Spinstand Imaging
A Guzik 1701 MP spinstand has been used to image magnetic disks. A sample of those images, obtained from a recent drive are shown below. This imaging provides a dynamic diagnostic capability for examining hard disk drives.

Recent Ph. D. (2007)
The Study and Development of Automatic Data Acquisition System for Spin-Stand Imaging and Drive Independent Recovery of Hard Disk Data
Chun-Yang Tseng, Advisor: Professor Isaak D. Mayergoyz
http://www.lib.umd.edu/drum/bitstream/1903/6810/1/umi-umd-4298.pdf
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