CLASS 100 CLEAN ROOM
The important's of a class 100 Clean Room
Demonstrated here is a typical case scenario when you open the top of a failed hard drive... to see if there is any obvious fault before you decide to send it into a data recovery company
First I will display what is not normally seen by the human eye and also what critical adjustment to flying height of the read write heads that could be critical to the recovery of the data
CLASS 100 CLEAN ROOM
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Do it yourself hard drive repair & the risks
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What is the problem?
Does the hard drive spin?
If so does it click?
Does the armature kick out?
Do the hard drives heads vibrate to initiate?
Is there an odd smell to the drive?
If it doesn't spin do you here a slight or faint ticking sound?
Does the BIOS see the hard drive?
Does the BIOS see the hard drive as the correct model?
Are there funny characters showing on boot?
Does the operating system blue screen?
Important things you should be aware of before you do anything to a suspected failed hard drive
Static discharge will kill a hard drive when handling... especially the internal components
Dust will destroy your data... DO NOT OPEN! In my experience I see so many hard drives destroyed by helpful neighbors when the problem was not situated internal of the hard drive assembly. Just because it clicks doesn't always represent an internal failure.
Swapping the electronics runs the risk of further damage, especially if the revision number of the PCB is different.
You will have a greater success of data recovery with less risk if the original electronics is repaired.
Class 100 Cleanroom
What is a Class 100 Clean room for hard drive repair & data recovery?
This is the Prevention and the reduction of dust particles and contamination of the hard drive platters, but is this nessaceary?
Trust me it is!
Below is a demonstration of an opened hard drive that has had the lid removed and the Actuator (Magnet) Replaced on a clean desk that would have only been exposed for less than 3 minutes
As you can see the particles are clearly visible when a camera flash is used
TIP: If for what ever reason you have taken the lid off your hard drive to investigate the clicking or strange noise: Use a can of Compressed air to quickly remove any contaminants prior to replacing the Top of the hard drive.
Its not so much that dust causes major Problems it's things like dead skin that instantly sticks to the platter of the hard drive.
When it comes to file structures such as Mac HFS+ data is daisy chained and one bad sector can cause the rest of the chain to fall off with NO recollection of where it belongs
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Laminar Flow Unit with Class 100 HEPA Filter
Here is a good example of a basic clean room
This one was the 3rd clean room construction I had done, it was definitely the smallest but it was very officiant for its requirnments
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