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  • katfish
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2016
    • 76
    • USA
    #1

    Total failure/loss on hard drive.

    Just thought I would share this interesting picture. In the shop this morning, preparing to swap a head stack on a laptop drive. Pulled the cover to have a peek .... nothing but glass. See through platters. I suppose I could pour the metallic dust out and piece together the data??

    First time I have encountered this.
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    • dragos2009
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2013
      • 110
      • Romania
      #2
      Re: Total failure/loss on hard drive.

      yep because the data is stored into that magnetic coating so the data is gone now

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        • zx8401
          Phantom Fiddler
          • Aug 2013
          • 49
          • uk
          #3
          Re: Total failure/loss on hard drive.

          WoW!! ive never seen that happen before.
          Thats a really well wiped drive LOL :-D

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            • Ancymon0
              Member
              • Mar 2017
              • 13
              • Poland
              #4
              Re: Total failure/loss on hard drive.

              How is that even possible?

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                • Wester547
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                  • Nov 2011
                  • 1268
                  • USA.
                  #5
                  Re: Total failure/loss on hard drive.

                  It's certainly possible. If anyone remembers the 60GXP and 75GXP IBM Deathstars, those drives had "issues" wherein the antiferromagnetically coupled media would sprinkle off the glass platters and stick to the read/write head assembly, leading to catastrophic failure. It seems to be a common issue with drives using glass platters...

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