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Advanced Data Recovery Courses > Advanced HDD Repair and Recovery Training Course
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| Advanced HDD Repair and Recovery Training Course |
5 Days
Code: CSL2001
Duration: 5 Days
Pre-requisites: Basic HDD Mechanical Repair and Recovery (CSL1002)
The training is intended for those with a basic knowledge of physical Hard Disk Drive (HDD) data recovery technology and principals, where clients need a refresher or need to be introduced to the latest techniques and solutions, the Advanced HDD Mechanical Repair and Recovery Training Course would offer an excellent solution. Previous experience of recovering data through mechanical replacements is advantageous; however the training would make an ideal progression for those wishing to extend their working into an area that many find daunting.
Learning Objectives:
(i) To provide a critical understanding of mechanical and physical HDD failures;
(ii) To provide a critical understanding of HDD firmware structure and firmware failures;
(iii) To develop a set of comprehensive solutions to HDD failures based on diagnostic results;
(iv) To focus on procedures for the replacement of Read/Write Heads and Platters on a variety of high capacity HDDs;
(v) To introduce the latest technology and skills for HDD physical replacement operations;
(vi) To introduce data recovery procedures from FLASH memory storage systems;
Course Content:
Day 1
- Electrical and electronic failure diagnostic and repair procedures - A variety of HDD fault scenarios will be examined, including common faults specific to manufacturers. Techniques involving the correct use of tools and test equipment (e.g. hot gun, solder gun, multi-meter, microscope etc.) to diagnose, repair or replace Printed Circuit Board (PCB) components will also be introduced.
- Compatibility criteria for swapping of PCBs and specific electronic components (e.g. transistor, diode, fuse, motor controller, FLASH memory chip etc.), will be detailed across the range of major HDD manufacturers.
- Introduction to Hot Swap operations, detailed procedures, situations for their application and limitations will be addressed.
- USB pen drive failure diagnostic and repair procedure. The diagnosis of electronic faults using advanced electronic test equipment will be developed.
Day 2
- Introduction to generic mechanical diagnostic and recovery procedures and tools. Detailed diagnosis of head and seized spindle faults will be addressed. Faults common to specific drives will also be discussed.
- Spares compatibility of Read Write Heads for specific manufacturers. The possibility of using imperfectly matched heads will be also discussed.
- A variety of solutions to seized spindle motor faults. Compatibility of donor HDDs will also be addressed.
- Demonstration of conventional laptop drives (e.g. Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu) physical (head and platter) replacements.
- Practical consolidation exercises of physical replacements on selected laptop drives.
Day 3
- Practical demonstrations and exercises of head and platter replacement on Samsung desktop drives (with and without acoustic spacers).
- Practical demonstrations and exercises of head and platter replacement on Seagate desktop drives (with and without acoustic spacers) with capacities from 80GB to 500GB.
- Practical demonstrations and exercises of head and platter replacement on Maxtor desktop drives (with and without acoustic spacers) with multiple heads.
Day 4
- Practical demonstrations and exercises of head and platter replacement on Western Digital desktop drives sized up to 500GB.
- Practical demonstrations and exercises of head and platter replacement on large capacity Hitachi/IBM desktop drives.
- Introduction to the latest imaging/cloning technology, including the manipulation of the physical parameters and settings of Read Write Heads.
Day 5
- Introduction to a variety of HDD firmware structures and their critical modules, with reference to the HDDs of Maxtor, Seagate, Hitachi/IBM and Western Digital. The management of ROM/NVRAM components containing Service Area (SA) adaptive data will also be discussed.
- Development of generic skills for the diagnosis of HDD firmware defects, including HDDs from Maxtor, Seagate, Hitachi/IBM and Western Digital.
- Development of a comprehensive strategy to fix HDD firmware defects based on diagnostic results. Common scenarios of HDD firmware failure and recovery procedures will be addressed, for HDDs including Maxtor, Seagate, Hitachi/IBM and Western Digital.
- Introduction to the Seagate HDD ‘Command Mode’. Diagnosis and recovery procedures under ‘Command Mode’ will be addressed.
- Introduction to procedures of fast HDD ATA password removal and the manipulation and modification of HDD parameters.
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