actually cut out a template of where it would fit into. remove that piece from the new disk, drop the evidence into place and then actually tape it on the backside so that it was now became a part of the whole. >> to hold the pieces together they used a clear tape with an adhesive like the post-it notes holding one side together so they could read the other. using a test disk, the technicians placed it inside the drive and turned on the computer. the result was a disaster. >> we ended up actually slinging the head across the room in our office because during one of the tests, the disk actually broke the head off of the disk drive, flung it across the room. >> the problem was the thickness of the tape. they needed to find a thinner tape with the same adhesive properties.