lcoughey":lv43fc9k said:
When hard drive manufacturers change things up, it takes time for labs to get familiar with them. As a result, success rates are always a little lower for the first few cases.Sent from my BBB100-1 using Tapatalk
Exactly, first we had no commercial head tools so we experiment with our own ideas and solutions which could result in lower recovery chances. When commercial tools became available it became easier for everyone to swap heads. Then, for quite some time, the average shop did not have access to terminal. Now that we can unlock the terminal we still have to learn the nuances of this firmware. None of this is really related to build quality or reliability.
Although I have received a number of these that were DOA because of severe platter damage, can I really draw a conclusion that the platters are inferior? Overall my numbers are not enough to warrant any bold statements about quality. For all I know, the damage is from the HDDs being dropped and the fall may have ruined any model HDD. I wasn't there so I can't really know.
I just completed an ST2000LM007 that the heads were stuck to the platter. The drive was recovered 100% with the original heads. Maybe the case numbers are too low to make any broad claims right now.
The first 3 Rosewoods I saw had severe platter damage so I am definitely guilty of jumping to conclusions on these drives. Once the dust settles and we recover from the frustration of being helpless, we have to revert back to logic, reason, and evidence
