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Re:Platter Crash on an IBM Death Star HD (2003) by PhasmaFelis on Sunday November 08, 2015 @11:37PM (#10531423)
> was asked to see if we could determine the cause of the crash, as well as to determine if it would be possible to recover any of the data on the drive.

If it had been possible, it would have ceased being so after you took it apart at your desk!

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Re:Platter Crash on an IBM Death Star HD (2003) by Confusion on Monday November 09, 2015 @02:22AM (#10531763)
Untrue. I once opened up a hard disk, left it open for a day, closed it up again and used it without errors for another year (though never for important data). And no, not this was not inside a cleanroom.
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