Data Recovery - Video Project 1 - Seagate Hard Drive

Author: ACS Data Recovery
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~~ https://acsdata.com ~~ Data recovery of a Seagate FreeAgent external hard drive. I'm not really happy with the quality of this video, because I was just using a small HD Bloggie camera, and it obviously is having a hard time staying focused. However, I am thinking about doing more of these, and will definitely be investing in better camera equipment. In this video we document the entire recovery process, from opening the package the hard disk was shipped in, to the first time we open the hard drive during the evaluation, all the way through the imaging process and rebuild of the file structure. You'll also see how we had to handle various issues that arose during the recovery. For example, the first set of heads we installed failed right away. The second set were functional but very slow. Throughout the process we installed 4 different sets of heads. This case is also a good example of how there is no one solution that works in every case. When our high-end imager didn't handle the drive correctly, we had to use a lower end alternative. Then we ended up changing configurations, and reverting back to an older version of the high-end imager software to get it to finally function normally with this drive. It really made no sense at all, but that's what had to be done. In the end we were able to get a complete image of the drive, but it just shows how you have to be able to adapt and find alternatives when a recovery is not going smoothly. Background: A customer liked the other videos we had posted and requested that we do another video using her drive as the subject. The drive had been dropped and came in with seized platters. The entire recovery process took about 2 weeks, and we went through 4 sets of heads in an effort to get a complete image of the drive.

Comments

  1. hello need a small information
    what you see i mean what are the parameter needs to be considers before changing or swiping head on the two harddisk??
    western digital , segate , toshiba , samsung , hitachi , hgst.
  2. I have Hitachi 4GB Microdrive world's smallest consumer available hard drive - same size as CF card - same connector
  3. It would be interesting to know how much it ended up costing Teresa....
  4. I have had 3 Seagate HDs and all have failed within a very short time
  5. i have seagate 1TB fell on the floor and keeps saying damaged disk
    is it possible to repair?
  6. turn the wheel anticlockwise and bring the arm back with a tooth pick there is no damage underneath good try
  7. 2 weeks to do 76gb?
    Damn....
  8. Very interesting and informative video, I've always wondered how exactly data recovery is preformed, and I guess the answer is it's different with every drive. Do you guys see failure on Seagate drives more than any other brand? In my 20 some years of computing I've had two drives fail on me, both Seagate. One was a black Friday special, failed after a few months...luckily nothing mission critical stored on it, but the other one was my main system drive and had everything on it. I tried all the home remedies (freezing etc.) and even opened it up myself and long story short I only made it worse. Lesson learned...BACKUP!
  9. I have a question. I have a drive I just submitted for data recovery. It never made any noises; it just stopped mounting. The guy said I have damaged platters; likely from a defective drive. This is a 3tb drive; and I only want about 500gb worth of data from it. If one platter is damaged; is there a chance the data I want is unharmed?
  10. Useful video! 
    My hard drive makes the weird buzzing sounds and it doesn't get recognised on my computer... The head however is not on the platter.. Also the platter has no scratches on it. Any idea what it could be? Any help would be so much appreciated!
  11. My dell hdd stopped working suddenly. Earlier, when I connected my hdd, the LED used to light up. But, its not the same now. There is sound kind of sound coming from it. I also tried connecting it to other systems, different ports, different cables, but nothing seems to work. There is some important data which I want to recover. Is there any way that my data could be recovered?
    Please help!!
  12. No wonder companies like this ask between 500 to 1500 to fix.  I mean your equipment costs a lot!  The p roblem is that sometimes the files we want to recover aren't worth that much.  Then again, some people have that necesity.   Still, what happens when the value of the files is not worth that much?

    I mean I lost a hd with videos on it.  I still have it and would want to restore it.  Though I am not placed to pay more than a 100 to get it fixed because of it's content.

    ACSDATA, do you know what I mean?
  13. I don't want to show them? lol  Hard Drive Head Replacement Tools for 50 Cents what you consider proprietary ? were you at all thinking? lol Just like we found this video we can search how to lift hard drive head. YOU MAKE A TUTORIAL AND SAY YOU DONT WANT TO SHOW US? TUTORIAL - of or relating to a tutor or a tutor's "instruction". Thanks for vid over all it was just to much hearing that. 
  14. help full 
  15. thank you
  16. My drive from my Hp Touchsmart Tm2 laptop just stopped and wont boot up. It will get to the starting windows logo and restarts.
  17. whats the program named?