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    Cross Compatible WD Families

    Tressels into Trails worked good for me recently.
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    Best way to sell this to customer...

    When you say real percentage, are you saying that the 3K isn't accurate with its calculation of good/bads ? Also, what is the software you are referring to on that site ? I don't see anything that would do what you're saying. Thanks
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    Best way to sell this to customer...

    Hi Larry Thanks for taking the time to give me a detailed response. Like you, we do charge for donors upfront if they are needed, however, there seems to be some conflicting thoughts about doing it this way though, which I find strange. There are some guys who think this is a bad way to do...
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    Best way to sell this to customer...

    I keep coming up against this issue and was wondering how you guys deal with it / sell it to customer ? The drive brand doesn't matter, although it's typically seagate or wd. The issue: The drive needs heads, but there are also some surface problems, so it will be physically impossible to...
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    RAW or not to RAW

    I'm comparing the result from reclaime to the task in UFS pro. I do like the idea of being able to work with ace labs images outside of Data Extractor though, and despite using 30GB of RAM and 15 Hrs to build a virtual file system, it may have done a better job. I also like the way you can...
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    RAW or not to RAW

    Thanks Larry, I'm sure I could find a use for this one ;)
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    RAW or not to RAW

    I agree with you, but I don't typically get many jobs that end up in such a mess as this, where there is no catalogue file or MFT to go at. If I have to do RAW recoveries then its usually due to formatting, so theres never a need for good/bad splits. On the other hand, if it could determine what...
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    RAW or not to RAW

    I've got recovery explorer pro but it doesnt have the option to load the ace map. I've got several other flavours of UFS and Recovery explorer but none do what you are suggesting. UFS explorer pro does it, but its very expensive :shock: I'll give it a go in trial mode but it will still be in...
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    RAW or not to RAW

    Thanks Larry, had it scanning in reclaime for about 8 hours so far LoL, few hours left before I can determine results. Looking good though :)
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    RAW or not to RAW

    Not sure how to get the best result possible from this one. Customer is a teacher, needs standard office files, pics and vids from drive. Drive had been elsewhere discussed here and after replacing the heads and weeks of imaging I've finally got all that can be read. Unread blocks are located...
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    Repair shop removed the label

    Definitely, but I've no time to deal with that drive at the moment, it's in the project box to be revisited in quieter times.
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    Repair shop removed the label

    It gets worse, but this drive is not the drive that needed recovery. This drive was used to replace the switched out drive so the repair shop could keep it. :!: Detective hat had to be worn for this one, but the bottom line is the shop took the customers faulty drive and tried to fix it...
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    Repair shop removed the label

    thats a neat little trick, thanks for that larry. wonder what could be causing the drives capacity to show up as 1TB though
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    Repair shop removed the label

    Got this little gem that had been to another repair shop, obviously missing its label. Drive is horribly unstable but SA is fine. 3K ID's it as per the label :lol: :lol: but I'm a bit confused as the label gives me the idea its a 160GB drive yet the 3K shows it to be 1TB drive. Long story...
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