I have a Seagate 80 HDD that I'm trying to recover data off of it for a friend. His power supply in his computer blew up sending a surge to most of his components, one of which being his HDD. Since the power supply blew up the HDD will not power on. In fact if I plug the drive into a new computer that computer will not boot. The New screen won't even show up. If I plug the Seagate drive into an external enclosure and then try to power it on the LED light on the enclosure flickers for about a second then that's it. I'm wondering if I was to replace the board on the Seagate HDD if that would work long enough just to get the data off of it - family pictures and such. This is what I'm working with... Seagate 80GB Barracuda 7200.9 HDD S/N: 5LR3HC2L MODEL: ST3802110A P/N: 9BD011-500 FIRMWARE: 2.AAA DATE CODE: 06404 SITE CODE: WU Now the other kicker seems to be I can't find the exact same item on ebay or other stores. The closest I've found is: Model: ST3802110A P/N: 9BD011-302 Firmware: 3.AAD Date Code: 06327 Site Code: WU and this... Model: ST3802110A P/N: 9BD011-304 Firmware : 3.AAH Site Code : WU Would I be wasting my money buying one of these and using the board on my drive or is this drive even worth trying to get data off if it won't even power on? Thanks for any advice you guys can give me. New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? User avatar Do search here on TVS many times over this subject has been discuessed. New pictures of your board if you need help on locating the TVS described in other News here on the forum _________________ Iorana Haraharaini New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? Just so you know what we're talking about: http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/pa ... .do?id=824 Just an example. Of course there are many other manufacturers for these. BTW, I recently had a Seagate 7200.11 drive here which had a blown TVS on the 12V line. The diode straight shorted the 12V line to GND. Removed the blown diode and replaced it with a new one with the same rating, et voilà, the drive is working fine, as if nothing ever happened. Not a single error in the self test. But, that doesn't mean that it has to be that easy for you, too. ;) New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? If you have a multimeter, set it on the 200 ohms range and measure the resistances between ground and each of the +12V and +5V supply pins. If either of the supply inputs measures zero ohms, then test the TVS diodes on the PCB for shorts. See the following article to help you identify the components. HDD from inside: http://hddscan.com/doc/HDD_from_inside.html Once you are satisfied that your PSU can be trusted, you can remove the shorted diode by desoldering it or snipping its pins with side cutters. The drive should work perfectly without it, albeit without continued protection on the affected supply rail. New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? poehere - let me say I'm sorry for wasting your valuable time having to read something that's been Newed before and further waste it by you replying to it. If I knew what to search for I would, but thanks for your two cents. MadOCer, fzabkar - Guys thanks for the replies but this is all over my head. I don't know what a TVS is nor do I have a steady hand to try to desolder or solder anything. I was hoping to just buy a new circuit board on the HDD and swap out what's on the drive. So far by the replies this doesn't seem like it's that easy. Nonetheless I appreciate the replies, this just might be a lil more then i can handle. New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? It's really not that complicated at all. If you need the data bad, get a pro to work on it (I sure am not one of them :) ). But if you really can afford to lose the data and maybe "only" get the drive back to work, then you could always see if you can find someone who knows some Electrical Engineering basics or something similar (maybe you already know someone who does). That person should easily be able to a) find the parts we talked about and b) check for you if they are the cause of the problem. This really is just a 5 minute task. New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? User avatar Take a photo of your PCB board. You do not really have to have soldering skills to remove this TVS. If you can New a picture we can show you what to do. It can be removed by a pair of cutters where you can just snip the sides of the TVS and remove it. Don't be so quick to judge people when you replay after they try to help you out. I just pointed out that if you do a search here on TVS you will find many News here and what to look for on your PCB board. It will show you what to remove and try this to see if you can get data off your drive. You can test this with a volt meter and see which one is bad after you New a photo of the pcb board here. If it is only the TVS that is damaged and did not damage the preamp inside the drive you have a good chance to get back your data but also consider that the drive is no longer protrected so you should just get back the data and then either take it to an electronic shop and have the TVS replaced or throw the drive away and get a new one. That is your only option on this one. _________________ Iorana Haraharaini New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? poehere - Again, If I knew what to search for I would have searched for it at the start. I have no idea what a TVS - I didn't know when I started this thread and I still have no idea what it is or does. So you harping over that I should have searched for "TVS" is pretty silly. Here is the picture for fun, though I have a feeling this is probably best suited for the pro's as you've mentioned MadOCer... You could also have a look at this thread: need-help-with-seagate-barracuda-7200-500-gbytes-dead-t14560.html There's some additional information Newed there. New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? User avatar Thank you. Now on the right hand side of your photo you will see next to the screw two TVS. They are square and stick up some from the others on your board. Get a volt meter and set it to 200 and when you power on the drive test the points where they are soldered. One is a .5V and other is a 12V you should be able to see this when you use the probes on your volt meter to read this one with. If you see 0.0 then you can take a pair of angled cutters and just cut the TVS off your drive. A TVS I guess I can say in terms you can understand is like a fuse in a circuit box. It is there to protect your drive. Now if you have an electrical problem in your home you fuse box will blow a fuse and it needs to be replaced. This is what the TVS does for your drive. I think this is simple enough for you to understand this one I hope. You do not need to get so angry and upset over this at all. We were just trying to help you and I think you are taking it the wrong way. It is you who have come here to ask for help and in doing so you are angry at the answers you are receiving. If you feel this is too complicated and not a good idea for you to do this where in the USA are you located. We can try and help you out and put you in contact with a person here on the forum who can help you to fix this drive and recover your data off of it for a reasonable price. _________________ Iorana Haraharaini New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? poehere, Your explanation makes perfect sense for a dummy like me to understand. After taking a very close look at the two spots you pointed out I noticed the large of the two TVS had what looked like a hairline crack or bulge. I cut it off and powered on the drive. IT WORKED! I'm copying data off of the drive now as I type this. Thanks for all the help guys, very much appreciated and I assure you my friend thanks you as well. New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? Good to hear that it worked. If you intend to keep using the drive, you should replace the TVS. Otherwise you would risk losing the drive and data completely next time that there is a voltage spike on the voltage rail that this very TVS protected. ;) New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? Wood wrote: poehere - let me say I'm sorry for wasting your valuable time having to read something that's been Newed before and further waste it by you replying to it. If I knew what to search for I would, but thanks for your two cents. . Im glad your friend has his data back, but i am genuinly surprised anybody helped you with the bad attitude you got. You could easily have lost all the data, just hope next time he enlists the help of a different friend with a better attitude and more of a understanding of the situation. Data is irreplacable, and with your attitude you could almost have lost it all. @poehere - Glad your helpful, but sometimes it is just without gratitude... New subject: Re: Possible to recover data from Seagate drive? User avatar HDDGuy: Yah I know I should of told him to take a hike on this one becasue of the way he was. I never tried to answer him the way he responded to me. I understand he is no more grateful for what I explained to him than the next DYI person arriving here for spoon feeding. They come here and leave and never think twice of the professionals in this field and the years it takes to have the knowledge necessary to repair the drives that arrives to us broken. They believe like one client of mine yesterday who has a head problem. He said to me "I do not want to change out the heads on my drive all I want is to recovery my data" Wow that one is amazing what does he think that we can extract his platters and magically inset them into a CD Rom drive and get back his data. I told him good luck on this one and if your engine in your car is broken and you take it in for repair. They tell you that this needs to be changed out what will you tell them I do not want to change out that part all I want to do is drive my car. I got back him answer good point and well taken. Next time if you ask for help and want it for free think twice on how you give back your answer for the help you have received. _________________ Iorana Haraharaini ============================================================================== I have seagate 500gb Sata hard disk st3500320as and firmware is sd14 which spin normally and it initialise normally but does not detect in bios, i also change logic board with same but it giving clicking sound how to solve this. New subject: Re: 500gb Spinn normally but does not detect mukesh_raval wrote: I have seagate 500gb Sata hard disk st3500320as and firmware is sd14 which spin normally and it initialise normally but does not detect in bios, i also change logic board with same but it giving clicking sound how to solve this. AFAIK the PCB is not your problem if the drive does spin up no problem. You should instead put the original PCB back on and look into the well known firmware issue, also known as the "BUSY"-Bug. There is plenty info and lots of how-to descriptions online. For example here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128807 And many, many more online. Maybe even in your native language. Just search. New subject: Re: 500gb Spinn normally but does not detect User avatar Changing out PCB board will not solve this problem for you. A DR shop can handle this one and fix it for you and get your data off your drive. Tell us where you are located and we can recommand a person from the forum in your area to do this job for you. _________________ Iorana Haraharaini New subject: Re: 500gb Spinn normally but does not detect PCB is not your problem, like poehere says.. seek pro help _________________ PC Image Data Recovery www.pcimage.co.uk New subject: Re: 500gb Spinn normally but does not detect mukesh_raval wrote: I have seagate 500gb Sata hard disk st3500320as and firmware is sd14 which spin normally and it initialise normally but does not detect in bios, i also change logic board with same but it giving clicking sound how to solve this. Here are repair procedures for Seagate 7200.11 drives: http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/ http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=128807 Tutorial with photos: http://www.overclock.net/hard-drives-st ... -pics.html Pinout of Nokia CA-42 cable's Pop-port connector (use pins 6,7,8): http://pinouts.ru/CellularPhones-Nokia/ ... nout.shtml See the following technical bulletin: http://atulchitnis.net/files/seagate.pdf Seagate were at one time offering free data recovery services to those customers whose drives were affected by the bug. This may still be the case. ====================================================================================== #################################################3 I have the above drive with what I understand is a common problem. I can read all SA modules, all read heads test good but I can not read any LBAs. I also have the following error, which I understand is common to this type of failure...head0 and head1 both show cylinder -1 with an identical error, all 169 other tracks test good. I was advised by one forum member that tis was a common error and simply rectified...just read the PC3K maual. I did but didn't see anything helpful. Any suggestions? Oh yes, regenerating the translator didn't work. _________________ Thanks, GB New subject: Re: WD10EVAS-00D7B1 is there a solution to this? Translator is fine, just not loaded due to other errors, all mentioned in previous topics... New subject: Re: WD10EVAS-00D7B1 is there a solution to this? could u link plz? New subject: Re: WD10EVAS-00D7B1 is there a solution to this? Yes Please. _________________ Thanks, GB New subject: Re: WD10EVAS-00D7B1 is there a solution to this? If you have genuine PC3K UDMA then you'll have access to the forum, the answers there. But of course you'll need PC3K UDMA to apply the solution. _________________ PC Image Data Recovery www.pcimage.co.uk New subject: Re: WD10EVAS-00D7B1 is there a solution to this? U meen Yareks workaround ? ====================================================================================== I have WD10EAVS-32D7B1 able to read all of its modules & ROM, In initial structure test Mod 24 copy 0 & 2D copy 0 were bad so I replaced with copy 1 now structure test is ok all of its modules are ok but unable to read data did regenerate translator but same result. Can someone help ? Regards New subject: Re: WD10EAVS-32D7B1 unable to read data Did you get this resolved? I have the same problem. _________________ Thanks, GB unknown20010 New subject: Re: WD10EAVS-32D7B1 unable to read data User avatar Having the same problem with WD 1TB, but I'm working on it. I'll New the results soon. Good luck guys _________________ 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 to all, Need a loader for this disk ST3250823AS M-27 FW.3.06.137 Regards _________________ ZeBong ========================================================================== I have Samsung HD321KJ (T166s), drive has been played around by computer shop and has been opened. The drive initially has no power, swapped pcb no power to the motor, i thought the motor is dead, checked resistance to windings and it turned out to be motor ok. Head replaced with a working donor and motor is working but continuosly clicking and shutdown Could this be mismatched in headmap or incompatible preamp or thew worst case PCB is not native? thank you all. Got this errors: SPW 1.5G LinkOk! ADC: 0001 SpnOk spd: 0000 0000 0000 H: +00000 ADC: 0001 DAC: 8E8F UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00001 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00002 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00003 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00000 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00001 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00002 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00003 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00000 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00001 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00002 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00003 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00000 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00001 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00002 UF 3 1stGrayErr H: +00003 UF 3 1stGrayErr WriteSctLog -- buffer not valid LED 13 0000 _________________ ?????? ????, ????? New subject: Re: Need Help with Samsung HD321KJ Solved! PM me for solution. _________________ ?????? ????, ????? ==================================================================================== Hi all, I have seagate's hard drive 750 GB which suddenly the bios recognize as "capacity 0". I've tried diffrent software without any succsess. I have tried to use the software that in the website and I've got the following error: http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3869/31375123.png How Do I luck the password or the wat to recover the data. New subject: Re: ATA Password on seagate's Hard drive + pic * How do I remove the password and how? Thank you very much! New subject: Re: ATA Password on seagate's Hard drive + pic User avatar Where are you located we will sugges a DR company with the correct tools in your area to do this one for you. Should not be that expensive on this and you can contact them for help _________________ Iorana Haraharaini New subject: Re: ATA Password on seagate's Hard drive + pic User avatar hi, i can handle it. please contact me by email if still need help. thanks. _________________ provide entire dirve,PCB,firmware,hard disk accessories. talk to me! Data Recovery service sunnydreamspace@hotmail.com ========================================================================= I have had about 10 drives from western digitals newest models with smartware (ex. WDBAAF0020HBK) that the componets on the external controller board have failed, unfortunately when I hook the drives to the computer the drive looks as though it is encrypted. I had spent a good amount of time verifying with the clients and they all swore they never passworded / encrypted their drives. What I did was I bought one of these drives, put data onto it, then removed it from the enclosure and hooked it up to my computer via usb adapter, and the same issue, data is on the drive everywhere it should be, but is encrypted, however when I use the controller card the data is there and usuable. Has anyone else run into this and has anyone come up with a solution for this issue? New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems Quote: WD's best-selling My Book Essential USB external Hard Drive features WD SmartWare Software that backs up your Data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost files effortlessly. Secure the drive with military-grade, 256-bit hardware-based Encryption and password protection. Ugh. _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems I realized they had hardware encryption, but I still would have figured client would have to enable it, however I researched the topic and understand now. Hmm, any suggestions for how to get around this when I have a failed controller board? Cleanroom New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems We had a WD come in a couple weeks ago with the same issue. We removed the drive from the enclosure and realized that all the data was encrypted. Then we did some research and noticed that the controller card in the external enclosure that has the USB connection is what stores the encryption information. At least from our tests of that one specific drive. They fried that controller, luckily one of our engineers was able to get it working again. So we hooked up the drive back to the external enclosure, plugged it in through USB and the data was there waiting for extraction. The client will have no idea that it is encrypted since it is encrypted from the manufacturer. That is as far as our research went, since we were able to get the data back. so you need both the drive and the enclosure working New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems Cleanroom wrote: We had a WD come in a couple weeks ago with the same issue. We removed the drive from the enclosure and realized that all the data was encrypted. Then we did some research and noticed that the controller card in the external enclosure that has the USB connection is what stores the encryption information. At least from our tests of that one specific drive. They fried that controller, luckily one of our engineers was able to get it working again. So we hooked up the drive back to the external enclosure, plugged it in through USB and the data was there waiting for extraction. The client will have no idea that it is encrypted since it is encrypted from the manufacturer. That is as far as our research went, since we were able to get the data back. so you need both the drive and the enclosure working Thanks, that's pretty much the conclusion had come to, but I just wanted to see if there were any other ways to do it besides the solution I've come up with Pixels New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems What wd have done here seems pointless :? or am I missing something??? I mean, what is the point of having an encryption scheme between two components that travel together in the same case - how does this make one's data safer?? New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems Pixels wrote: What wd have done here seems pointless :? or am I missing something??? I mean, what is the point of having an encryption scheme between two components that travel together in the same case - how does this make one's data safer?? Surprisingly i am still confused on this as well. Unless the client is supposed to put a password on first time use. If not the default encryption seems a little unnecessary. Since if you were to lose the device it is not like just the drive would get lost. There may be more to this, but I have yet to see it :) New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems Cleanroom wrote: Pixels wrote: What wd have done here seems pointless :? or am I missing something??? I mean, what is the point of having an encryption scheme between two components that travel together in the same case - how does this make one's data safer?? Surprisingly i am still confused on this as well. Unless the client is supposed to put a password on first time use. If not the default encryption seems a little unnecessary. Since if you were to lose the device it is not like just the drive would get lost. There may be more to this, but I have yet to see it :) Glad I'm not the only one bemused by this :) Please, someone tell us we've got it wrong, that wd haven't created a system were the data is padlocked but with no way to take the key out of the padlock :? New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems Typically drives like this come with some sort of manufacturer software to put a password to the encryption (for a similar example see any flash drive with a SanDisk controller). _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems Ah, ok. So the data is always encrypted and if you have not nominated a password, then the data will always be decrypted when plugged into another m/c. If you have nominated a password, then you'll be asked to enter that password when the drive is plugged to another m/c. So by not nominating a password, the key is indeed left in the padlock - fair enough, but unfortunately if the hardware goes up in smoke, that key is lost. Would be better for all if no password = no encryption New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems And that's what makes recovering data from SanDisk flash drives fun! _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems And even better the 2.5" drives are encrypted and the controller is built onto the LB, should be a fun new obstacle :D New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems I hope you have your IR BGA rework station ready _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems User avatar drc wrote: I hope you have your IR BGA rework station ready Sigh, the future of data recovery is IR BGA reworking all day, and rebuilding controller algorithms all night.... New subject: Re: New WD external drive problems Sounds expensive :mrgreen: _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. ================================================================================ Hi everyone, I am looking for the tool which remove the hard disk password - ATAPWD I didn't set any password before and this is probably the common passwords of seagate's, which I don't know what they are.. :? Some one can share the common passwords that seagte uses for her hard drives? Thank you very much! :) ================================================================================== I've taken my wifes hard drive from her computer, which was running windows xp, and hooked it up to mine via usb external case. I'm running linux hardy heron. The problem in her computer was that it would start to boot then restart before it finished... seemed like it was looped. Anyway now when I try to access the boot partition via my hardy heron laptop I get a long error message that I'm going to partially paraphrase... I'll get more specific if someone needs me to... Quote: CANNOT MOUNT VOLUME unable to mount the volume 'volume name'. details $logfile indicates unclean shutdown (0,0) failed to mount /dev/sdb2': operation not supported mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Quote: Choose 1 action: choice 1... if you have windows.. I DONT SO I WONT BOTHER TYPING THIS PART" Quote: Choice 2: If you don't have windows then you can use the 'force' option for your own responsibility. For example type on the command line: mount -t ntfs-3g/dev/sdb2/media/(volume name) -o force I tried this putting this in the terminal and it didn't seem to help. Quote: Or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file: /dev/sdb2/media/ (volume name) ntfs -3g force 0 0 Can anyone help? What is the relevant row and how do I get to the /etc/fstab file? Thanks New subject: Re: Problem with drive and error message I don't understand... User avatar fstab probably won't help... you could plug it back into a windows PC and google "clean dirty partition XP" _________________ Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. ~ Anton Chekov
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 40G Hi Bios detect Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 40G . I checked with Maxtor Utility i got the error message 0ffffff bb1100000 I cannot see the partions and hdd in xp or dos.ld Could u pls advice me what to do . Thank u a lot It has to be fixed before you can access it. _________________ Don't gamble with your data! ===================================================== Hitachi Drive - Constant Clicking Sound Damaged Drive Hitachi Deskstar MODEL: HDT725032VLA380 P/N: 0A33663 MLC: BA2364 PCB: 0A53043 BA2178_ Donor Disk Hitachi Deskstar MODEL: HDT725032VLA380 P/N: 0A33663 MLC: BA2364 PCB: 0A53043 BA2178_ There was a constant clicking sound on the damaged drive, suspecting head damage, replaced head from donor drive. But still the same. I tried swapping PCB no use also. Please let me know if you have any idea of what is happening? Cheers -Jag Any visible media damage? CK wrote: Any visible media damage? No visible platter damage did you check the heads you used are still good? _________________ My hobby is numismatics - http://coins.zoxt.net/ did you test donor before you used it? Have you tried putting the heads from the original in the donor to cross check whether the heads are really the issue? sounds like bad headswap or bad donor ========================================================== Drive PCB Without ROM submitted any idea? 7200.10 drive from client, without the ROM in PCB... _________________ __________ There is no substitute for education and experience THANK YOU SHAHI I won't be surprised if there some other issues with a drive besides a ROM chip. _________________ Don't gamble with your data! the ROM CHIP was removed already from the PCB while client submitted the drive. _________________ __________ There is no substitute for education and experience THANK YOU SHAHI The ROM on 7200.10 does not contain adaptives unique to the drive, so matching compatible ROM will allow for compatibility. If you can not get original ROM, I would start by trying to find donor PCB with matching code eg. 100406541. Alternatively if you have large collection of ROM resources for 7200.10 you can try several to try find a match. You will need to verify compatibility via Terminal output as I have a feeling there may be other problems also :( Am I wrong thinking that SA location varies on .10 and it is hardcoded in the ROM? Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: Am I wrong thinking that SA location varies on .10 and it is hardcoded in the ROM? Data Recovery lab (mumbai) Maybe you are right, I am not totally sure. I have had some success in PCB replacement without ROM soldering, but also some cases where ROM transfer is needed. Maybe with .10 it is possible to simply get lucky :) you have to be very lucky if SA location is the same but it is possible, I've had some success with Travelstars without changing ROM. (1 out of 300!) HDD Spaz wrote: you have to be very lucky if SA location is the same but it is possible, I've had some success with Travelstars without changing ROM. (1 out of 300!) Were your hands sore after changing 300 PCBs :lol: hddguy wrote: HDD Spaz wrote: you have to be very lucky if SA location is the same but it is possible, I've had some success with Travelstars without changing ROM. (1 out of 300!) Were your hands sore after changing 300 PCBs :lol: Ok, I should have mentioned over the course of a few years. lol. I've made interesting experiences with seagate drives in the past. I didn't understand why SA location changed after a selfscan. In fact tracks change but gray code always seems to be the same. Reading the rom after the selfscan showed no differences... In drives with the same firmware revision, gray codes seems to be constant but, tracks are different and pcb swap is possible without swapping rom. But these drives were not .10 thx all for cooperation, i will let you know updates _________________ __________ There is no substitute for education and experience THANK YOU SHAHI ===================================================================== How to clean platters Good Day any one know what material do i have to use to clean platters. I know 3M have specific solution for cleansing platters. Alternatively, I am sure this topic has been covered previously in this forum, see if you can find older topics through Search option. Thanks HDDGUY. ======================================================= seagate 7200.12 issues hi all i am hoping someone can assist with issues i am having with a 7200.12 drive model no ST3500418AS f/w cc34 initially drive would get ready, when i try to clone drive it will startto clone for about 100 thousand blcks and then stops cloning, and keeps on showing black blocks in DE suspecting heads with the drive i took a set of matching heads, same model, same country, same f/w and now drive just lcicks softly 11 times then spins down and gets ready, it will show, model, f/w and s/n but not the size of the drive. terminal is not showing any thing in it, i can set baud rates but dont get any error messages for leds like the 7200.11 drives. Any ideas on how to proceed will be greatly appreciated. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone here a merry chrsitmas and a happy successful and great new year and thank all for answering my News over the year. Thank you Did you at least try and jump the black sectors? or even reverse? hi, tried jumping with different paramaters set, tried reverse, tried Atola also and same results on both pc3000 and Atola crecomp wrote: initially drive would get ready, when i try to clone drive it will startto clone for about 100 thousand blcks and then stops cloning, and keeps on showing black blocks in DE I think this is a common issue with the F3 drives, and results from a bad block or blocks that canot be relocated and prevent translator loading correctly. I think you need force relocate these blocks. crecomp wrote: suspecting heads with the drive i took a set of matching heads, same model, same country, same f/w and now drive just lcicks softly 11 times then spins down and gets ready, it will show, model, f/w and s/n but not the size of the drive. I think now there may be physical issue if it clicks often then powers down. The model fw and sn are identified from PCB not SA. crecomp wrote: terminal is not showing any thing in it, i can set baud rates but dont get any error messages for leds like the 7200.11 drives. Any ideas on how to proceed will be greatly appreciated. Try to isolate PCB to get terminal, then spindown and reattach HDA then on spinup you may get terminal access, but if HDD clicks then maybe new heads are needed, or maybe even place original heds back if available. I think the original issue is related to bad blocks preventing translator loading. I have had some success with this on some drives, not had a 7200.12 with this issue. You can PM Data Recovery lab (mumbai), I know he has good solution for this that should help. crecomp wrote: I would also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone here a merry chrsitmas and a happy successful and great new year Merry christmas to you also :) =========================================================================== Which programmer can program Marvell (ROM) chips In some hard drives I am unable to copy builtin ROM (marvell). Does anyone can name Marvell ship programmer? I will appricaite. P?3000 :lol: , not always though... Maybe Salvation Data _________________ Don't gamble with your data! http://www.google.com/search?&q=ARM+JTAG _________________ My hobby is numismatics - http://coins.zoxt.net/ ==================================================================== please point me in the right direction Hello forum, I'm very much a newbie so please bear with me. I had a 1 TB HDD in a D-Link DNS-323 NAS which I then put into my Windows 7 machine. I believe the drive is formatted via Linux; because of this it wasn't recognized by my Windows computer. In order for it to become recognized I changed it from a simple drive to a dynamic drive; now I'm fully unable to access the data on it. Can anyone recommend a fix for this? continue in this thread: please-point-the-right-direction-t14308.html