Re: How hard is it to swap HD electronics boards

From: Sam Goldwasser (sam_at_saul.cis.upenn.edu)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: 09 Oct 2004 16:07:20 -0400

Art Todesco <actodesco@yahoo.com> writes:

> I've done it successfully on older drives ... now I'm giving away my
> age, the drives were 10Meg (that's Meg, not Gig) full height. Back
> then I didn't know what to do with all that storage space! I guess
> the software designers took care of that.

All drives I disassembled (and it's over a dozen different types at
this point, to get the magnets!) easily allowed for PCB swapping
without cracking the seal. It's simple screwdriver work.

Whether the firmware and media defect information is close enough to
work may be another matter.... Certainly can't hurt and is unlikely
to damage the drive assembly with your data even if it doesn't allow
for reading the data.

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