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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01

    Got it! Thank you.
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01

    Thank you, I've since seen professional head replacement videos. I understand, a speck of dust could me game over. I saw offers into the thousands. Where is this $300 offer? I'll sell a vintage microphone to pay. 24 years of work and data, a CD / LP collection complete with scans of album art...
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01

    I need to replace actuator arm and heads. I have no idea what head replacement comb kit to get. Most are for Seagate. Mine's Western Digital. Thank you.
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    Assuming the logs are those two txt files, I start a new thread now.
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    Are the logs that notepad file?
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    OK, I ran it. Do I "fix'?
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    Ah, very good. I'll run it overnight here in New York State, U S A.
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    Yes, I've downloaded FRST. I'm new to this. How does this differ from the TotalAV I installed after the incident?
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    I have no money for the head replacement tool kit until around the 1st. Meanwhile, would you recommend an affordable kit that would work with this WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01? I would be running FRST on the external drive? I have watched YouTube videos. Over and over as if practicing. Thanks, again.
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    Yes, that would be nice to move the post. I don't think there's any malware. My 8 pc was unprotected at the time. I have an app working real time now. It just so happens, the operations manager at Ft Drum hates my guts (long story). I bet he got in, wiped the drive then sent that photo to hint...
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    ok, i see now. the $1000 would be a gamble. no error message. clicked the shortcut, drive would not open. so i think they screwed it up or wiped it. and the photo they got from my external was texted to me from fort drum. i am near the end of the journey. i suppose i can live without my 24 years...
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    Very informative, thank you.
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    The parts that nearly contact the discs are damaged. So, if I use a data recovery service, they will recovery my data from the data storage chip?
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    Thank you. Can you elaborate? The actuator arm is clicking and going on and off the disk. If I replace the actuator arm / heads of my external drive, it won't read my data?
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    Head Replacement Comb for WD 2TB WDBAAU0020HBK-01 / I Was Hacked

    Hello again. Some weeks back, I apparently was hacked. And I guess I deserved it for not using a security app after Windows ended support for Defender on my Windows 8 PC. I got a text in my cell that had a photo that was only on my external HD. After that, the external would not open to access...
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