drive repair tips?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

der Mouse wrote:
>>>more to gain experience on a throwaway device than to actually
>>>recover the drive.
> 
> 
> So that when (if) I really need to, I'll have some idea what I'm doing.

I see.  Most of the time, when I need to recover the data from the drive 
and it's a bearing problem, I don't bother doing it myself.  Maybe 
someone else has more experience with physical issues.

When I end up fixing a drive myself, the reason is usually blown 
electronics, and the fix is usually fairly simple:  I get my hands on 
another identical drive (preferably one with lots of bad sectors, or 
that has a seized bearing... I get them for free a lot of the time) and 
I swap the drive electronics out.

Peace...  Sridhar