Cant repair and recover data from Toshiba 3TB

[stathopon]

How can i solve this difficult issue?

[rezafarah]

hi
can you explain what is your problem exactly.
i mean the hdd exact model and the problem that you face?

[stathopon]

Hi,

I have an Sata Toshiba P/N 9F14318, Capacity : 3.0TB drive and after it is fall down from 15cm (desk to floor) it is clicking..
iam trying to take my files..can you help me?

[rezafarah]

if it is clicking and not detecting in pc3k so i think you need to find a donor hdd to change the the patient hdd.

[stathopon]

what to change??? a donor HDD?? what do you mean?? do you mean to change the head of platters??

[rezafarah]

yes sir.
i mean change the patient heads with donor head.
the heads of your patient hdd that falls,should change with the same hdd that have ok heads.

[stathopon]

Okey, i got it ...every situation here needs to change the heads....

Do i need HEADS from the same donor HDD like patient HDD ? ? ?

[rezafarah]

yes.
the model and firmware should be the same.

[lcoughey]

Why does it come as a surprise that a dropped drive might need donor heads? There is a good chance that the damage is fatal and it would be well advised to inspect the drive in the clean room before ordering a donor drive for parts.

[stathopon]

What to do in a clean room? just to move the heads off and put it back ..and will work?

Where to buy clean box?

[AJ2008]

What to do in a clean room? just to move the heads off and put it back ..and will work?

Where to buy clean box?

You will probably have more luck in outsourcing it, at least in the short term until you have required facilities and experience to take these on yourself.

[stathopon]

Thank again for your fast reply...so your suggestion is to send it outsourse for beginning?
How can i learn more about DR ? any wiki or pdf books for reading? do y advise any?

[pclab]

You can try to do head swaps on your own HDD's and pratice with them.
When you feel confident, you can work on client's hdd's.