Module D3 Physical (Mechanical )Data Recovery Training

D3. 1 PHYSICAL (MECHANICAL) HARD DISK FAILURE PROBLEMS

• Clicking hard drive
• Drive not spinning
• Head crash
• Damaged Platters
• Actuator failure
• Stepper motor failure
• Spindle bearing seizure (block)
• More voice from hard disk
• Head stuck on platter
• Liquid Damage
• Fire Damage
• Dropped Hard Drives
• Different voice in different hard disk (video)
• Common fault and solution in physical repair

D3. 2 DONOUR SELECTION OF DIFFERENT HARD DISK

• Data recovery and donors
• Donors’ Recognition: Firmware Donors, PCB Donors, Head Donors
• Matching criteria of Donours for hard disk
• Different models and product detail of hard disk
• Identify hard disk size, types, models, platter, connection etc from models no
• Hard disk vendors with model detail
• Select donor for hard disk to be recover
• Identify from hard disk
• Model no
• Rpm
• DCM drive configuration matrix (western digital hard disk)
• Key (Maxtor)
• Site Code (Seagate hard disk)
• MLC machine level code(Hitachi, IBM)
• Firmware code (Seagate, Samsung hard disk)
• Manufacture dates
• Manufacture in country
• Matching donor for western digital hard drive
• Matching donor for SEAGATE hard drive
• Matching donor for TOSHIBA hard drive
• Matching donor for FUJITSU hard disk
• Matching donor for HITACHI (IBM ) hard drive
• Matching donor for HITACHI (Native ) hard drive
• Matching donor for SAMSUNG ″ hard drive
• Matching donor for Maxtor ″ hard drive
• Matching donor for QUANTUM-MAXTOR 3.5” hard disk

D3. 3 Data Recovery Instrument detail and using detail with demo on opening hard disk

• Instrument list demo used for physical data recovery
• Instrument detail used for data recovery
• Motor unstuck tools
• Punching tools
• Clean room concept
• Hand gloves, fingers top cover
• HD HPE PRO
• Different instrument used for data recovery centre
• Replacement of Damaged Heads – Read-Write head change tools
• Replacement of Magnet – Magnet Exchanger Tools
• Platter Transplantation — Platter Replacement Tools
• Seized Damaged Bearings Replacement — Spindle motor Replacement Tools
• What are clean room data recovery cases?
• Head swap process for hard drives with or without spacers/bracelet
• Multiple platter exchange process
• Clean room or clean bench
• Hands on practice using HD HPE PRO/ or OTHER INSTRUMENT for data recovery cases.

D3.4 practice on head replacement of hard disk

• Precaution to be taken before opening hard disk
• Step by step removing parts guidelines
• Donor and patient hard disk to be kept ready on bench
• How to open hard disk
• How to use magnet tools for remove top magnet
• How to remove top magnet
• How to take out head from hard disk
• How to swap head from donour to patient
• How to use head tools to keep distance between heads
• Ho to split head outside
• Removing head form 2.5 and 3.5 hard disk
• Removing and inserting read, write head of different computer hard disk
• Removing and inserting read write head of different 2.5” hard disk

D3.5 practice on Platter replacement of hard disk

• How to open screw of platter
• How to swap platter from donor to patient
• What care to be taken for platter replacement
• Removing platter of hard disk
• Removing and inserting platter of different computer hard disk
• Removing and inserting platter of different laptop 2.5” hard disk

D3.6 practice on Spindle motor changing of hard disk

• How to unstuck spindle motor of hard disk
• How to remove out spindle motor
• How to replace with donor spindle motor
• Removing and inserting spindle motor of different computer hard disk
• Removing and inserting spindle motor of different 2.5” hard disk

D3.7 Basic idea of data recovery from dead pen drive, memory card, flashcard

• Basic internal structure of pen drive
• Concept of Swapping chip of pen drive
• Basic repairing idea of pen drive
• Bios programmer xeltek super pro idea for reading chip

D3. 8 Introduction to Hard Disk Firmware repair instrument list

• Introduction to Different firmware repair instrument/software list detail
  Ace lab original pc3000
  • Ace portable usb
  • Ace udma
  • Ace

  DFL Data Recovery Equipments

  1. DFL – DDP USB3.0 (Data Dr. Pro Usb3.0)
  2. DFL – URE USB3.0 (USB Recovery Express)
  3. DFL – DE USB2.0
  4. DFL – FRP – STII For Seagate
  5. DFL – FRP – WDII For Western Digital
  6. DFL – FRP – HT For Hitachi
  7. High Speed USB Programer Pro
  8. DFL – Data Recovery Start-Up Suite
  9. DFL – Data Recovery Grow-Up Suite

  Salvation data product

  • Data compass
  • HD doctor for Seagate
  • HD doctor for WD
  • HD doctor for Maxtor
  • HD doctor for Hitachi
  • c3000 pci 2.4/2.5 version

  Atola
  DflwdII
  Firmware repair software without hard ware

  • Wdr3, wdr5, wdr6
  • Str 3000
  • Mrt Maxtor repair
  • Samsung repair software

D3. 9 Data recovery common problems and solution flow chart

• Hard drive does not get detected
• Hard drive gets detected but data is inaccessible
• Hard disk drive displays no sign of power and/or no sound of the drive “winding up
• Hard disk drive powers up & then spins constantly with a loud winding sound
• Hard drive powers up and then winds down, non-responsive
• Hard drive unit emits an OCCASIONAL clicking sound
• Hard drive unit emits a CONSTANT clicking sound
• Hard drive unit powers up, but the drive does not mount, and there is no discernible data read/write sound
• Hard drive powers up and a scraping sound is audible
• Hard drive has been exposed to water damage
• Hard drive unit has been exposed to fire