You would be insane to try to swap platters without a clean room, especially with data that must be retained. Techn0, I would highly recommend seeking a higher level of professionals. I would not even tamper with this. Under no circumstances should this drive be energized with out them. Mike Technomage wrote: >On Sunday 26 March 2006 21:40, Nathan England wrote: > > >>>since I *know* this can be done, there has to be a way for someone in my >>>position to be able to do this without expending THOUSANDS of DOLLARS (in >>>money I don't even have) to do this. >>> >>> >>I think I replied to you personally, not on the list, but if you can get an >>exact drive, you can swap the platters... >> >> >glet me know how that works out for you. my friend on the phone is EXTREMELY >RELUCTANT to even consider this as a viable option (for obvious reasons). > >still though, thanks for the chuckle. that was worth a few good laughs. :) >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss