Restore the data of the hard disk dodged from the space shuttle in the midst of the ground



The Space Shuttle Columbia was dismantled in the sky over the state of Texas during the return flight on February 1, 2003, and all seven crewmembers died "Colombia mid-air disassembly accident"It seems that it succeeded in restoring the data how much from the hard disk which was crushed and broke on the ground and became a solid mass of just metal.

Pictures of what kind of condition the hard disk was actually able to restore from the following.
Hard Drive Recovered from Columbia Shuttle Solves Physics Problem: Scientific American

Shuttle Columbia's hard drive data recovered from crash site

This is the real thing of the hard disk. It is 400 Mb 2.5 inch hard disk made by Seagate. As the model name, "ST9385AG"Will be.














I did restorationKroll Ontrack Inc.It was discovered in the area where the shuttle's residues fell in 6 months after the aerial breakdown accident in 2003. It is said that 99% of data was restored from this state. The bottom part of the hard disk is burning so hard to distinguish, all the plastic parts are melting and the electronic chip inside is also burning.

However, this hard disk is much sturdier compared with the current capacity of other companies'Fault toleranceAnd durability seems to be excellent.

In addition, it seems that two other hard disks were loaded, but it seems that they could not be restored from them.

Even so, how much will it cost me ...? Even before GIGAZINE "Physical failure of the hard disk, can you really recover?I actually asked for it, but it was quite expensive.

in Note, Posted by darkhorse