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Summary of Contents for HddSurgery Seagate 7200.10
- Page 1 Page 1 of 27 Tools for data recovery experts Guide for using HddSurgery™ tool: HDDS Spindle Replacement Tool Seagate 7200.10/.11 HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com support@hddsurgery.com Tools for data recovery experts...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Page 2 of 27 Table of contents: 1. Introduction ....……………………………………………….. page 3 2. HddSurgery™ spindle replacement tool ..……………………. page 4 Parts of the tool ............page 5 3. Spindle replacement process Extracting the donor bearing .…………..…………… page 6 Preparing the patient hard drive ……....………... -
Page 3: Introduction
Experienced data recovery technicians or engineers can have great success even without our tools, but they can have absolute security only by using HddSurgery tools. If you have questions about compatibility, you can send them to HddSurgery support team on support@hddsurgery.com... -
Page 4: Hddsurgery™ Spindle Replacement Tool
With HddSurgery Spindle Replacement Tool for Seagate hard drives we can eliminate all of the problems mentioned. This tool can be used to replace the bearing on Seagate 7200.10 and Seagate 7200.11 hard drives. HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 5: Parts Of The Tool
Parts of the tool Spindle-pushing screw Bottom cylinder Platter holder Clamping nut “The puller” Cocoon Piston Needle-screw Upper cylinder Needle HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com support@hddsurgery.com Tools for data recovery experts... -
Page 6: Spindle Replacement Process
Placing the donor drive in the tool 3. When the hard drive is positioned correctly, use 6 butterfly-screws to fix the hard drive in place. Pull the needle up by unscrewing the needle-screw. HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... - Page 7 8. Position “the hat” with bearing above the bottom hole on the tool the same way like when placing the hard drive (using the needle). Pushing out the bearing from “the hat” HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com...
- Page 8 Page 8 of 27 9. Screw the needle-screw to push out the bearing from “the hat”. After this, the donor bearing is extracted and prepared. The whole donor bearing HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com support@hddsurgery.com...
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Page 9: Preparing The Patient Hard Drive
Make sure to screw these screws tightly because these screws will suffer a great amount of pressure when pushing out the bearing. Mounting the platter holder on a patient hard drive HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 10: Placing The Patient Drive On The Tool
15. Pull the needle all the way up (unscrew the needle-screw) and then screw the upper cylinder (by hand) until it touches the platter holder. Affixing the upper cylinder to the platter holder HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... - Page 11 At this position, tighten the screw on the clamping nut so it wouldn’t move. Affixing the clamping nut on the upper cylinder HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com...
- Page 12 20. Screw the clamping nut on the bottom cylinder until it touches bottom side of the tool. Tighten the screw on the clamping nut. Place another clamping nut on the cylinder also. Affixing the clamping nut on the bottom cylinder HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com...
- Page 13 Marking the position of the bearing with clamping nut 23. Remove the spindle-pushing screw (but not the bottom cylinder or the clamping nuts on it) and turn the tool upside-down again. HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com...
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Page 14: Pushing Out The Bearing From A Patient Hard Drive
In most of the cases, only the spindle comes out and not the whole bearing. If only the spindle comes out, use “the puller” to pull out the bearing casing. Spindle “The puller” HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com support@hddsurgery.com... -
Page 15: Using "The Puller
After this, unscrew the needle-screw to pull the needle out, and unscrew the bottom cylinder along with clamping nuts (make sure not to move the clamping nuts). HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 16: Placing The Donor Bearing In A Patient Hard Drive
28. Turn the tool upside down and apply super glue to the visible part of the bearing. HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... - Page 17 This way we will place the donor bearing at the same position where the patient bearing was. Placing the donor bearing in a patient hard drive HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com...
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Page 18: Dismounting Patient Hard Drive From The Tool
Removing the bottom cylinder 32. Turn the tool upside-down and unscrew the screws connecting the upper cylinder with the platter holder. Removing the screws from platter holder HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com support@hddsurgery.com... - Page 19 Animation Video guide You can find more information about this tool and many other tools used for data recovery on our website. http://www.hddsurgery.com/ HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com support@hddsurgery.com...
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Page 20: Appendix
These additional guidelines are based on our experience with spindle replacement so far, and they represent some best practices which should help achieve a success rate that is close to 100%. HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 21: Check The Patient Heads
Heads should be checked for physical damage and for dirt under the microscope. If heads are damaged or dirty, they should be replaced. Either way, leave the heads out during the bearing replacement, and put them back afterwards. HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 22: Use Longer Screws
These longer screws could be easily found in Maxtor DiamondMax 9 and 10 hard drives – the ones holding the head connector in them. HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 23: Tighten The Hard Drive Casing
Rest of the butterfly screws (screws 3, 4, 5 and 6) should only be tightened until the “case fastener” touches the hard drive casing (as shown in part “C” of the picture). HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 24: Clean The Donor Bearing
Be sure to clean the traces of glue on the donor bearing before placing it in a patient hard drive (step 25.). HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 25: Check The Height Of The Platters
If the platters are too close to the spacers or touch them, they should be lifted (if they are too low), or lowered (if they are too high). HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 26: Adjust The Height Of The Platters
(“the hat”) gets lowered. Using the adjustable wrench, screw the upper cylinder (turn it clockwise) to lower the platters. A quarter of turn (1/4) should be enough for slight adjustment. HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com... -
Page 27: Use "Edit Hdd Id" Function
In the “Edit HDD ID” window, uncheck all the checkboxes except the “Disable IDLE activities” checkbox, and then click “OK”. After this, the drive should stop clicking and it should calibrate easily. HDDSURGERY Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia phone +381 11 361 43 43 www.hddsurgery.com...