This is pretty early (not attempting anything until next summer - this will be a slow topic maybe only periodically responded to til then) but I have a box full of 'dead' drives from years ago especially from the last time my video archiving project went to hell. They arent worth the money for professional recovery, but I dont mind attempting even advanced technical procedures as a "you lose nothing" last chance.
I'm expecting to build a small 'clean room' or at least clean box for the purposes of drive disassembly and operation - I don't have directions for that yet but I assume it's either out there or even something improvised will be superior to just doing it open air in a normal room. But I was thinking at least HEPA filtration (not sure what it cost to go up to ULPA) pushing into an overpressure box with a plexiglass top and some attached gloves on the side that you reach through and the cleaned tools already in there...
This is in part because i'd like to learn/sounds like nerd fun to be able to do such a thing as well - I already consider the data hopelessly lost, if it's actually not that's gravy. Might be a useful skill to barter with friends in the future too. Does anyone have any suggested starting points for information?
I'm expecting to build a small 'clean room' or at least clean box for the purposes of drive disassembly and operation - I don't have directions for that yet but I assume it's either out there or even something improvised will be superior to just doing it open air in a normal room. But I was thinking at least HEPA filtration (not sure what it cost to go up to ULPA) pushing into an overpressure box with a plexiglass top and some attached gloves on the side that you reach through and the cleaned tools already in there...
This is in part because i'd like to learn/sounds like nerd fun to be able to do such a thing as well - I already consider the data hopelessly lost, if it's actually not that's gravy. Might be a useful skill to barter with friends in the future too. Does anyone have any suggested starting points for information?