitrate and video looks much cleaner. You can then convert it to 24 or 25 FPS.

[@postaovidiu]

Hi, nice job with fine explanations! But I am interested how did you re-align the platens?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

This kinda of things we will post on Patreon in future

[@adlerdabreo4782]

Nice to see the cleanup professionally done. Just a quick question. I had opened up a hard drive, and while fixing it back, I have lost the orientation of the platter. How do I verify the correct orientation. I mean, if I insert the disk upside down, will it still work? Also, is there a way to repair the heads as I do not have any similar hardrive in the same family. My harddrive is Seagate 500 GB

[@mb5058]

Q: are the platters aligned relative to each other? If you take the platters out, how do get them to realign when you put them back in?

[@TRCFL]

You can’t...either this was a demonstration on a drive that would never see service again, or he was only going to pull data off the lower platter. When removing platter stacks, you need to lock them together to maintain orientation. Once lost, it’s impossible to get back.

[@packratswhatif.3990]

Do not the disks need to be aligned with one another (synced) when putting back together or does the mpu take care of that ?

[@Lionheartkickboxing]

is it possible to take the head bundle from a good drive of same model and replace it with the bad heads in the bad drive?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

yes

[@Myth_62]

Its a great day when you post videos. In fact you inspired me and I ordered my first microscope (AmScope) and other equipment so I can start to learn hands on. Thanks again for the great content.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

That's awesome dude!

[@blub646]

Me too 😀!

[@SharonDigitalVideos]

My seagate 500 GB HD head oscillates on top of the platter few times when powered up and then platter stops rotating. It doesn't read anything, computer does not recognize the drive at all. Any fix for it to get the data out? The head rests on the platter when power is off. Please help with suggestions to recover data.

[@invalidhost2]

Best video on KZbin ✌🏽

[@jimsurette6914]

I didn't see how the heads are supposed to fit into the holder/positioner at the tips. Mine has 4 heads or levels and I don't know how they are supposed to be positioned in that holder to align them for reading the disc.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

There is only one way, and that's how they are from the factory

[@jimsurette6914]

I agree but there is no video or picture of how the factory set them that is what my comment is

[@hddrecoveryservices]

There is a parking ramp for each head to rest on its like a V shape

[@megapro1725]

Does this cleaning even help with never opened drives? Or there's nothing besides replacing the heads?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Cleaning works for all types of heads as long as they are not dead

[@megapro1725]

@@hddrecoveryservices Thanks, I wanted to try it for recovering not so important data without donor

[@Josh.Straughn]

Why not head swap? Is it because of the scratch after the parking ramp?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

if original heads can work, it would be nice to bring them back. Our stock is not unlimited for those hard drives, and here is what a donor drive costs: www.donordrives.com/western-digital-1tb-wd10tmvw-11zsms1-dcm-hhmtjhnn-usb-2-5-hard-drive.html

[@saidhassan1051]

I have hard disk clicking and not working How can I contact you to get your service

[@Nick-ui9dr]

Look what I found... I jus opened one old damaged hard drive and there is no top head on it... I mean I dunno where is go? ... dint find anything in there... and platters seems alright btw and nicely spining... but head assembly kinda trying few times then going to parking stage... Maybe cause there is no head 0 or whatever if thats what it was looking at on init....smile

[@rodrigovazquez1874]

Nice work. Wish I had your tools and skills. Is it possible to swap heads from a 500gb seagate to a 1tb from the same brand?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

In some case it would be possible

[@Dreamlgider]

I always thought that disk allignment was hyper critical. (Someone told me that way back) Was it critical back in the day and why would it not be today? Best regards.

[@ravindrasrinath]

Can you realign platters??

[@chipete1]

What do you use to clean a platters

[@Brandonhung95]

How would you clean the platter if someone has already contaminated it with a smudged fingerprint or something like that?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Absolutely, theses disks had to be cleaned up before resetting

[@m.s.6545]

Did you ever drop a screw on the surface of a HDD Disk ? :-)

[@Drottninggatan2017]

Or a screwdriver?

[@demianxldc]

@@Drottninggatan2017 or a neodymium magnet

[@morto360]

@@demianxldc or another harddrive...

[@lhcsern6974]

@@Drottninggatan2017 hahahahaha

[@mr.tech_ceo869]

Would changing the heads make the hard-drive work or you have to do the testing after swapping them 🤔 thanks tho if u can help

[@hddrecoveryservices]

It will never work reliably. But it will work long enough to get data back (if done right)

[@mr.tech_ceo869]

@@hddrecoveryservices so if I swap i have a chance to turn the device on on and get the data this why. Note without sector testing on the hdd

[@MMasisi]

great video

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thanks!

[@francislong5114]

Is there technology just to scan the disk "out of the box" sort of like a cd player?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

no :)

[@kooky112]

Not impossible to have made but, nobody has ever made one. If I was good at making stuff like that I would've made one for myself by now because I have a very good understanding of how hard drives work.

[@francislong5114]

Thanks for the replies. I am pretty sure tech will exist to read the data another way. I am also aware that solid state will difenenty replace these "old fashioned" hard drives.. in due time.. think about the solid state drive also serving as RAM.

[@duhaithang4859]

What solution do you use to clean the surface of the hard drive's disk?

[@nilomyki]

Is it that you work with different microscopes for different repairs/inspections? Also, what's your minimum working height you use and what these microscopes offer?

[@Chriva]

No end result? Excellent video nonetheless :)

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Still working on it dude

[@Chriva]

@@hddrecoveryservices Geeezus. It's one of those jobs? I feel ya, man :/

[@therealb888]

@@hddrecoveryservices yay u finally added clean room wipes to the description XD

[@megapro1725]

Why you did not answer HEPA filtering device price?

[@Astinsan]

The device you use to park and lift the heads from the drive platters.. is that a 3d printed tool?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

No, it's CNC out of aluminum

[@Astinsan]

@@hddrecoveryservices sorry I keep asking ya questions.. I do recovery on a lot of things and am looking to expand my understanding. I don’t do it to compete. It’s just easy stuff now but tablet related recovery. I only have toyed with hard discs. I know the basics. Most of the recoveries I’ve done on them is when the heads slam and stick to the drive. Use a positive filtered box I open the drive and gently lift the heads off the drive and bring them over to the plastic parking zone. Isopropyl clean the heads and just rinse everything without a brush or applicator. 90% successful recoveries. The ones that are mangled or the filter is full of magnetic media dust I close back up

[@dktechnicalguru3556]

Plz tell me best microscope for head inspections

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I use Meiji EMZ-8TR

[@dktechnicalguru3556]

@@hddrecoveryservices 45x i am plan to buy 67x microsope....

[@dtiydr]

That marking on the head looks typical of something that have smeared.

[@smc3453]

I have a damaged head in my hdd, can you replace the head for me? thank you

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Yes for 1200USD if it has not been opened yet

[@smc3453]

@@hddrecoveryservices yeah Im sorry but that is ridiculous

[@ravidhas2099]

Which liquid use to head clinging

[@hddrecoveryservices]

IPA is good

[@saigathambhoomi3046]

Hi, you do Data recovery service with physical damage? Where are you? Website?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

It's all in description

[@martianari6490]

Sir plz help me....my hard disk is crashed. I want to change my platter from old hard disk drive into new Hard disk ..... Help me plz, model WD10JPCX (WD). What types of things , screws, I need. I have ordered same model hard disk already, I will get that within 5-6 days.

[@blub646]

Where can i learn data Recovery?

[@wonderman7885]

why you did not use a clean room or box ?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

All of the work is done inside of the laminar flow work bench. Mine is 6 feet wide so you don't see it in the shot

[@mandeepsingh-to7mx]

Can anybody help me? My wd 2tb loaded with 1.5 tb f my personal data giving me an issue with copying files. I was just using it flawlessly and just within 5 minutes, it stopped responding, not showing my pics and loading while opening any folder. I tried to copy a folder it got stuck and came down to 0 bytes. Now the drives sometimes get detected sometimes not, if it gets shows the folder then its very slow, won't copy any files to my pc. No recovery tool even able to scan.chdsk showed an error.wd diagnosed show read disk error. I the disk management it shows the drive(healthy partition). crystal disk info software shows some reallocation sectors and "caution".I just hear a click sound after a few intervals of time. not able to understand if its hardware issue or software. Kindly give ur opinion.

[@OyeCreative]

Please help my hard drive unallocated not initialized how to recover my data

[@Myth_62]

Send it to him. His info is in description.

[@reyabesamis1965]

Bro does the plater rotates all the time once the computer boots or only if it is accessed?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

All platters are bolted down with a washer, so they spin together

[@reyabesamis1965]

@@hddrecoveryservices thanks for the reply bro, but i mean does the hard disk spins all the time or they stop spinning when they are not in use?

[@JayJay-wv1vx]

Hi my 3T external HDD one day out of nowhere says format the drive to use it but I already have data on it. I go into disk management and it shows as raw disk. Disk is running fine. No grinding or clicking. Just a normal sound. Do you think I can recover my data?

[@muhammadnurazlansaadon1504]

Awesome.... Cleaning using a paintbrush....

[@TickyTack23]

I'd be curious to know more about platter positioning. I know way back in DIY videos they describe using scotch tape to keep the platters aligned. But I'm curious to know more details of what kind of tolerances are we dealing with. How much offset can you have before the drive will freak out? What are your techniques for keeping platters aligned? Is it possible to realign platters without knowing their original position? I think an in-depth video, with trials and examples of platters aligned correctly, and platters misaligned would also be very informative.

[@ekon01cz]

In some older video, he was marking platters with marker.

[@TickyTack23]

@@ekon01cz yeah I noticed the marks on a number of videos, which suggests the tolerances give you a fairly wide margin of error for such a precious piece of mechanics. It would be interesting to know more about the limitations, and potentially a case scenario of a person who's placed the platters in the wrong orientation, along with it's indicators and effects.

[@usmanraza7484]

Make a video on platter cleaning.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

No, not yet

[@okkrom]

Today I found out that apparently I am into hdd recovery!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Hahaha awesome

[@ciberkatperu5000]

Done puedo adquirir esas heramientas gracias saludos de peru

[@hemantjiremalimaliartsphot8264]

Want the name..liquid used.

[@megapro1725]

Ethanol 99%

[@SlyerFox666]

Careful putting electronics in ultrasonic baths if crystals etc are fitted.

[@Eddygeek18]

Hey me again, i'd love to see how the disks are decontaminated and how to modify the head assembly to remove heads. I'd also like to know about the posibility of read a disk with scratches on it whether it is very difficult or even possible. I have 2 drives here 1 with contanimination and it takes ages to detect on my pc. I opened it up and noticed some fluff on the top disk so i blew it off in a clean hood and tried again. After that i heard a horrible scratch sound so cut the power straight away. I then couldn't figure out what caused the scratching noise so powered it up again and it the noise had gone but still wouldn't detect. The 2nd drive i have the disk has quite a few scratches on the top surface and only 1 head as it's an old 8GB one. I'd love to know if there was a way to get a partial recovery from it as before it "got scratched" i had purchased a donar drive for it to try and repair. Again i'm learning so i have been messing up alot and i scratch them and destroy head assembleys like crazy.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

:) you asking for a recipe to secret sauce my friend.

[@Eddygeek18]

@@hddrecoveryservices Ah, guess i'll have to use some broken ones to test and find out what works. I evenm tried washing up liquid and warm water with a completly trashed one just to see if it worked lol. It did seem to work but the colour went strange so i'm guessing it stripped the magnetic coating or did something strange to it

[@ebenezerfaithfellowshipchu5191]

I need hard disk tools kit

[@hddrecoveryservices]

No idea. There are so many... And we don't sell them

[@ebenezerfaithfellowshipchu5191]

And what will be cost

[@XXLCOCKTAIL]

Something over 1200$ and up 😱

[@mohak7269]

Hello do you provide courses ??

[@hddrecoveryservices]

at this point we do not. Maybe in 2021

[@mohak7269]

@@hddrecoveryservices let me know please

[@VillageTechTree]

Hai Bro, My 1TB WD Blue Laptop HDD Not Getting Booted. So I opened my Hard Drive and the plotter not started to move from outside to centre point of disk. I need to take Backup of my HDD. Can I use working Seagate 1TB Same RPM Laptop HDD to Recover my data (Just Replacing the Memory Disk into Seagate HDD)? Or I need same WD Blue Only? Please Reply

[@danielemalagoli2751]

By now you have done a little too much alone and you will certainly have caused more problems to your HDD. These kinds of situations are what DRs want to avoid as much as possible, i'm sorry to say that but is the true. I can answer to you that you can't swap heads or any other part from a certain manufactered drive to another manufactered drive (as you mentioned from seagate to WD), also is need to match particular stuffs as part of DCM code, manufactered country, production date (or very close to patient), head map, rom micro-code and microjogs (close as much as possible to patient). No possible to have success without proper knowledge, instruments, experience. Also, powering on a drive without his cover is a very bad idea.

[@VillageTechTree]

@@danielemalagoli2751 Thank You So Much for your Reply and Information. What will be the next way to Recover the data from that Hard Drive. Please Support.

[@danielemalagoli2751]

​@@VillageTechTree Do you really care about your data? If yes then you should send your hdd to a professional DR, you might send it to Erkin. As you have opened the cover, platters need to be cleaned and most likely heads need to be swapped by searching a proper donor by matching those parametes that i've mentioned above. Without tools and "know how" you can't find a proper donor. Also, heads might have created scratches on platter surface due to dust, head moving without the cover etc...

[@VillageTechTree]

@@danielemalagoli2751 Ok... Thank You For your Valuable Reply. Now I am only having the Tools to Open ( To Opne the Cover and Head, Platters) and Re Assemble the Drive.

[@jaasmindigitals]

Hi sir my 1TB internal hard drive many hardwares trying to recovery, they can't recover data sir pls help me do you recovery my data?

[@ankit3375]

Bhai nic English 😂😂😂😂😂

[@avamnepohui7260]

Сильно сомневаюсь, что с жесткого диска в таком состоянии, возможно восстановить данные.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Посмотрим, нулевая поверхность читает служебку щас. Если сниму критичные модули то под hotswap'ом то точно заведётся. Всё дату поднять не получится но процентов 40% возможно достану. 40% это не 0% :)

[@avamnepohui7260]

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[@waquarahmad4196]

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[@vnukchaknorrisa5964]

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[@hddrecoveryservices]

Спирт технический. 99.9%

[@vnukchaknorrisa5964]

@@hddrecoveryservices Спасибо.

[@vnukchaknorrisa5964]

@@hddrecoveryservices На моём авто установлен датчик массового расхода воздуха. Когда он засоряется от пыли в воздухе он приходит в негодность . В этом датчике установлен кристал , если его протереть спиртом будет от этого толк? Заранее спасибо.

[@justlaz1444]

Oh i remember times when i was ussing hard drives. They hated me

[@johnneybot9542]

The voice over the video is a huge amount better then the old way with that crappy music

[@GetGood5]

Awesome :)

[@fabp.2114]

I cleaned the heads with ketchup and it did not work.

[@jaasmindigitals]

Hai brother

[@gratzafreenetde]

Russians are the best technicians. They can repair almost everything. I say this as a guy from poland.

[@therealb888]

he's a ruski?

[@gratzafreenetde]

@@therealb888 looking at his super good skills and work i think so.

[@blakwolf7486]

Wtf i wasted 10 min of my time. Show us if the shit works after that. I disasembled hdds also for fun 15 years ago they never work after you disaseble them....

[@bymasakty]

Zzzz its difficult

[@angrycatowner]

Your monolog is the biggest bunch of baloney and hogwash that I have ever heard. It sounds technical and intimidating, but it's pure balogna. And NO, you cannot just take out the platters and play with them, and then put them back in and expect your HD to have any chance of working again, and NO you cannot just rub some alcohol on the heads. THat's just nonsense. You are a great salesman, stick to sales not tech.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

lol, sorry if my hogwash intimidated you. But I am not about to start an argument on how to do my job that I am really good at with someone who has 0 to no knowledge on the subject

[@anandhurkrishnan5621]

1st comment 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@D-K-C]

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