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**wrench97** · 12-19-2008, 11:15 AM

Most likely the the arm crashed on the platters when the HD fell and ruined the platters which is what the data is stored on, and no you can't take a hard drive apart as they are assembled in a clean room and sealed any minute particles of dust will cause them to malfunction.

12-19-2008, 11:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,428 OS: Win7	Re: Replacing the "plates" inside the HDD Most likely the the arm crashed on the platters when the HD fell and ruined the platters which is what the data is stored on, and no you can't take a hard drive apart as they are assembled in a clean room and sealed any minute particles of dust will cause them to malfunction. __________________ Power Supply and Selection