Opening the HGST helium hard drive - HddSurgery
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- This video shows the process of opening the HGST HUS726060ALA640 helium filled hard drive. The video is made only for research purposes, using the improvised tools and methods.
Whole process of opening was done in secured area, with idea to get more information about the helium hard drives and technology itself.
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Director and edit: Miloš Gizdovski
Music: ''The Avengers Theme'' - Alan Silvestri
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The sound of the CNC before the cut: wrooooooo
After the cut: weeeeeee :)
The helium :)
Hmm. Trying to pry off the lid with all the cutting debris still covering the drive? Nope. I don't think one could have an expectation of clean innards unless one were to actually clean up the mess before opening the drive.
and how do you get the helium back in once you head swap?
+Peter Willy McJohnsonator That's the thing we need to research.
same as HGST fills it in the factory
@@HddSurgery Any update? Seems like purging a small environment, letting everything outgas, filling with helium to pressure, then using the helium environment to as part of the inert gas welding procedure is how manufacturers do it. You could probably get away with creating a helium environment where you could run a transplanted disk in a working chassis/board without having to reseal it. I assume you aren't trying to rebuild broken hard drives, just extracting the data.
YOU DON'T
what happens if they operate with air? maybe they will just work slower?
I usually play that music when I vacume or cut the grass
How to recover data from a helium drive? Drill the defective one and make a backup of the backup.
It seems as the seagate exos hard drives come with a thicker layer of metal all around the hdd. Do you think helium leaking will be a problem for long term reliability, even if the hgst mtbf is excellent?
Helium DOES leak even from sealed drives. This IS a problem. We just got recently RAID 5 ARRAYwith WD RED 20TB drives that died because of a Helium Leakage.
helium will leak, doesn't matter what kind of seal, plastic, metal, rubber, because helium atom are smaller than any other atoms (except hydrogen)
Dang! I guess it will cost extra if you recover files from helium drives....?
Very much so, there's probably even less chance it will be recovered. It's arguably more and more difficult to recover newer drives which have very high densities
great video, thanks. music is annoying though.
and what?
I think you nee a sort of specialized can opener, the laser welded top is quite thin
Yes, some special opener may be useful, but this is not thin as it may look.
The soundtrack though. Sounds like a credit scene from a Marvel movie
+Intel & Nvidia SUXXZZZ!!! It is from a Marvel movie, ''The Avengers'' theme :)
Soundtrack gives us a hope! :)
This is the soundtrack to THE AVENGERS!
After the milling was finished I would have vacuumed away the swarf before removing the cover.
Does a Helium-Drive need Helium inside? Will it run without Helium for Backup Purposes f.e.?
yes it will
Hi, just came across this page after sending my helium base drive to 3 different companies and no luck. This video got me invested. What is the update on this type of recovery?
Interesting video that I found. Ny the way guys, just bought used, almost new(70 hours of use) WD Ultrastar 14 terabytes drive, it was made in 2019. Despite it being almost new, the Helium levels are 64% :<
I bought this drive to use for 20 years period as an archive, but is it already only 64% of helium left, is it bad? Could helium evaporate while drive was just not used?
The background music comes from The Marvel Comics movie The Avengers, which is FICTIONAL. You are implying that you have super-powers that let you fix helium hard drives. But, as we know, super-powers do not exist, so you are telling us that Helium Hard drives only get repaired in comic books. Thanks for the insight.
I wonder if you could put the drive in a clean room type hood, fill the hood with helium to perform a data recovery. Or have you found a better solution since posting of this video?
Hi Daniel, this video was made for research purposes only, we did not present any solution for helium filled drives.
I want to buy a helium hdd but do u think that it may leak fast and fail before an air hdd. I want to use it for backup for long years.
ive had a helium drive for 2 years and the helium level is still 100%
@@Xiefux thanks very much
Im happy im the one technician who developed helios drive . Developed by HGST philippines HGST SJ and odawara this is propose by Nasa in mexico
was wondering how it was sealed He leaks out of everything even that weld wont hold the gas forever
Maybe it was sealed in an environment that's pure Helium.
is the background music from avengers
Should be use the cutting blade the better way than the CNC.
At that time we did not know what lies behind the lid. Opening with the cutting blade would not be easy as it may seem to be.
How are you not getting a copyright strike for this music?
Because we stated the full name of the song and the author in the description.
Is that enough? You mean YT is actually smart enough to let people "get away" with the technical copyvio, because they realize that *if people KNOW what the music actually is, then they might actually BUY it*? (i.e technically known as "free advertising"..)
I only wish TV advertisers knew that too, and deliberately put all the information out there on iSPOT.tv, along with links to where to buy the music if one actually wants to do so. (*cough* dodge RAM commercial "Portraits" /watch?v=Zda2Bt4x17A)
Copyright strike is sometimes not needed because we have Content ID claim.
A fiber laser might work , repeatedly following the laser weld until breach, but helium handling would be a problem
And meanwhile I’m just here with my old 1TB only drive 😂
avengers watching this saying hey you stole owr theme anthem wtf bro
Hi ! Does anyone except wd and it’s subsidiaries know how to get into sa area ?
looks difficult -:
Are Helium HDDs allowed by flight companies ? (i mean if i have to ravel with my HDD...)
+BERSERKERDEMON1 We don't know, but there is no reason to restrict a Helium HDD. You should ask flight companies. Regards.
+HddSurgery - Data Recovery Tools i was thinking about putting a luggage in a baggage hold ... i mean
these compartiments are not pressurised... on a long flight (higher
altitude) depressurised gaz could become a problem... (i wouldnt take
the risk)
BERSERKERDEMON1 We believe that flight cannot damage the drive, nor the environment, but you should ask someone from the airline company, just to be sure.
+BERSERKERDEMON1 He is an inert gas no issues with use in an aircraft
are these drives still metal platters or are they glass?
+Peter Willy McJohnsonator They are made from the same material which is used for the platters on the regular drives.
glass
Why?
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How about "desoldering" with electrically heated frame, and suction?
+Jens Tingleff Soldering needs desoldering and welding needs cutting :)
"desoldering" meant as melting the thin steel-aluminium laservelding )
Screws out - melt and lift lid off with suction.
+Jens Tingleff it just doesn't work like that
cutting is the best method, they just need to not do it in an abbrasive fashion, but rather chipping or pressing instead
@@HddSurgery What is thickness of welded foil? I mean why just not cut it X-shape in center by scalpel or knife, and after that - simply tear it off sides ? No small metal dust, no waiting. Or main drive cover is also welded on sides ?
@@AndrewD-IT Did you watch video to the end?
After open the seals Helium will leak out. You cannot recover it.
Actually, the drive can work without Helium.
HddSurgery - Data Recovery Tools Yes it can work after Helium leak out at that time, However the condition already changed ,How long HDD can stay? Not to much?
@@HddSurgery So what's the difference, why we need Helium? I am curious
@@chalermphonprommarak8828 Our job is to recover data. If you want working drive take it to RMA
@@nu8k700 We do not need it, producer wants it so drives can be better
I can assure you this drive is dead because when you open an HDD it's all over you can't fix it no matter how hard you try even if the Drive is healthy and functional
Hi, we think that all data recovery companies that exist more than 20 years would not agree with you. If you have appropriate equipment, Clean room, knowledge and experience you can open hard drives and be very successful with recovery. The drive in this video survived and we use it as a donor.
o wow it survived