Hey guys, I have a 1 5tb hdd laying around that died a few years ago,,, if I were to purchase the...

[G+_Sam Zick]

Hey guys, I have a 1.5tb hdd laying around that died a few years ago,,, if I were to purchase the same exact hdd, is it possible to transfer the platters from the old hdd to the new hdd, and recover those files???

[G+_Parminder Singh]

Are you sure about that hdd spindle motor dead if not than only card can work for recovery... card from same model and same size and same company

[G+_Sam Zick]

I'm pretty sure it's the motor,, it makes a clicking noise and doesn't move

[G+_Parminder Singh]

Ok.... about changing platter to another drive base i don't know how to... hope some one will help in this good luck :)

[G+_Charlie Hoover]

The short version is no...=) Or rather its really really tricky to pull that off, especially if you've never done it before... If it has important data on it I would recommend trying SpinRite first. If it can't do anything with it then buying the same drive would allow you to swap the controller board which is WAY easier... Surgery on drives can go really wrong really fast so I wouldn't advise it unless you're really desperate! 

[G+_Scott Knight]

I'm sure this sounds weird, but put the HDD in the freezer for a few hours. I have successfully recovered 2 out of 4 drives that way from not spinning up. After 2-3 hrs, attach it to an external USB enclosure. If it spins up, copy the data quickly and don't turn it off until you are done with it. Good luck.

[G+_Sam Zick]

I tried the freezer idea years ago when it died,, I guess I have a permanent paperweight lol

[G+_Charlie Hoover]

What kind of data was on it?

[G+_Sam Zick]

Recorded tv and dvdrips

[G+_iyaz akhtar]

This sounds super troublesome. As far as I know if you're talking about moving platters, you'll want to be in a clean room. I don't mean a "tidy" one. I mean a dust-free environment. 

[G+_Charlie Hoover]

Unless its unreplaceable stuff like photos of your family, etc my advice would be to call it a loss... I would say that pulling it apart after the fact is always fun for educational purposes though... Also the rare earth magnets are fun to play with...=)

[G+_Douglas Krug]

If it's not totally dead and still spins up, try Steve Gibson's SpinRite http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

[G+_Charlie Hoover]

I agree with Douglas Krug...

[G+_bryant thompson]

do you have a clean room to disassemble the drive?   that's where they put them together.  alas, no clean room, (read in johnny 5 voice) No DisAssemble!

[G+_K R]

You have to take a service of recovery professional . I think .

[G+_bryant thompson]

back in my scsi days the service bureau that we used for recovery used to often buy a like modeled drive, we would put the proper firmware on it, and they would transfer the controller from one drive to another, often it was the controller board that fialed an not the media...   but this is all beyond the scope of something I would do at my desk...