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I don't have the latest PC3k UDMA but does that not support incorrect PCB swapping with embedded flash? Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. ~ Anton Chekov

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Hi, yes, it has some functions I saw, but didn't have a chance to try. Data Recovery lab (mumbai) - Data recovery

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This function has nothing to do with fixing unresponsible PCB My hobby is numismatics - http://coins.zoxt.net/
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guru wrote: I don't have the latest PC3k UDMA but does that not support incorrect PCB swapping with embedded flash?

I saw this update Dec 2008, and I think that this will solve making original and writing to replacement PCB. To me, this implies that they are reading SA area, and using data on SA to make ORIGINAL ROM w/adaptives.

I already know how to repair original PCB when embedded is corrupted or damaged. Sometimes is faster to solder chips than to source or order PCB. WD Marvell ROYL series don't when corrupted or damaged. I solved this problem already, so I know how to fix PCB, but now I like to know how to make original ROM from SA area on WD ROYL. This is strictly an academic exercise at this point.

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BlackST wrote: Please pm me. We should talk one on one on IM or voice if you wish. I am half way with research and so some other people. Maybe together we win, alone we all lose.

Count me in, I'm more than eager to discuss this matter further.
I am still in progress doing my own research on newer WD drives, and may be we can exchange info about Marvel My Forum
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is there any modification in the pcb can be done to deal with external rom
Hi all, I hope somebody can point me in the right direction. I have a ST3500418AS that worked for about 9 months, and died suddenly after a simple reboot. Not sure what happened, but I didn't abuse the disk in any way.
I tested it with Seatools, and this is the result:
Model: ST3500410AS
Firmware Revision: CC34 SMART - Pass 12/25/2009 10:23:10 PM Short DST - Started 12/25/2009 10:23:17 PM Short DST - FAIL 12/25/2009 10:23:47 PM SeaTools Test Code: AEA8DBE0
Attached is the sound it makes on startup (I amplified it a lot). Thanks!
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Anybody? I forgot to mention, BIOS recognizes it after a long delay with HDD led on, but with 0GB size. Could this be a firmware problem, like on the 7200.11 models?
Thanks.
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That info is from the PCB. is the data important ? ZeBong

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I agree with Zebong it is Firmware Problem.
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zebong wrote: That info is from the PCB. is the data important ?

I'd prefer no to send the disk, as it contains my personal data, pictures, etc. OTOH, I have backup.
My question is more about what happened, could it be a firmware fault or (listen to the audio sample) is it a motor failing.

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Finally I RMA'd the disk and they send me a refurbished one, but with new firmware: CC37 However, I'd still like to know what was wrong (listen to the audio sample, please). Thanks.
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similar failure like 7200.11, it belongs to firmware failure and can fix. Hitachi Travelstar 80GB laptop drive. The owner got the computer from his former work...so no longer able to access support. Encryption is guardian encryption anywhere...

His wife has all her pics of kids and other non-replaceable files on this drive w/ no backups. Please Help.
when booting off of hard drive, the encryption software launches. I have the password and the drive opens, but windows is corrupted from an attempted upgrade and the computer stops at cannot find os.

how can i recover the files after the drive starts up and decrypts? or is there a way to decrypt them as a secondary drive. I have tried EASUS DRW Pro with a sata/ide to usb block and the drive is not recognizable. Also unable to initialize the drive.

thanks, firesaibot

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Try and get a Guardian Boot CD (if they make one)to see if you can decrypt the drive that way.
If they have one it should boot from the CD, and see you have a Encrypted drive on the system, and you may be able to put the password in there and decrypt the entire drive.

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This drive needs professional tools in order to unlock this drive. You will need to get your friend to have proff of ownership of this drive then a professional DR company can unlock it for you. Nobody here will tell you how to do this yourself becasue we see too many drives with password locked that come in that people can not prove they are their drives. Get ownership then someone can help you to unlock this drive. It should not cost a lot to do this job if the drive really belongs to your friend.

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User avatar he talk about data crypt not HDD lock ;o) _________________ Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. ~ Anton Chekov

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News: 206 I don't know the guardian software but what would happen if........... You prepare the same windows laptop with a clean install on a different hard drive. Then you mount the encrypted drive on a usb port. Install the encryption software on the bootable drive. Attempt to open folders on the encrypted drive using the known password.
HDP725050 GLA 360 - 500GB Hi to all, Have this disk that the first it looks like a motor stuck. When i open it i see that the motor was not stuck, them i give power with the disk open and help the spindle to spin. Close the lid , take to the UDMA and try to power it it spin but no ID. I notice that the PCB was a little "HOT" in the red box in the pictures. Any help will be great. Regards _________________ ZeBong I have seen similar but in .11 1.5TB seagate. The spindle is damaged and requires more power to spin than the pcb was designed. If the damage lets the axis to vibrate enough than the eccentricity is the additional problem. If the vibration is too much the heads can damage as well. Janos Thanks Janos, But in Hitachi platter swap is more difficulty i have sucess in segate in hitachi have to try it. Anyone have sucess in a platter swap like this one ? _________________ ZeBong I could resolve the PCB problem, the spindle was ok, now the disk spin and i could get ID. I am cloning head 0 1 2 , head 3 is making some noises, will try it lather. _________________ ZeBong Zebong we i had check this family HDP with head crash at the middle of platters be carefull Regards =============================================================================== SG Momentus 5400.6 - Burned PCB Hi all, My HDD burned (controler for the engine), so I decidet to get the same one and to relace the PCB. Today I get the new one how ever with different HW revision. And it doesnot work. Does any one have any advice what to try??? Description: HDD Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9250315AS old one (damaged) SN: 5vc7044B PN: 9HH132-286 FW: 0002SDM1 Date: 10092 new one SN: 5vcbpdje PN: 9HH132-500 FW: 0001SDM1 Date: 10221 The PCB is the same how ever it differs in used components slightly. It uses different chip for the motor control. After swithching the PCD motor runs, how ever the head is seeking. HDD remains undetected. Is there any significant difference in those two revisions or would be possible to change firmware or data disk it self (I have access to the clean room). The question is if the geometry of the disk is he same or not. I would be glad for any information I have valuable data on it. How ever I don't want to spend the fortune on the profesional data recovery. I will be glad for any information Best regards Pepa If after exchange PCB hdd did knocks sounds, HM HM by terminal that could be meaning damage inside HDA, the cause the damage shorcut could be pass into MHA " Magnetic head Assmebly" , on this way u need a DR Lab for that process ,f i no knocks " partial recalibration" so that should me mean un need wrote adaptives info into u Donnor PCB u could check that too by terminal Regards Hi, It is the new architecture, so it won't emit HM messages. I am sure a rom transfer is still to be done. Data Recovery lab (mumbai) _________________ - Data recovery Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is F3 architecture. In which case the ROM is unique and contains adaptive data even down to the serial number, so a ROM swap is essential. _________________ PC Image Data Recovery www.pcimage.co.uk Isn't that what I was saying? _________________ - Data recovery Data Recovery lab (mumbai) wrote: Isn't that what I was saying? Yes, I was replying to the OP :-) _________________ PC Image Data Recovery www.pcimage.co.uk ====================================================================== Iomega Star Center500GB Good Day i have a problem with Iomega Star Center Ext HDD 2x250 GB seagate IDE in it is detecting in network and showing 0GB capacity Thanks for any Response. You must connect disk directly to the sata/pata cable. What model of disk do you have? Good Day Thanks for reply it is ST3250823A seagate IDE 250GB i connect directly to PC checked with R studio software it shows 4 partitions inside of Each Drive do u think it is Raid0 ?? Good day check this link for more Details about Drive https://iomega-eu-en.custhelp.com/cgi-b ... d=1snC77Rj Have You access to data? Is data ok, or maybe picture is striped? If it is RAID 1 - you have exactly copy on both of the disks. If it is RAID 1 - the best way you should use DMDE for image the disks, and then try to rebuild the RAID. Thanks Arvika but it has RAID0 i checked with Runtime Raid reconstructor trying to copy disk in new Drive. Sorry, in second line should be: If it is RAID 0 - the best way you should use DMDE for image the disks, and then try to rebuild the RAID. Addition: DMDE have a nice function to build virtual RAID 0 :) Good day i used Run Time Raid reconstrcutor i configure Raid0 and copied in 1 TB External HDD it has Xfs partition i Run UFs explorer for Data Recovery it shows some Data but not with Structure most of the data is corrupted if any one face same Problem please share u r Experiance this is Drive Model check link https://iomega-eu-en.custhelp.com/cgi-b ... d=YZgP8yRj on one face same problem like this???? you have to determine raid starting sector, block size and disk order. then run your ufs explorer. ====================================================================== ST31000340AS Hi to all!!! :mrgreen: Problem bads heads. Please info (pm). Heads compatibles? (model?. etc?) Thanks !!! _________________ ??? ?????? ???????????? =================================================== Beat Seagate sound Hi, gurus! I have Seagate Momentus drive from fallen laptop. There is sound file. http://www.trivik.lv/images/stories/SeagateMomentus.mp3 What conclusions and advice? Heads definitely bad, could be media damage. You will need a pro for this one, needs to be opened in a clean room/clean bench and properly examined I would not power this drive on any more if the data is valuable. Regards, Data recovery done! The bottom heads stucked at the begining of parking ramp. I turn spindle and move heads on plates, keep turning and move heads back to parking ramp. ========================================================================== $69.95 Data Recovery Software Give away! EASEUS is giving away its full version of Data Recovery Wizard, it is said that it can recover files even if you deleted file completely, formatted a partition, partition was lost or cannot be accessed. I'm going to download and try it out when time permits and thought I would alert others who may want to give it a whirl as well. http://www.easeus.com/giveaways/drw/ ================================================================= toshiba MK8032GSX Fuse Could any one mark the Fuses for Toshiba GSX laptop drive. Thank you, Carlos Attachments: MK8032GSX.JPG MK8032GSX.JPG [ 139.18 KiB | Viewed 113 times ] The most obvious place to look would be near the power connector. I see an F1 near the middle pins. I don't see an F2. Its F1, check continuity. ============================================================ HDD seen as Cd Rom Still my problem is not solved, my usb hard disk is still being monitored as a cd drive, but i got some more information. ------------------------------- HDDScan Identity Report Model: TOSHIBA MK3252GSX Firmware: LV010J Serial: 9884P0ZPT LBA: 625142448 Report By: HDDScan for Windows version 3.1 Report Date: 11/01/2010 16:37:55 Main Information Name Value LBA SupportYes LBA28268435455 LBA48625142448 ATA Version8 Logical Sector Size512 bytes Physical Sector Size512 bytes Cache size8192 KB ECC bytesNot Reported Nominal Form factorNot Reported RPMNot Reported InterfaceSATA Connected throughUSB bus DMA Support Name Value DMA SupportYes Multiword DMA 0Supported Multiword DMA 1Supported Multiword DMA 2Supported UDMA 0Supported UDMA 1Supported UDMA 2Supported UDMA 3Supported UDMA 4Supported UDMA 5Selected UDMA 6Not Supported PIO Support Name Value PIO SupportYes PIO 0Supported PIO 1Supported PIO 2Supported PIO 3Supported PIO 4Supported Features Support Name Value SATA Gen2 3.0 Gb/sNot Supported SATA Gen1 1.5 Gb/sSupported Software Settings PreservationEnabled Commands queueSupported Queue depth32 NCQSupported TCQNot Supported Host Protected Area (HPA)Supported Automatic Acoustic Management (AAM)Not Supported Advanced Power Management (APM)Enabled Power ManagementSupported Read look-aheadEnabled Write cacheEnabled Password ProtectionSupported SMARTEnabled Device Configuration Overlay (DCO)Supported General Purpose Logging (GPL)Supported Streaming featureNot Supported SMART self-testSupported SMART error logSupported SCT Command TransportSupported SCT Long Sector AccessNot Supported SCT Write SameNot Supported SCT Error Recovery ControlSupported SCT Features ControlSupported SCT Data TablesSupported ---------------------------------------- HDDScan S.M.A.R.T. Report Model: TOSHIBA MK3252GSX Firmware: LV010J Serial: 9884P0ZPT LBA: 625142448 Report By: HDDScan for Windows version 3.1 Report Date: 11/01/2010 16:43:28 Num Attribute Name Value Worst Raw(hex) Threshold 001 Raw Read Error Rate 100 100 00000000-0000 050 002 Throughput performance 100 100 00000000-0000 050 003 Spin Up Time 100 100 00000000-0694 001 004 Start/Stop Count 100 100 00000000-0305 000 005 Reallocation Sector Count 100 100 00000000-0000 050 007 Seek Error Rate 100 100 00000000-0000 050 008 Seek time Perfomance 100 100 00000000-0000 050 009 PowerOn Hours Count 092 092 00000000-0C89 000 010 Spin Retry Count 115 100 00000000-0000 030 012 Device Power Cycle Count 100 100 00000000-0276 000 192 Power-off retract count 100 100 00000000-0114 000 193 Load/unload cycle count 099 099 00000000-4C75 000 194 HDA Temperature 100 100 39 C 000 196 Reallocation Event Count 100 100 00000000-0000 000 197 Current Pending Sector Count 100 100 00000000-0000 000 198 Uncorrectable Sector Count 100 100 00000000-0000 000 199 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 200 200 00000000-0000 000 220 Disk shift 100 100 00000000-0051 000 222 Loaded hours 099 099 00000000-02B3 000 223 Load retry count 100 100 00000000-0000 000 224 Load friction 100 100 00000000-0000 000 226 Load-in time 100 100 00000000-0159 000 240 Head flying hours 100 100 00000000-0000 001 ------------------------------------------------- Hope this helps :( its password protected. Quote: its password protected. Am I missing something? I cannot see it anywhere in the log... Data Recovery lab (mumbai) ===================================================================== Seagate 7200.11 InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest Does anybody occur the following message? Rst 0x10M (P) SATA Reset PASSPackage Verified Send Status: COMRESET seen InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 00CF70F2 InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 00CF70F3 InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 00CF70F4 InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 00CF7102 InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 00CF7103 InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 00CF7104 Allocation of sectors ,, mmm similar "syntomphs" to oldest families, same solution :?: its my guess Thismeansican'treadLBA#andiwriteittothependiglistinseagatelanguage. :mrgreen: i have a JOB like that today Rst 0x20M (P) SATA Reset PASSPackage Verified Send Status: COMRESET seen InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 00000057 InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 00000058 InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 00000059 InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 0000005A InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 0000005B InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 0000005C InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 0000005D InitiateMarkPendingReallocateRequest for disc_lba: 0000005E _________________ ZeBong ===================================================================== My friends external drive fell unconected now cant read is it possible its the case that is damaged and not the drive or is it 50:50 chance? it was stored and when she opened the storage door it fell. tried twice to hook the usb, it wouldnt read. i think its a seagate 1 or 1.5 Tara external drive. very probable the disk itself. These seagates are very sensitive to a drop. Dobre _________________ Murphy was an optimist I am sure she wont spend the price fixing such a drive usually costs. she doesnt have any money and even if she did i know she wont. is it worth a shot to take it out of the box and try connecting it directly? is there any chance to such an act? Had a customer this afternoon with exact same problem. Here is the advice I gave him: 1. Buy a new external drive to back up important data from your pc NOW 2. if your data is important: - if you dont have the money now or dont want to spend it now - - store your disk on a save place and put money aside day by day for a later DR 3. any hardware/software action to your drive on DIY basis will definitely cause more costs for DR 4. if your data is not important - forget the drive and do with it what ever you like 5. there is - for sure - no other option or hint or suggestion
Crucial Data Recovery Folks, does anybody know how good is CrucialDataRecovery.com? It looks like offering the best prices for hard drive data recovery. Any reference would be appreciated. Thanks. ================================================================== wd3200mbvv password protected anybody know how to disable password on this one? do i need to convert it to sata? then pc3k? Attachments: DSC00013.JPG DSC00013.JPG [ 33.43 KiB | Viewed 82 times ] Yes, convert it to SATA first _________________ My hobby is numismatics - http://coins.zoxt.net/ =========================================================== Safe Boot encryption I have a drive that is encrypted with McFee's Safeboot software, the drives OS crashed and now it can't boot. Now i cannot access my Data. If you slave it on another machine the first partition is not accessible(gives you the " Do you want to format now" dialog box) and the second partition is not available in my computer, but you can see it in the disk management as a free space. Has anyone solved such a problem. Is there any one can help me with getting the Data Back and how much it could cost me to get the data back. Whatever you do, do NOT click Format. The partitions are encrypted, hence why you are getting this message. If the drive is from a corporate environment, your IT Department will be able to assist you. You need to use the recovery CD that McAfee supply. ================================================================== Locked 2.5" IDE MobileMax, non standard master password I have Maxtor/Seagate 2.5" (STM980215A) IDE hard disk locked by a friend by Dell laptop BIOS. I searched at several forums and tried various software i.e. ATAPWD, MHDD, HDat, HDD Repair but couldn't find a way. Someone used SeDiv to read the vendor track but I don't know does it require to connect by COM port. Is it possible to read vendor track just by connecting through the normal IDE connection? Like I read HDD Repair can be used to read/write on Maxtor, WD, Samsung and Fujitsu HDDs, is it possible in Seagates just read vendor track using some software? ============================================================================== toshiba MK2035GSS Fuse Could any one mark the Fuses for Toshiba GSX laptop drive. Thank you, Carlos Attachments: MK2035GSS .JPG MK2035GSS .JPG [ 129.51 KiB | Viewed 79 times ] F beside D1 _________________ 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. =========================================================================== st330831a locks up randomly I have a hd that locks up randomly i ran seagate tools for dos and windows ,defraged and scandisked, a number of times, also used gparted utilities I have a dual boot system {linux and vista} 32 bit QUESTION 1 If 1 operating system crashes ,while only using that operating system, and with hd lockup and hard reboot, they both see it and ask for there repair utilities to run after reboot QUESTION 2 It also says that in (seatools {tm} for windows) that this drive ST3300831A has no advanced power management features ,,, exact phrase (not supported) but if i turn off apm in bios vista wont boot i have lastest bios for mobo Do scan f4 with mhdd. ======================================================== Samsung 2.5" head compatibility M60S vs Mango I have Samsung HM160JI (M60S) with faulty heads, just wondering if HM160HI (Mango) can be used/compatible? Thanks =============================================================== What is the position of the heads when sata cable isnt in? If i connect the power and not the sata what do the heads do? do they move at all? only at the start? do they stay parked until sata is in? As you have described does the motor spin up? Depending on the drive make and model, the jumper position might determine if the drive will spin up with or without a signal from the motherboard. Typically the drive will still init normally but I have seen some Hitachi laptop drives that don't do anything until SATA is plugged. _________________ You don't have to backup all of your data, just the data you want to keep. ================================================================================ hard disk unreadable after defragmentation Hi, A friend's external hdd became unreadable after defragmentation. My friend is far from me so I could not see the disk. He said that the defragmentation ran normally and after it the disk became unrecognizable. This disk does not contain an OS, just data. Anyone had a similar problem? Is there any solution? Thanks. Hello, Defragmentation is generally a safe methode. The problem is somewhere else. ...like the much stronger writes than normal use... For me, there is 2 case: 1. phisical damage of the drive, and now have some head problem as well 2. SA related problem. Usually (in 99% of the cases) both case requires special equipments and laboratory for recover the data. The best what you can do, say to your friend: Don't try to use the hdd more at this point, because can do more problems in any case. And ask the hdd's model number. If we know the model number, we can recognize the potential SA problem or we know the usual behavior of the damaged drives. Regards, Janos Thanks for the reply. I will ask my friend for the model. What do you mean by 'SA'? Thanks. N.C. wrote: Hello, Defragmentation is generally a safe methode. The problem is somewhere else. ...like the much stronger writes than normal use... For me, there is 2 case: 1. phisical damage of the drive, and now have some head problem as well 2. SA related problem. Usually (in 99% of the cases) both case requires special equipments and laboratory for recover the data. The best what you can do, say to your friend: Don't try to use the hdd more at this point, because can do more problems in any case. And ask the hdd's model number. If we know the model number, we can recognize the potential SA problem or we know the usual behavior of the damaged drives. Regards, Janos If the data is valuable, I suggest you contact forum member "dmarques" - he is a professional in Portugal and can help you. SA meaning service area which use for stock firmware in platters. _________________ provide entire dirve,PCB,firmware,hard disk accessories. talk to me! Data Recovery service sunnydreamspace@hotmail.com The hd model is Western Digital My Book World Edition (1TB). Thanks. N.C. wrote: Hello, Defragmentation is generally a safe methode. The problem is somewhere else. ...like the much stronger writes than normal use... For me, there is 2 case: 1. phisical damage of the drive, and now have some head problem as well 2. SA related problem. Usually (in 99% of the cases) both case requires special equipments and laboratory for recover the data. The best what you can do, say to your friend: Don't try to use the hdd more at this point, because can do more problems in any case. And ask the hdd's model number. If we know the model number, we can recognize the potential SA problem or we know the usual behavior of the damaged drives. Regards, Janos Hmm Than this can be anything exactly. :? Does the drive spin up, than click some (3-8) times and spindown? Or spin up, does some quiet head move noise and stay in spining? What can you/your friend see when plug in the USB cable? ps: If clicks and spindown, than don't force the drive more to do this, because can be damgerous for data! Janos