Subj : Re: Hard Drive Recovery on 8-12 TB HDDs
To   : warmfuzzy
From : oog
Date : Mon Mar 18 2019 17:40:52

 wa> seems to me the more density a drive has the more precise the reader is
 wa> and the narrower the position on the plate so the harder is the
 wa> recovery.  What's the truth here, anyone know?

I think the answer really is "it depends" There are a variety of technologies
used in these large drives. HGST drives, for example, just more platters
closer together, and they fill them with helium to reduce friction. Others
use "shingled" storage. These are good for shoving a crapload of data onto a
drive, but not something you'd want to run as a daily driver probably.

All that data recovery folks do is dark magic to me though. :)

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