Hey guys,
i have a problem with my external SAMSUNG HD154UI. windows and tools like acronis disk director dannot format it, there always occures an error.... i have also tried low level formatting, didn't work neither. s0kill can't identify the hdd...

however, i have ran hddscan s.m.a.r.t. and it says: Image maybe you can help me? greetz Vapu

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RMA is the solution... Data Recovery lab (mumbai) - Data recovery drc

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You have a lot of bad sectors. Get rid of it. You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. Alexii

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Count of reallocated sectors. When the hard drive finds a read/write/verification error, it marks this sector as "reallocated" and transfers data to a special reserved area (spare area). This process is also known as remapping, and "reallocated" sectors are called remaps. This is why, on modern hard disks, "bad blocks" cannot be found while testing the surface – all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors. However, as the number of reallocated sectors increases, the read/write speed tends to decrease. The raw value normally represents a count of the number of bad sectors that have been found and remapped. Thus, the higher the attribute value, the more sectors the drive has had to reallocate.

Here u go =) Riped it from S.M.A.R.T wiki. Reallocated Sectors Count atribute is considered critical. U have it in the red. Ur option is to return he drive m8.

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what means "RMA"?

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Returns Material Authorisation. I.e. Send it back to the manufacturer for replacement PC Image Data Recovery www.pcimage.co.uk Hello..
I have been looking around the web for a forum that might be of help to me. I decided to stop here first only because I have used Hard Disk Recovery Lab products in the past, so I am presuming the forum would contain knowledgeable people.
I am in a bit of a problem with a HDD. It is completely my fault. This is not a question of drive failure, only human failure.
I have a Seagate 1TB FreeAgent external Drive which I intended to use as backup. I only purchased it 3 weeks ago, so it should be pretty healthy. Anyway, because I had so many other random 3.5" drives lying around, near failing, I ended up putting everything of value on this Seagate, and then, of course realized I had defeated the purposes of a "back-up" drive, and now needed to backup my drive that was to be my backup drive.

Of course, I never got around to doing this for the ensuing 2-3 weeks after purchase of the drive and transfer of my files. I can tell you a good deal of information about this catastrophe, and what I am seeking is some sound advice. I know there are so many methods and applications which claim to do miraculous things, but I really have not touched it since this problem occurred yesterday. OK, here we go:

Before my disaster, this was what my Seagate drive looked like when I ran fdisk -l Code: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 93062 747520483+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdb2 93063 121601 229239517+ 83 Linux

Without discussing how or why I made this mistake (trust me, I have beaten myself up way to much already), the following actions were taken by me on this drive which caused its damage:
1. Believing it was a USB pendrive (!!), I first formatted it as follows mkfs.vfat (only the first 1500MB) mkfs.ext3 (the remainder of the drive, so approximately 995+ GB were formatted as ext3.

2. Then, still not realizing I was tampering with my main storage drive, and having some problems with copying files to the "pendrive" (which was my Seagate), I started a dcfldd wipe on it. But my intelligence finally resumed as I noticed that the dd command was proceeding beyond 4000MB, and I knew something was amiss. I immediately stopped the dd command.

Since then I ran testdisk, which did find the NTFS partition, and then Photorec, which allowed me to recover 100,000+ files without directory structure or names. I stopped that process midway through because that was going to be of no use to me.

To aid in anyone's diagnosis or suggestion, after running Testdisk, here was the result: Code: Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121602 255 63 Partition Start End Size in sectors D HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 121600 254 63 1953520002 D HPFS - NTFS 0 1 8 82862 254 63 1331194025 D HPFS - NTFS 0 1 15 93061 254 63 1495040953 D Linux 82863 0 1 121600 254 63 622325970 [Linux_Backup] D Linux 93062 0 1 121600 254 63 458479035 [Linux_Backup]

Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition. Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics: *=Primary bootable P=Primary L=Logical E=Extended D=Deleted Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files, Enter: to continue NTFS found using backup sector!, 1000 GB / 931 GiB

So... I am here seeking any other assistance I might find. The main partition of value is the NTFS partition. I am currently in Linux, but will use any OS necessary to recover these files even if I only get 80% of them, I really need the directory structure and names of said files.

I purchased two one (1)-Terabyte external drives today to make this job easier, as I know I will need the space. I realize that by wiping the first 4GB I have destroyed the MBR and the file table... but I also know that NTFS is unique in the way it has meta-data throughout the filesystem.

ANYONE....who could please offer some words, advice, tricks, hacks, magical spells, or incantations (I am open to anything), I would be greatly -- immensely -- appreciative. Please let me know.... I am near a panic attack as it is.. I know this is my fault, and that only makes it worse. Thanks, Paul :shock:

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You wipe your drive and fill it with 0's there is no magic to repair this one. You want back file structure, directories and file names. You best hope on this one now is raw recovery. You might be lucky and get back your data on this one but not the way you want it and then you will spend time to rename and refile all your data. Iorana Haraharaini

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Hi, you can use Get Data Back NTFS and try to recover your files. http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-products.htm Bosse

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demonet wrote: 1. Believing it was a USB pendrive (!!), I first formatted it as follows mkfs.vfat (only the first 1500MB) mkfs.ext3 (the remainder of the drive, so approximately 995+ GB were formatted as ext3.
How big did you think your pendrive is?
There is plenty of commercial software you can try, but all give different results and some can even be destructive so choose wisely. You will likely lose any form of directory structure you previously had, and potentially many files will be damaged or overwritten. The only sure way to ensure all the required data you need is to consult a professional. Alternatively, look for some good software and be prepared to spend a few dollars on decent software.

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The first thing to be done is to buy in another 1TB drive and make a by sector clone copy of your original!!!! Then you can mount the cloned drive in a system and run anything you want on it until you find a program which will give you the full file system & folder tree. There are many recovery utilities which have evaluation versions to try before you buy. If you find what you are looking for you should really recover to a 3rd drive. Good luck!

Alexii New subject: Re: I may be smart, but after this, I should not reproduce. i had good luck using easus and file scavanger on formated drives for the recovery. Both have the ability to display the file/folder tree , but in ur case ,like it was said before , ull most likely get data raw. U can still shift through them by the extension.

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Easus and file scavanger are worthless. If you need a good software take the advice of getting Get Data Back for NTSF, R Studio, WinHex, and USF Explorer. Then you have a better chance to get your data back using these prorgam than using Easus and receiving 500 x's the files after a scan on this one. This will not produce the files you are looking for. Follow the advice choose wisely your software and invest in it so you can try and get your data back. You might have to purchase more than one software to do this one with and then that is another issue on this one. Money and how much you will need to pay for all the software that can do this for you. Weigh out this cost and the cost of a good DR company who has the necessary tools needed to do this work for you. Then you can see which one is better for you to proceed with and get your data back on this one. Realize that some software packages can run you 500 dollars and up when doing this type of work. Iorana Haraharaini

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Mater of opinion i guess. Easus and scav worked good for me. I do however have R-Studio and several other programs as well. Didnt have to use em since easus did the job for me lately.

My HDD is 80G Seagate sata
Model :ST380215AS 7200.10 FW:3.AAC
when i test with teminal have error :
1024k x 16 DRAM NHAWK - 1_Disk S-41 10-23-06_16:40 HM SFI
! (P)SATA Reset Failed sys sect. write! Nwt Er 33 RdWr 13923.00.0003
Read Ver Retrys
Read Ver Retrys
Read Ver Retrys
Read Ver Retrys Read Ver Failure! Failed sys sect. write! Nwt Er 00 RdWr 13923.00.0003
Who can help me fix this error ?
Thank alot

New subject: Re: Who know this error anh how can fix it ?
A DR pro You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep.

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Professional tools and knowledge can do this one for you. Iorana Haraharaini

It is running a HTFS file system. Some file are accidentally deleted. Does anyone have the skills to search for the deleted file? Not to use stella or kernel, they just don't work with undeletion at all.
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contact Sean from PCimage he is in your area. He has the professional tools and software to work on this drive and find your deleted files. You can send him a PM on this one and he can work with you on this one.
Iorana Haraharaini
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If you don't mind sending it abroad, NC or I can do it in Hungary, as drccsc mentioned. regards, Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery I agree to Data Recovery lab (mumbai), Maxtors are not drives to start teaching yourself from. A deep knowledge of FW structure is required most of the time to get the data back. I do not like saying "Send it to a pro who know how to manage", but sure is better than try to do anything yourself! I also can help you with this but I'm even far away than Data Recovery lab (mumbai) - Bulgaria. _________________ S. Karakashev Hi Guys, many thanks for your help. I'm in contact with the manufactor of the software which is lost in rely of the defetive hdd. Perhaps i'll get the drivers and software from him. If i need somebody who can fix this drive, i will send a reply in this topic. best regards florian Which software? _________________ - Data recovery thewebmaker wrote: Hi Guys, many thanks for your help. I'm in contact with the manufactor of the software which is lost in rely of the defetive hdd. Perhaps i'll get the drivers and software from him. If i need somebody who can fix this drive, i will send a reply in this topic. best regards florian Hello, Be careful! With maxdiag or the new seagate tool you can kill the drive. Janos thewebmaker wrote: Hi HDDGurus, I own a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 40GB harddisc, with a firmware problem. MHDD shows this hdd as a 6E040L1. No Access to drive is possible. I hear no knocking sounds or similiar. So i think the heads and the platters are OK. I read often that i need a pc3000 controller with software to transfer the firmware files back to the drive. Google shows me no prices / offers for this card, but i doubt it will be cheap. Could I send the hdd to someone here in the board, to flash the firmware ? The data of the hdd: DiamondMax Plus 8 Code: NAR61EA0 6E040L0511014 K,M,C,A B8FEA Ardent Chipset I'm located in the middle of germany. I'm also glad if you have tips to repair / flash the drive by myself. Thanks and a happy new year Florian For me, it looks like your drive have no FW/SA nor critical HW problem. I suggest to you to try to diagnose the drive with MHDD's scan option, and New a picture of the result. Maybe we can help remotely or at least localy... If Data Recovery lab (mumbai) are right, and your drive is in SA-C, than there is no safe and easy way for you to solve the problem alone. But someone who have a proper tools for this, this is an easy task, and can be cheap as well. Janos 6E040L1 usually means the drive is started from SA-c... Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery thewebmaker wrote: Hi Guys, many thanks for your help. I'm in contact with the manufactor of the software which is lost in rely of the defetive hdd. Perhaps i'll get the drivers and software from him. If i need somebody who can fix this drive, i will send a reply in this topic. best regards florian I think he is talking about the lost software in the drive, not for fixing himself :) Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: 6E040L1 usually means the drive is started from SA-c... Data Recovery lab (mumbai) Agree _________________ S. Karakashev Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: 6E040L1 usually means the drive is started from SA-c... Data Recovery lab (mumbai) Yes, thers is the point. :) L1 not L0. OK, the drive was ss-ed (or modified) before or right there in SA-C. Janos I am suspecting that ROM SA or ATA overlay is damaged. Anyway, it is strongly recommended not to mess with the drive because lack of knowledge will drive you to screw it up much more and the recovery price can be easily multiplied by a positive rational number... right tools in wrong hands are pretty dangerous. Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: NC or I can do it in Hungary, as drccsc mentioned. Sorry Data Recovery lab (mumbai), did not mean to leave you out! :oops: _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: Which software? I mean the software which was / is on the harddisk. @ N.C. What kind of information do you need from mhdd @ALL Could you explain me the meaning of SA-C ? Thx for your help Flo thewebmaker wrote: @ALL Could you explain me the meaning of SA-C ? SA-C is a second copy of Service Area on a disk. If your drive has some issues, such as: bad sectors, overheating and etc; Main SA will get corrupted and will block access to User Data area, to prevent user from damaging it any further. SA-C will allow to analize/fix Main SA in order to get access to User Area. _________________ Don't gamble with your data! thewebmaker wrote: Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: Which software? I mean the software which was / is on the harddisk. @ N.C. What kind of information do you need from mhdd @ALL Could you explain me the meaning of SA-C ? Thx for your help Flo 1. F2 and all information after this. 1b, scan map if there is a way to do that 2. SA-C Is the factory generic version of your drive's primary SystemArea. Your drive's main SA is damaged, and the drive falls back to the factory state in this case. Fortunately the generic state don't do any of the LBA or usual ATA commands for prevent any "bad move". It is good only for be source of SA restoration and running the factory recalibration routine (SS) wich destroys the user data and automatic rebuild the main SA. Janos ========================================================================= Need schematics for ST3250620AS HI! I'm looking for seagate barracuda 7200.10 250 Gb ST3250620AS STX-L3510(B) schematics. Can somebody help me? =) This is all that I had... ================================================= 22.bin read hi, first: i´m from german, my english is not well! i´ve got a wd2500BEVT locked with ata-password on high level master-pw-revision is FFFE (hdat2) it was installed in a notebook, the owner forgotten his passwords for bios and hd. now i´m trying to find out the hd-password, maybe it´s the same on bios, so i can unlock it. can someone tell me if the pw is writen in this file: Quote: Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00000000 3C 55 00 01 00 00 20 00 64 00 00 BA 00 19 01 00 TOP