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. New subject: Re: Does anybody know file undeletion from SCO Openserver ? User avatar 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 ========================================================================== Hi everybody, This hard disk belongs to one of my friends. It has fallen and has a 'head crash' now according to data recovery place. (but they don't do head replacement). She does not want to repair the hard disk but needs her data back. Please let me know if there is someebody on this forum who can help with this at a reasonable price. I am living in Germany so somebody from Germany or Europe will be preferred. Hard disk details: Brand: Fujitsu Model: MHT2040AT Capacity: 40GB Let me know if you need more details. Thanks in advance Mara New subject: Re: Fujitsu MHT2040AT Head crash(?) I'm in UK if that's any good? PM me if interested. _________________ PC Image Data Recovery www.pcimage.co.uk networkpc3000 New subject: Re: Fujitsu MHT2040AT Head crash(?) User avatar hi, please contact me by email if still need help. with reasonable price. thanks. _________________ provide entire dirve,PCB,firmware,hard disk accessories. talk to me! Data Recovery service sunnydreamspace@hotmail.com ================================================================================= Hello Toshiba MK4025GAS 40GIG HDD2190 E ZK01S The drive shorted out on connector lots of burning smell :( Can the pcb be replaced easily with one from a new drive without a chip change if not which chip needs changeing ? Can get a mk4024gas hhd2190 g zk01 s Thanks New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector PCB swap will NOT work on Toshiba HDD's as there is adaptive (drive specific data) on each pcb. Modification work would be required, it has been discussed previously on this forum. Try the search box and you'll find more info. New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector CK wrote: PCB swap will NOT work on Toshiba HDD's as there is adaptive (drive specific data) on each pcb. Modification work would be required, it has been discussed previously on this forum. Try the search box and you'll find more info. hello ck i have done a search with this number mk4025gas and read all the threads please could you link to the correct one ? thankyou N.C. New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector User avatar This not needs any link. In Toshiba, without the original and working pcb, you haven't got the reading adaptive parameters for recalibrate the drive nor the slip list. Without these the recovery is extremely hard. Janos New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector Can you upload a detailed photo of the PCB? New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector fzabkar wrote: Can you upload a detailed photo of the PCB? Hello fzbkar The connector plastic is burnt and pins lose any advise/help ? Thankyou What has it been connected to? 12V? IDC plug wrong way round? New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector andrew2010 wrote: The connector plastic is burnt and pins lose ... I can't see exactly what happened, but it could be that the IDC pins were making poor contact, in which case the current may have cooked the connector due to ohmic heating in the high resistance joint. Alternatively, you may have overvolted the PCB, in which case the TVS (?) diode D1 may have short circuited and caused an excessive current to flow. However, I would have expected fuse (?) F1 to go open in such a case. If you have a multimeter, set it to the 200 ohms range and measure the resistances of F1 and D1. If D1 is short circuit, remove it. If F1 is open circuit, bridge it with a wire link, or replace it with a picofuse (3A ?). Just be sure your power supply is OK because doing the above will leave your drive without protection. If you want to replace the diode, you can use an SMAJ5.0A from Farnell, Mouser, Digikey. Here is the pinout of your connector: pins 41-44: http://pinouts.ru/HD/Ata44Internal_pinout.shtml pins 1-40: http://pinouts.ru/HD/AtaInternal_pinout.shtml If you decide that you would rather replace the whole board, then you will need to transplant the 8-pin serial EEPROM chip at IC12 (?) from patient to donor. Before you do so, confirm the part number under the paper label. BTW, I'm not experienced in DR, so I'm seeing your PCB for the first time. The pros will tell you to search this forum for answers, but what little specific information there is, is often impossible to find. Most of the News look like they've been hacked out in SMS-ese on a mobile phone keypad, so from that point of view they are worthless. Anyway, best of luck. New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector shaun wrote: What has it been connected to? 12V? IDC plug wrong way round? Hello Shawn I think the IDC plug may have been connected wrong eg pin 41 to 43 and pin 42 to 44 but not sure pin 44 or 43 was black & lose . New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector fzabkar wrote: andrew2010 wrote: The connector plastic is burnt and pins lose ... I can't see exactly what happened, but it could be that the IDC pins were making poor contact, in which case the current may have cooked the connector due to ohmic heating in the high resistance joint. .............................................. Anyway, best of luck. Hello fzabkar I will read your comments and New back tommro Thankyou New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector I don't see any burnt components apart from the connector... u can check fuses on the PCB to replace the pcb u need to swap rom (IC12) Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: I don't see any burns... u can check fuses on the PCB to replace the pcb u need to swap rom (IC12) Data Recovery lab (mumbai) Hello Data Recovery lab (mumbai) Can you mark which fuses to check i am a newbie Thankyou New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector It is already marked... ;) Look for F1. Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector hello all sorry no update today eyes too tired. fzabkar thankyou for a detailed and comprehensive reply I may wait for a replacement hard drive/pcb, which numbers have to match for a sucessful transplant of EEPROM chip at IC12? How much would a Pro charge to recover data from this drive and how long would it take? This could be a viable alternative if all else fails. Thankyou New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector I think you might contact pcimage, as he is near. His prices are fair, please ask him for a quotation. I would estimate the price around 200eurs net. Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector andrew2010 wrote: I may wait for a replacement hard drive/pcb, which numbers have to match for a sucessful transplant of EEPROM chip at IC12? I'm not experienced in data recovery, so that question would best be answered by a professional. One other thing I would check would be whether the end pins are still making contact with the circuit board, especially the loose one. It may just be a matter of resoldering it. New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector hello all I have been offered toshiba MK4025GAS HDD 2190 B ZE01 T and MK4025GAS HDD2190 C ZE01 S, which one would be the better match for EEPROM chip IC12 swap ? Can the donor eeprom be reprogrammed in situ and at what cost ? Thankyou. New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector Hello all F1 the component below the F ? No beep on 200ohms setting. D1 is that the large rectangle adjacent to the E1 marking ? If not can you circle the correct ones on the pcb photo. Thankyou New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector :roll: _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. New subject: Re: Toshiba mk4025gas shorted on connector Hello drc Why the rolling eyes ? Just wanted to confirm the donor drive codes and component markings. The components are very small, in some cases smaller than letter markings on pcb. I am familiar with larger electronic components but this is first time on 2.5'' drive so am a newbie. Thankyou. ============================================================================== so one of my family decided to use a program to delete there hard drive. but as they where doing the reformat the power went of in the house. the drive in qeastion is a seagate ST9808211A MOMENTUS it has got what it says a frozen password locked so i can not unlock it with pc3000 anyone know which pin it is to short out so i can unlock this drive for them thank you New subject: Re: SEAGATE HARD DRIVE FROZEN password LOCKED ok i found out that they used a program on hirens bootdisk and the drive program frozen the hard drive. so you can not delete it New subject: Re: SEAGATE HARD DRIVE FROZEN password LOCKED There should be a solution still... Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery New subject: Re: SEAGATE HARD DRIVE FROZEN password LOCKED I agree, password should still be possible to remove. Maybe problem is not ATA lock, but other problems causing problems with identification/interface which reports itself as ATA lock? I have seen some cases in the past where bad interface or bad PCB causes bad ID and ATA lock appears to be present.... New subject: Re: SEAGATE HARD DRIVE FROZEN password LOCKED If HDDerase v4 was used then you might want to have a read of the documentation readme file. =================================================================================== Hi all, The site offers a firmware update for seagate hard disk http://files.Hard Disk Recovery Lab.com/download/Firmw ... s/Seagate/ (The one on the bottom - 8h_SD1A.zip ) How do I use it? How to update the firmware of the wanted hard drive? Thank you very much! New subject: Re: How do I update the hard drive's firmware? The drive has to be in full working order to apply the firmware. It's a firmware UPDATE, not a repair. _________________ PC Image Data Recovery www.pcimage.co.uk New subject: Re: How do I update the hard drive's firmware? I would advise you to avoid HDD Guru firmware downloads. Instead, the most recent firmware updates are available from Seagate's web site: http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/mes ... ad.id=8968 There are Windows versions and CD ISO (FreeDOS) versions. If your drive is suffering from the BSY bug, let us know. New subject: Re: How do I update the hard drive's firmware? User avatar Why don't you contact Seagate support. They should be able to help you. _________________ Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. ~ Anton Chekov New subject: Re: How do I update the hard drive's firmware? Hi, Thanks for the quick response. How do I know if my problem is the "bsy bug"? thank you guys! unknown20010 New subject: Re: How do I update the hard drive's firmware? User avatar Just connect it to your PC and see what will happen. If detected normally ( with real capacity ) then your drive is (approx.) working fine, if not detected or detected but with 0MB then you have to fix your drive first then update the firmware. _________________ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. =============================================================================== Hi Everybody I have a samsung SP0411N , after powering up , motor spin is not normal. Here is terminal what could be the issue , any suggestion . ForcCom 003C ForcCom 003D ForcCom 003E ForcCom 003F ForcCom 0040 ForcCom 0041 ForcCom 0042 ForcCom 0043 ForcCom 0044 ForcCom 0045 ForcCom 0046 ForcCom 0047 ForcCom 0048 ForcCom 0049 ForcCom 004A ForcCom 004B ForcCom 004C ForcCom 004D ForcCom 004E ForcCom 004F ForcCom 0050 PhsLd Fail P SP R ForcCom 004F ForcCom 0050 PhsLd Fail P4: +00080 SP Phase Strt(C4A)Err OnErr New subject: Re: samsung SP0411N Most likely damaged spindle motor. New subject: Re: samsung SP0411N hddbug wrote: I have a samsung SP0411N , after powering up , motor spin is not normal. Isnt this a big clue? =============================================================================== hi all first hdd customer hdd laptop st9500325as pn:9hh134-566 fw:0001BSM1 this hdd is fallen then clik clik and not detect with 0 byte detect in pc3000 ( model and serial is ok but size 0 byte ) mqaybe for rom flash second hdd st9500325as pn:9hh134-566 fw:0002bsm1 this hdd was work conditional repalce head is model hdd is it true? do you think head fail New subject: Re: hdd laptop st9500325as 500 seagate head fail as the hard drive has been dropped it wont be a rom flash problem the reason for it to be clicking all the time is that it has lost its service area alighment so that why its 0 bytes and its more likely possible headstack damaged which your have to replace. New subject: Re: hdd laptop st9500325as 500 seagate head fail thanks fro replay i swape head but not worked , i think missed second head then i swaped head again with original donor the first time detect (true size) and then not detect again in port terminal Rst 0x08M RW cmd 0002 req = 40 55 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9A 05 00 FF 9E 05 00 00 9A 05 00 opts = 00001121 RW Err = C3160080 RW cmd 0002 req = 40 55 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9A 05 00 FF 9E 05 00 00 9A 05 00 opts = 0000112 F3 T>/1 F3 1>N1 Init SMART Fail LED:000000CC FAddr:00237E89 LED:000000CC FAddr:00237E89 what means this message? it mean heads or any of 4 head in failure New subject: Re: hdd laptop st9500325as 500 seagate head fail i tested with second donor with same model and firmware 0002bsm1 in end not detect again swap head to original head and worked 1. first head write white stiker wy4-t TICB-C i2. second and third head is writed wy4-t TICB-B in this condition 1,2 heads not match is it true? with thanks ha bid New subject: Re: hdd laptop st9500325as 500 seagate head fail Donor disk for seagate: 1 Same Model 2 Same FW ================================================================================ Hi guys. i've recently bought a WD 500GB hard drive. IT works fast and cool (relatively, betweeen 35 to 41). But it makes an annoying sound while reading\writing data. http://www.easy-share.com/1909109017/Hd ... 0noise.WMA 3.3 MB High quality http://www.easy-share.com/1909109047/Hd ... ise56k.wma (For 56k users) 0.9 MB Please listen to the recorded file and let me know if it's a broken drive. Please note that there is no distance between the hole on the top of the HDD and microphone, that's why it's so clear and a bit loud. Some folks say it's pretty normal. That's usually what you hear when there is a read/write process. One guy said the heads are touching the disc, tough it wont damage the disk itself and the psu won't cause this; it lies solely in [b]the construction of the drive.[b] New subject: Re: New WD Hard drive making grinding/scratchy noise (recorded s :?: What do you Guys think? Is this HD reliable? New subject: Re: New WD Hard drive making grinding/scratchy noise (recorded s Sounds abnormally scratchy - take it back. No hdd these days should be annoying to live with. New subject: Re: New WD Hard drive making grinding/scratchy noise (recorded s pixels, i did that, they said that's pretty normal, it's just reading/writing data. Did they lie to me? :oops: BTW, They are not an official WD branch. The dirve is made in thailand, not america. :? New subject: Re: New WD Hard drive making grinding/scratchy noise (recorded s IMHO this sounds not OK at all. A current hard drive should not emmit such a combination of scratching/clicking noises. That can't be healthy in the long run. Seeking noises that most drives produce are OK, but this constant high frequent sound, even right after powering it on sure doesn't sound like it is normal. New subject: Re: New WD Hard drive making grinding/scratchy noise (recorded s magnetestone wrote: pixels, i did that, they said that's pretty normal, it's just reading/writing data. Did they lie to me? :oops: BTW, They are not an official WD branch. The dirve is made in thailand, not america. :? I wouldn't go so far as to say they lied to you. In the past I have found wd to have an annoyingly clicky head seek, but I'm sure their current drives are much improved in this regard. But yours seems not only somewhat clicky, but to have an added intermittent high pitched squealy sound behind that. I certainly wouldn't put up with it or trust it. You may find that many wd's are made in thailand, the ones I have are. New subject: Re: New WD Hard drive making grinding/scratchy noise (recorded s User avatar Quote: Sounds abnormally scratchy eh? _________________ ??????? If you can keep your head when everyone else is losing theirs, maybe you don't understand the situation. New subject: Re: New WD Hard drive making grinding/scratchy noise (recorded s Ok, so the conclusion is that this is not a normal noise, and it needs to be fixed. Thank you for this information. But how? How can i fix this? What is causing this sound? Can anyone guess? Maybe i should ask an expert to do this. Because..... ..i'm not very good at fixing sensitive devices. New subject: Re: New WD Hard drive making grinding/scratchy noise (recorded s User avatar Too late get a new drive. Better luck and would not suggest you buy this drive again try a Samsung you will have better luck on this one. _________________ Iorana Haraharaini New subject: Re: New WD Hard drive making grinding/scratchy noise (recorded s [B]Too late get a new drive. [/B] LOL, that's my old hard disk. I know it's not repairable :) @ those who listened to the attached sound, can you explain what is causing that sound? ======================================================================= Hello everybody, this my first New in this forum. I would like in advance all of you will give me some hints. After powering a WD5000KS enclosed in a USB external case with the power supply of a different USB case (having as I discovered later a different arranging of the 12v and 5v), the Western Digital 500Gb SATA HDD was burnt. I can clearly see (apart of some cracked components) even a PCB trace which is blown. Oboviously the disk is not even recognized by BIOS, does not spins when connected to power (and so on) but still full of my data... I waited one year to find a donor HDD at an affordable price on ebay (10$). Donor is WD500ks-00MNB0 13-APR-2006 HBACAJAA WMANU1148800 pcb (WHITE LABEL) 2061-701383-E00 AB XW3H11 2Y66 1 0007380 6387 pcb label on the side without components is 2060-701383-001 REV A and 04V-0 Receiver is WD500ks-00MNB0 06-MAR-2006 HBACAJAA WMANU1093539 pcb (WHITE LABEL) 2061-701383-E00 AC XW3H11 12RZ 1 0001350 6351 pcb label on the side without components is 2060-701383-001 REV A and 04V-0 As you see the receiver has a pcb white label with has an AC instead of AB and with 0001350 instead of 0007380, but the other labels are identical. The ebay seller told me that the receiver HDD was dead but: 1) this disk is still detected by BIOS (so PCB is working, I suppose), 2) Partition Magic recognizes 4 partitions but any trial to delete them and reformat resulted in error #111117, so as the seller told, the disk is non working I swapped the PCB and the receiver HDD now spins and I heard the heads moving a couple of times but is not even recognized by BIOS (the BIOS shows it with a empty label during startup and crashes when I try to manually detecting the disk entering in the BIOS). In other words, when I put the donor PCB on the donor disk, at least BIOS detect it and show a label (lot of numbers...) but when the same PCB is applied on the receiver, not even recognized (and also partion magic does not show it). So my question is: the donor PCB+Receiver HDD could be not working due to a incompatible firmware issue or maybe the 12v-5v swap has blown even the receiver heads / preamp? In the first case maybe I can go on an try a ROM swap (I have some knowledge on electronics even if surface mount wothout the proper tools are a nightmare), in second case I have just to trow both HDD by the window. Any suggestions are welcome. Clearly, the data inside the blown HDD are not worth the cost of a professional data resue. Thanks. Ettore New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap Ettore, PM me with contact details. I am in Italy too and at least I can do a professional diagnose / recover at reasonable fee and quick response. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap @BlackST Thanks for your interest, but I don't need a professional repair. I'm just doing it for fun. Ettore New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap User avatar you can transport your question, to the Fun Staff session. enough is enough. Xronis _________________ T3 Professional Data Recovery http://www.t3-recovery.com New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap Allora se vuoi solo divertirti trova la soluzione da solo, non produciamo divertimento gratis. E' pieno di altri forum piu' adatti. Then if you want to have fun, find yourself the solution. We don't make fun for free. There's plenty of more suitable forums. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap You won't be able to solve your issue/s on your own. If your data is not important to you, leave it and move on. I guess if you waited for a year for a replacement drive, data is worth something to you. Make up your mind! _________________ Don't gamble with your data! New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap @BlackST I'm new of this forum but I know the forum rules better than you. Hard Disk Recovery Lab FORUM RULES Do not New messages like "I can help you just PM me"-->just lok at "ettore, PM me with contact details" Using any other language besides English-->look at "Allora se vuoi solo divertirti trova la soluzione da solo..." Beside that, your response is unmotivated and aggressive. You should be really desperate, what's going on, poor little man, not too much broken HDD here in Italy? Or just too few clients? Not surprising... after seeing how you can exstabilish an emphatic communication so easily. If I will ever need a professional, you will be surely the one I will avoid. T New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap It's you that said "I'm just doing it for fun.". This is insulting the professionality of the pros who helped here a lot of people in many ways. You had two other clear answer from other VALUABLE members of the forum. So long and good luck. Obviously if I will ever need a customer.... P.S. about being desperate, it's not me. A year without data means two things : 1) data not important (surely) 2) can't afford a pro consult = DIY = possibility of destroying data. Your stuff, your choice. People should never be helped on these things. Period. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap This is unbelievable BlackST, asking some help for repairing a HDD in a DIY fashion (for me is equal to "for fun") is an insult to a professonal? Really? Top level professionals are often top level human beings (no, I'm not talking about you) and such people does never feel insulted from any help request, even those coming from a non professional like me. Other members of the forum have already demonstrated a wider mind than you. Sorry for boring readers other than this black guy (a really appropriate nickname, however). From now to ethernity, I will ignore him. Anybody can suggest some more specific hints, however? New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap Assuming you haven't baked the original ROM, swap it to the donor PCB. If you still get clicking, the preamp is probably blown, and you might as well toss the drive out. Preamp / head service for this series is difficult and expensive, even for seasoned pros. There are compatibility and alignment issues even if you don't ruin the platters by yourself. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap If I will ever need a professional, you will be surely the one I will avoid. You are a newb looking for a solution to a problem. What kind of help do you really think you will get with your arrogant and ungrateful attitude towards other members? Assuming you wanted a professional recovery, do you know the average cost of recovery on these drives? Do you know the average cost when customer has attempted work themselves? I do not think the disk you have has external ROM on PCB, so no matter how much 'fun' you are having, if PCB is fried you will need professional help for any hope of repairing. If data is not important, simply replace your disk and forget about it. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap @hddguy First of all I wish to apologize for my crude tone, even if I was definitively not the first, in this New. Second, I would like to thanks everybody (you included) who suggested something constructive. Third, the scope of my New was just to collect some help and suggestions, since I'm not an expert in the HDD field and I wanted to try some DIY with my disk, at my own risk. This definitively means that I don't need a professional service, othervise I'm fully capable to find it by myself. Simply, I wish to learn something which seems very interesting. Sorry if this makes somebody angry but it's not a problem of mine. BTW, seems that the PCB has a ROM (U12) and seems that is not fried. Thanks again. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap If there is ROM at U12, then match a replacement PCB from same family disk, preferably exact model (including the 6 digits after the WD5000KS) and swap ROM to donor PCB. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap I have a same hard drive as the one you guys are talking about with the clicking problem. The "professional" help that I was looking for was kind of expensive so I figured there will be some DIY's on this forum. I don't care if any of you take this the wrong way or not, but you got to be kidding me with your discussions. (not just this thread but the so called pros in other threads too. Sure you probably might have some expensive equipment in your shops, but it sure seems like all you do is to source the right part for the job and take your chances if some parts from a similar hard drive will fix your problems or not. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap Benassi, i dislike the way some of the data rec specs on this forum use it as a private fishing pond to get an extra job or 2 a month with 80 percent New consisting of smth like " No DIY send to pro " Or "PM me ill do it" . But what u are saying is waaaaay off. Sourcing a part and just taking a chance with repair u say ? U might as well say - oh damn , all u did was fix the god damned space shutle, whats hard in that. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap benassi97 wrote: all you do is to source the right part for the job and take your chances if some parts from a similar hard drive will fix your problems or not. Go for it and let us know how that works out for you _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap drc wrote: Go for it and let us know how that works out for you I will. I have a feeling that my chances of sourcing the exact part might be less than yours, but my chances of that part fixing the hard drive, is about as much of a luck as yours. :wink: New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap You reckon? What a clown, it ain't gonna happen! _________________ PC Image Data Recovery www.pcimage.co.uk New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap benassi97 wrote: drc wrote: Go for it and let us know how that works out for you I will. I have a feeling that my chances of sourcing the exact part might be less than yours, but my chances of that part fixing the hard drive, is about as much of a luck as yours. :wink: Actualy , ur chance of sourcing exact part is the same as ours. A lot of big boy hdd resellers advertise on the net. But without tools and knowlege that part in ur hands is just so much dead metal and plastic. New subject: Re: WD5000KS destruction after a 12v-5v swap Exactly Alexii, you are spot on! _________________ PC Image Data Recovery www.pcimage.co.uk
WD5000AAKS S.M.A.R.T Test "Current Pending Sector Count" Hi folks, I've been experienced some slowness in my (secondary) WD Blue Caviar HD, so I did run a HDDScan S.M.A.R.T Test, and this is the report: Image As far a I can read it, there's a warning regarding "HDA temperature and "Current Pending Sector Count". I can understand and solve the temperature issue, but I'm unable to understand the "Current Pending Sector Count" one. Is it critical? Can it be solved? Thanks in advance for your help. Hello and welcome. 49C is a little high for operating temperature. Not quite in the "Danger zone" but I would recommend finding means to cool it down alittle, bring it into the lower 40s/high 30s Pending sector count means that the drive found 9 bad sectors, and is in the process of moving them into the G-list, at which point you will see the "Reallocated sectors count" have 9, and the pending sector count should go back down to 0. ========================================================================== Seagate 7200.10 - 500Gb Head Crash Hi to all, Just to share this case: Have disk disk with a head crash: Attachment: IMG_3777.JPG IMG_3777.JPG [ 835.39 KiB | Viewed 594 times ] Attachment: IMG_3772.JPG IMG_3772.JPG [ 897.05 KiB | Viewed 594 times ] Attachment: 222.jpg 222.jpg [ 134.41 KiB | Viewed 594 times ] I clean the 3 platters, all they have a head crash in the PARK ZONE. _________________ ZeBong can you retrieve the data? Will try it next week. Just waiting for the heads. :) _________________ ZeBong Good luck! _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. Hi, This one was recovered: Attachment: Resize of DSC_3232.JPG Resize of DSC_3232.JPG [ 209.6 KiB | Viewed 522 times ] Attachment: Resize of DSC_3239.JPG Resize of DSC_3239.JPG [ 163.68 KiB | Viewed 522 times ] had about a half milimeter deep groove on the parking zone :) So it can be done, heads up! _________________ - Data recovery Good work Data Recovery lab (mumbai), yes when i look at my case and see that went to other DR company and they did not want to take a try in the recovery they say can not do it. So i will give a try :) This case is from a raid 0 _________________ ZeBong Hi Data Recovery lab (mumbai) just curious to know how much data was recovered from the drive, looking at the outer end of the platter there is alot of scratches. did you have to replace multiple sets of heads in the process. thank you Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: Hi, This one was recovered: Attachment: Resize of DSC_3232.JPG Attachment: Resize of DSC_3239.JPG had about a half milimeter deep groove on the parking zone :) So it can be done, heads up! Sorry I am a skeptic on this one, not buying it. :D Wow, if you can recover meaningful data from this drive, I'm going to have to bin all that I thought I knew about head crashes and data recovery . . . . Good luck. You're gonna need it! Data Recovery lab (mumbai), if you are able to recover only one sector of this drive.....You are God :mrgreen: Data Recovery lab (mumbai) is a big wizard, i can say this, but btw for this drive i can see some chance too... like this kind of case. some drives can be recoverable. but had to pay more attention on scratch part. _________________ provide entire dirve,PCB,firmware,hard disk accessories. talk to me! Data Recovery service sunnydreamspace@hotmail.com God can recreate the data from the filter... that's a big difference between us :D Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: Hi, This one was recovered: Attachment: Resize of DSC_3232.JPG Attachment: Resize of DSC_3239.JPG had about a half milimeter deep groove on the parking zone :) So it can be done, heads up! I have had a few cases with scratches and grooves in parking zone, after head change data is accessible but the longer drive is powered and being accessed the worse the media gets. Eventually entire platter looks like the one in your image. Im guessing data recovery from it in the condition it is in now is next to impossible... How do you prevent the heads from being driven into the scratched area? Starting the drive with the heads parked somewhere else on the surface couldn't be solution, could it? There is software solution but only for some times, and more different HW solutiions existing for the cases. try modifying the limiting stop and see what happens. :wink: Also a good idea of knowing what sectors are where on the actual platter is also good to know. Cleaning is critical... _________________ - Data recovery hi Zebong ur doing very interesting and hardwork hope u will done if platter not damage so.. keep it up Good Day i also have same problem with seagate ST3160815AS it has one platter only parking area has scratch both sides up and down is it possible if i change parking area by putting something on head Actuator near to Voice coil.