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So this is something I've never seen before. I've got a WD My Passport Shrek LT family. I can backup SA modules just fine from both copies and they all pass checks. However, I can't read tracks from the drive. It acts like it's hitting bad sectors in every track. Even gives the "DISK DAM...

Just to let you all know, I've been doing some updates under the hood and I discovered that the cookies on this forum weren't being transferred SSL. I've now enabled it to resolve a different issue (solved that one) but it may cause a conflict with any old cookies stored in your browser...

I'm looking for full SA resource backup for Jamacia family ROM F/W Version: 00160027 I've got a lot of non-critical modules I need to replace, some of which I can't read by composite. I've already extracted the LDR from the drive, but need the other resources. Thanks!

So here is something I've never seen before, perhaps some of you have. I've got a 500Gb Seagate SSHD here which was clicking. When I open it I find traces of dust on the platters & top cover. I decided to try cleaning the read/write heads as they all seemed to be attached and looked OK to the...

I'm having an odd issue with a couple of WD NAS drives that seem to be running WD encryption. PC-3000 only detects the "Self Encryption HDD" key, not any other key. However, if I use that key the data, though changed, still appears encrypted. I'm wondering if this is one that isn't supported...

Here's a case I'm evaluating right now. I thought the filter looked a bit discolored. Now looking at the sliders I can see just how contaminated they are. Probably not a good candidate for donor heads. I suspect they'll just die in a few seconds.

You're not seeing them because you're not using the default theme (which is the one Google spiders will crawl). Here's what the default theme shows:

I'll be out of the country for the next three weeks and I don't suspect I'll have internet most of the time. So I'm trusting in you moderators to keep out any garbage that's posted. I'm not so concerned about the SPAM as much as I am about anything obscene or inappropriate getting posted by...

Does anyone know if the latest version of PC-3000 software is able to unlock this model: ST4000LM016 from the "diagnostic port locked" terminal? I'm running a bit outdated version, but I suspect this model might still not be supported even if I upgrade.

I'm trying to manually rebuild a lost core storage GPT partition table (computer tech accidentally deleted it). I've already determined the starting and ending sectors of the partition, but it seems no matter what I do I can't get MacOS to recognize this stupid thing as a core storage volume...

I don't know if anyone has ever kept track of this (I know I haven't until now) but I think I'm going to do a running list of the maximum baud rate that different Seagate families can use to read/write ROM via boot ROM code. Grenada: 921000 (some will read at 921600) Kahuna: 921000 Bogart...

Just like we're doing for the Grenada drives I'm going to use this thread to keep track of Bogart family preamps. Maybe by studying a few of these we can get to the bottom of how exactly to match these. Feel free to add yours below too. ST1000DL002 W1V 9TT153-570 CC98 12404 WU Preamp: A8 35...

Anyone ever seen this series of errors before: (DOS) Marginal Read: 0009A6A508 (DOS) Marginal Read: 0009A6A509 (DOS) Marginal Read: 0009A6A50A (DOS) Marginal Read: 0009A6A50B (DOS) Marginal Read: 0009A6A510 (DOS) Marginal Read: 0009A6A516 (DOS) Marginal Read: 0009A6A519 (DOS) Marginal Read...

OK, I think I may have figured out what's going on here. I finally took an opportunity to look at the sliders under a microscope and this is what I find: I guess the difference is small enough that it can access the SA just fine, but not the user area.

I'm posting this here just in case my customer follows the forum. I've got a case here which has me truly baffled. I've handled a lot of similar cases, but this one I just can't figure out. Drive came in it was head stuck. I freed the heads up carefully. On power up the drive fully ID's shows...

Is it just my imagination, or did both of these companies let go of all their intelligent technical staff when they split? It's like they split up their tech department in half, then put monkeys in to fill in the gaps on both fronts. My RANT: Hey PayPal, guess what! every business on this...

So here's some strange behavior I've never quite seen before. It ultimately came down to a bad PCB, but it was still pretty crazy. Drive is an Aries family 2.5" WD. First time powering on - nothing, no spinning, clicking, hum, nada Second time (with my ear on it) - spins right up, ID's First...

So it seems that whenever Prosoft's activation servers go down it deactivates all copies of their software. I'm trying to run Data Rescue 4, and it's now giving a "Validation Failed" message when I try to launch the program. I checked and their homepage is down too, so I can't run the program...

This is a warning for anyone who uses MacDrive (and possibly other HFS software) along with DE to copy to Mac formatted destinations. I've observed something dangerous that seems to have only started occurring since the latest Windows update. Occasionally MacDrive will randomly disconnect and...

Hey guys, just want to say thanks to all of you for helping to make this forum a success. Especially you hard working moderators who've helped to keep the spammers out. I just noticed today that when you google: "data recovery forum" this is now the #1 result. :D Hopefully, it doesn't...