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Although Hitachi drives were purchased by Western Digital, but there’re still many Hitachi and even IBM hard drives in the market. There’re many physical data recovery cases in our data recovery lab.
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In most WD head swap cases, users just find the same model and PCB number, the success rate is good. Sometimes after head swap, if the read/write ability of heads is not good, try to move the donor head adaptives to patient drive too.
Seagate hdd head replacement donor requirement is higher than other hdd brands, especially the Seagate F3 hard drives. Sometimes, even if it is the same model number and PCB number, but the head type can be different
WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0 head replacement tool is available within the level 2 head comb suite or WD hdd head comb suite. The head comb to use is W3 2, 3.5″ HDD with 2 platters. Head map: 0 1 2 3 HDD Model number: WD20PURX-64P6ZY0 PCB number: 2060-771945-001 Platter/Head number: 2 .
WD20EARX-00PASB0 Head Replacement Tool is available within the level 2 head comb suite or WD hdd head comb suite. Model: WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 Heads map: 0,1,2,5,6,7 SN: WCAZA9366600 Heads number: 6 Head comb to be used for head swap: W3 3
WD15EARS-00MVWB0 Head Replacement Tool is available within the Level 2 head comb suite or WD hdd head comb suite. Model: WDC WD15EARS-00MVWB0 Serial number: WD-WCAZA3464654 Heads number: 6 Platters: 3 Head comb to be used: W3 3
WD10EARX-00N0YB0 Head Replacement Tool is available within the level 2 head comb suite or WD head comb suite. Model ID: WD10EARX-00N0YB0 Microcode: 00200076 PCB: 771698 Heads number: 4 Head comb to be used: W3 2
Model by ID: HGST HTS541010A7E630 NV-RAM ID: 2000SE0HJ4A0 Heads: 4 Firmware: SE0OA4A0 Related head replacement tool: Hitachi Laptop Head Replacement Tool Hitachi Hard Drive Head Comb Suite
Hard drive data Loss can be caused by logical failure, firmware failure or hardware failure. Hardware failure contains the following situations: Hard drive develops bad sectors; Power outage damaging the electronic components, PCB burnt, ROM chip damage; Head damage/head contamination; Head crash; Spindle motor; Drive was dropped; Natural disaster .