Good tip Laurence, we've used that same process several times with similar success.
 
-Steve Bogdanski

>>> On 5/18/2010 at 12:45 PM, Laurence Bates <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
You might want to check into whether you have access to a working drive of
the exact same type.  I have recovered quite a few hard drives by swapping
the circuit board from a known good drive. It tends to work over 50% of the
time if you can find a good matching drive.

Laurence Bates

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph M. Deming [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 12:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MSUNAG] Hard Drive Restore on campus

Are there any hard drive restoration services on campus.  The
down-and-dirty kind involving clean-rooms and actual dismantling of
hardware?  I suspect not, heck of a delicate and technical service, but
I am about to recommend something to a user who forgot to do their
backup, and I'm afraid he's not going to like the costs involved.  Any
suggestions, on-campus or good experiences elsewhere are welcome.

To be clear, this involves hardware that will not spin up.

I feel this has been asked before, but I searched the archive and failed
to find anything... sry =(  Found 'Data Recovery Service' from 11/08 and
entertaining discussion on Freezing, Dropping and Hitting hard drive
with mallet, but no useful names or places of businesses still in
operation.

- Joe