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I just wanted to be the person to make the 1000th post. :D

I want to get your thoughts on this idea. I'm thinking it might be worth creating a locked section of the forum accessible only to certain select members where we can share "secrets" that we don't want to post publicly but are willing to share with other contributing forum members. Of course...

If anyone had issues connecting to the forum recently I just want to apologize. I had to make some edits to the .htaccess file to force SSL redirecting and for a little bit the site wasn't working. Should be all set now. Is it forcing SSL for you?

I've got a job that I'm working on that's a 61GSY family drive. The original drive I believe needs new heads, but I wanted to rule out PCB first just to be safe. Was able to read CP fine from it, however now I get in two perfectly functional donors and can't seem to get any terminal access to...

So I realize that often with WD My Passport and Elements drives you can't always read the ROM code through the USB connection. Some models simply don't allow it even if the drive is fully functional. On many models you can gain access to read the ROM code through a terminal connection. Below...

So I've got a Toshiba drive here which I'm quite certain needs new heads and it seems to be a rather rare model. I don't even have a PCB for it. Normally I'd try to match the model and the code underneath E.G. HDD2E82 D UL02 T (at least the part I underlined). But given the scarcity of this...

Just want to say welcome and thank you to everyone who has joined up and made this new forum such a success. :D

So recently this video (http://gillwaredatarecovery.wistia.com/ ... qfz8xr96jf) appeared on Gillware's website showing a burnishing system being used to clean / test a HDD platter. I'm sure some of you are wondering where you can get such a machine. So after a little research, I found the...

So yesterday I get in a Lacie 6Tb Network RAID (sorry it has no model number that I can tell). The IT guy who brought it in has no idea of the original configuration, and it's already been looked at by Lacie's "data recovery service" who said it couldn't be recovered. So here's what I find...

I've added a new section for RAID data recovery to the forum. Didn't seems like it quite fit into any other category.

So I'm finally making the switch over to Wordpress (something I've been threatening forever). And I'm going full SSL since that's now becoming a ranking factor. Just working out the details of my template. Let me know what you think of it so far: www.data-medics.com/recovery I'm open to...

I happened to be looking at BVG Group's website and I noticed this tool (http://www.bvg-group.ru/eng/diagnostic/HIE_200.php) which advertises being able to clone drives with bad sectors. And given the current exchange rate from RUB to USD, it's pretty cheap now. Anyone ever used it and know if...

Anyone else been on Google maps today? They added a new view in addition to map and satellite view. Now you have Pac-Man view where you can play Pac-Man on your own streets. :D

I'm working on a nightmare of an Everest V family drive. The customer tried to free the heads themselves and ended up damaging the SA (amazingly the heads survived). I did composite read of the tracks and modules and was able to grab all the really critical modules and the CS checks out on all...

So this one I find interesting. I've got a Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 here that when it's first powered on clicks away like crazy. My first thought was to just quote for a head swap and move on to the next job. But I noticed that after about 30 clicks it finally does come ready. So I backed up...

I don't know about you guys, but I'm finding that trying to get Windows 8 to boot after a crash is a nightmare. Customer had a drive which had some slow reading sectors. Imaged 100% without one single unread sector (including the recovery partitions). But despite this I can't get it to boot...

I've noticed that lately Google seems to be loving my website. Just look at the chart in webmaster tools: I hope this isn't just a fluke.

For once I'm having a day where things are going my way. Head swapped a rampless 4 platter WD drive and it actually imaged quickly. Then got a native USB one in, replaced with a SATA board. It didn't ID at first but a quick upload of module 13 as overlay in RAM an it became completely...

Explanation. The WD family code is found in the part of the model after the dash, usually in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th characters. So for example in a model such as WD5000AAKS-40V6A0 the family code is V6A, and as you can see below belongs to Tahoe family. This can be helpful for finding other...

I need LDR (and other FW resources too) for the following model: Family: Everest V Model: WD3200BEKT-75PVMT1 ROM Version: 00040027 If anyone has this I'd really appreciate it.