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Hi I have swapped heads on a 750GB 2,5" Hitachi HTS547575A9E384. I could read 99% of 3 of the 4 heads. Head 0 can't read nothing on surface (not 1 single sector), but I can read modules from copy 0. These modules are read by head 0, right? So the head is OK, but the surface is bad? Correct? Or...

Hi Guys I have a client that didn't saved the BAK file of a SQL database and he formated the PC. He restored all the system and in the end he realized that he forgot to save that BAK file. I have tried raw recovery and I could manage to find the file he wants, but it's corrupted. I have checked...

Hey Guys When you remove the diodes from PCB, you replace them for new ones? If yes, where do you buy them? I can't seem to find them near me..... And when I ask for them, no one knows the models... Thanks

Hey guys Got 3 cases of stiction this week. One Seagate, One Toshiba and one WD. Two out of 3 went well. Guess which one failed?? :twisted: :twisted:

Hi I have this Samsung that is always busy. It spins OK, no clicks, no spin down. I get this terminal: SpnOk DAC:-00410 H: +00000 SK C: 0000CC03 ENG>SRV> SvoTbl Loaded BD ENG>LE E:0001 - Inv Cmd ENG> I don't have a donor compatible here right now, so hot-swap is not possible for now. Any other...

Hi If you still didn't noticed, HDDdonors have a FW database available. http://fw.donordrives.com Only for PC3K tough...

Hey guys One doubt please: I have a 7200.7 PCB burned (makes the HDD click) but I can read ROM from it. I have a donor PCB from the same model HDD, FW, PN, but the PCB model is not exactly the same (can't remember the model now, because I'm at home hehhe). This donor PCB can spin the pacient...

Hey guys What do you think of the sound of this WD? HEADS? Thanks

Hey Guys I hope all of you have a great Christmas and a excellent 2016. Cheers

Hey guys I need you advice: what torx tools do you have that don't damage easily? From time to time, I get some screws that are really, really hard to remove and they damage my tools. They are too "soft".... What do you use and recommend? I'm tired of buying tool kits that got damage from time...

Hi Got this WD, that I can't ID using terminal cable. I get a Tecno Key Error, Drive is not Ready. It should at least read ROM, right? Bad PCB? The drive doesn't click or bad noises. Thanks

Hi I got a WD600UE Scorpio 2,5" that fell down. After opening it up, I see that the ramp don't let the heads park. Heads see fine and platters too. Just because heads don't park, it can make the drive go crazy and cannot detect it? They should be always well parked? Thanks

Hi I have a USB 1TB WD drive (don't remember the model right now) which seemed a case of stuck heads. After I opened it, heads are fine and the problem is when I try to rotate the platters. They can do a 50% rotation, and the rest seems very stuck. After those 50%, they are free again. I hope...

Hey Guys How's your investigation about this cases? I was told that could be made a Raw recovery and get the data. I have a Guinea Pig here now to test and play during the week-end. Cheers

Hi As the tittle says: at what speed can you image a drive using DE? I have the UDMA Green Card. I'm imaging a Toshiba drive with bad sectors and using the utility and it goes at about 20Mbs. This is slow, no? Thanks

Hey guys Got a question for you: do you offer Hard Drive erasure? Do you get allot of jobs doing this? What's specifications do you use? Thanks

Hi Guys Got a Hitachi 3TB that was pulled from a Iomega Home Media Network case. It is formated on XFS partition and I could get access to the files and folders (full name, size, etc), but the files are corrupted. Can this be any kind of encryption? I can't find any info about this. Thanks

Hi Guys I got a doubt on this subject: What and how to check if a WD is encrypted or not (the USB ones). I have a case in hands, were I could image the drive OK but couldn't get the files, although R-Studio could find a Smartware partition. But how to be sure? Thanks

Hey Got a case of a Seagate with burned PCB a few days ago. The client only file interest was on a SQL database file (he said, very very important). Got the PCB swaped, ROM, etc and imaged the drive with some bad sectors but nothing very complicated. After the image, I went on the search of...

Hi I need loader for a WD5000LMVW-11VEDS6. ROM: ROM reading............................. : Ok ROM Data size........................... : 256 Kb ROM version............................. : 16.0PK ROM generation.......................... : 16.0PK Link table version...................... : NB.11...