I have a 120 GB Western Digital HD that has failed on me. I know it is not recommended but I did open it up to see what was going on inside. The platters spin freely, so I believe it is a logic board problem. Because the HD is about 4 years old, I can't really find the same exact hard drive with the same firmware on the logic board to try to relpace that. I am guessing I have 2 options now.
1. Send my drive to Drive Savers (or a company like that) ans spend somewhere near $1000 to recover the data or...
2. Try to replace the platters into another hard drive. Cross my fingers that no dust gets on the important parts of the platters and no scratches occur.
How hard is it to replace the platters and put them in a new drive? Is there some service out there that will do this for less than $1000 (looking for no more than $200). There is data (digital photographs) on there that I really want back, but it is not important enough to warrant spending tons of money on it.
What do you guys think?
1. Send my drive to Drive Savers (or a company like that) ans spend somewhere near $1000 to recover the data or...
2. Try to replace the platters into another hard drive. Cross my fingers that no dust gets on the important parts of the platters and no scratches occur.
How hard is it to replace the platters and put them in a new drive? Is there some service out there that will do this for less than $1000 (looking for no more than $200). There is data (digital photographs) on there that I really want back, but it is not important enough to warrant spending tons of money on it.
What do you guys think?