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Originally Posted by lynw
It IS impossible for even the best forensic software to retrieve from that. Simply formatting the drive once is not.
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I'm not sure that is correct.
As I understand it, for long-standing data, the flux will create a shadow, so my changing the alignment of the heads, the data can be read.
To do this, you need to take the drive apart (and remember that a particle of smoke dust can knock a head out of alignment), so it's hardly trivial, and undoubtedly expensive. More than your average eBay'er would be willing to spend.
I thought I had an article about this bookmarked, but I can't find it. I think if you read the article about Spinrite 6 on Steve Gibsons website it may make references to this.
I've never tried this, so I don't know if it's true - it could be complete b*llox. It sounds feasible to me tho.