I've done repairs that way sometimes, but older OS can wear SSD out a lot faster than normal. It is a less than ideal solution, but does speed up old platforms a lot (thus, usually we provided the recovered disk image file backup on another drive.)
Most modern HDD include proprietary sector error-mapping in flash on the controller chip. Thus, unless you have the vendor software you are not going to access anything helpful, or get away with a donor drive controller pcb.
Sometimes, people learn the hard way about backing up regularly, and testing the recovery set periodically. The rise in remote workstations has had its downsides for sure.
Most modern HDD include proprietary sector error-mapping in flash on the controller chip. Thus, unless you have the vendor software you are not going to access anything helpful, or get away with a donor drive controller pcb.
Sometimes, people learn the hard way about backing up regularly, and testing the recovery set periodically. The rise in remote workstations has had its downsides for sure.
Cheers =3