08-12-2012, 01:22 AM
9/10 times your just going to completely destroy it. Its ridiculous how fragile they are... I've done it a number of times but only successfully repaired it once or twice and yea.. only when the head was just stuck. If it crashed into the platter its very likely that it caused some damage and wont be worth repairing. If your just trying to repair a jammed head then you dont need too much in the way of tools just the proper sized screwdriver for the screws that are holding it and probably a magnetized flat head to pry off the magnets... Its a pretty simple matter to open it up and take them apart. Putting it back together is another matter though 
Your best bet if your just trying to get the data is to find a computer store//data recovery company that has the machine(dont remember the name) that you can just put the platter itself onto and get the data off using that. More likely that you would actually be able to retrieve the data if its important. Makes it a lot easier but the HDD would still be doomed.
Anywho good luck!
Your best bet if your just trying to get the data is to find a computer store//data recovery company that has the machine(dont remember the name) that you can just put the platter itself onto and get the data off using that. More likely that you would actually be able to retrieve the data if its important. Makes it a lot easier but the HDD would still be doomed.
Anywho good luck!