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HI I have this drive which had bad head 2 WDC WD10JMVW-11AJGS2. I cleaned platter and there was no visiable debris or dust. I swapped head 3 times but still head 2 which care 90% of data cannot read any data. Is it possible that magnetic fill on platter is too weak or I am missing something...

Hi I get this disk with head issue. Found donor drive: Patient: ST3250310AS pn: 9eu132-037 fw: 4.ada su 09255 Donor: ST3250310AS pn: 9eu132-037 fw: 4.ada su 09257 After head swap disk flag DRD DSC shows green but after few second one repeating click starting with terminal msg: Rst 08M Buzz...

Hi Can someone tell me which pins I need to short to enter boot ROM mode? Disk model: ST3250310as pcb: 100468303 Thanks

Hi Is there any good soul which could unlock for me ROM for one Palmer drive? I don't have latest version of PC3000 softwar so please if somone can unlock me ROM? Thanks

Hello guys I have this drive with head issue. After headswap I started to read data but after 8GB of data reading disk cannot initialize again. Here is terminal message in attachment. Is this problem with firmware now and is it possible to fix it? Any suggestions what to try to fix this...

Hi This is my first case with corrupted MCMT on rosewood familly. I need help how to solve this problem? I have unlocked ROM and read SYS files except 348 because it is corrupted (both copies). I have tried to read it via terminal, indirect reading but no luck. I have also tried to read module...

Hi I have seagate st9250315as 250GB I get this error message in terminal. I have tried Sys 93 flags but no luck. Also tried to reset G-list, SMART and recalulate translator but no luck. Also when I try to regenarate translator I get left fork error so nu luck with this method too. I cannot...

HI I recently installed Windows 10 21H2 with all latest updates and now have problem with COM port adapter in PC-3000 7.0.30 version. When I start utillity Seagate I cannot work with terminal even I have terminal output! I always get this message: Software can`t control COM port signal level...

HI I want to confirm latest case that I found compatible donor drive for these stressful hard disk family: :D Patient: ST1000LM035 SN: WL1D157P FW: SBM3 Site: WU DCM: 10 Jul 2018 Donor: ST1000LM035 SN: WL191FJP FW: SDM2 Site: WU DCM: 22 May 2018 Both disks are A5 Rosewood

Hi I have patient which need head replacement: ST500LM030 fw: 0001 28 Dec 2019 China WU SN: WKP85CL9 I cannot find same disk as donor. I have been looking localy and on ebay, aliexpress, but no luck to find. Can somone tell me is there some other type of these drive which are compatible with...

Hello Can someone confirm me are these 2 drives can be compatible with heads? Patients: Donor: Thank you

Hi there, I have first case with RAID 5. Client brought me 3 disk which was in RAID 5 and one disk for sure is dead (bad heads). 2 other drives are ok and they server cannot reconstruct RAID5 with new drive. I have made images of these 2 drives and checked for MBR to find which one is the...

Hi I got one Samsung-Lenovo M.2 NVMe 1TB drive. Client said that laptop stopped to recognize it and that data are corrupted. I have connected it through M2 to USB convertor and connected on PC 3000 and DE. DE detected the drive and detected Bitlocker encrpytion. Also DE has read MFT and tree...

Hi I have patient drive: wd20NMW- 11W68S0 DCM: EHCVJHBB DATE: 23 Sep 2012 SN: WKX1E72xxxxx USB drive Donor drive is WD20NPVT-00Z2TT0 DCM: EHCVJHBB Date: 25 OCt 2012 SN: WXK1E72xxxxx WD green Are these drive head compatible or not? I have check Microjogs also and except second head all other...

HI For the first time I got "Apple" Seagate hdd model: ST35004148AS PN: 9SL142-042 FW: AP24 SN: 6VMxxxxx When I start the drive, it is in BSY state no clicking, but it seams as motor spindle siezure. Also I dont get any terminal output! My question is are the terminal locked on these drives...

Hi Can someone help me with this drive and bsy problem? Here is the terminal log: *PA VID=0000 PN=0004 Rev=0001- 785x Found *PA VID=0000 PN=0004 Rev=0001- 785x Found ChipRev = 63B0 U S_0 RV En Sensor Circuit En Shock Sensor Circuit SO_1 SpinStartUp: mcSpinRPM = 0 RPM at Handoff: 623 Temp : 31...

Hello guys Acelab published recently blog about unlocking PCB for WD model 800066-SATA PCB. So as they described we need open and reconstructed ROM from some WD 1TB SPZX drive using unlocked PCB. After that we need to reprogram locked U12 ROM chip on our locked PCB (in external IC programmer)...

Hi I need help with this drive DT01ACA100. When I start it there is no wierd noises, heads seams ok. But when I try to start utility Hitachi 7210DLE6 it report techno key ok but cannot read modules (CP)? On any comman it reports ABR error. I have read blog on acelab (...

Hi I have a little experience with samsung disk so i need some advice how to find good donor for this drive? https://imgur.com/qOeGCqx His PCB is USB and I found compatible PCB from drive ST1000LM024 - HN-M101MBB and I have made ROM chip swap succesifully on SATA board. But head seams dead...

Hello folks, Can someone give me direction or some paper, link where i can get informed about certified destruction of hdd? I have one qute from company in my country for service of certified hdd destruction logical and hardware so I need info about it. Thanks

HI The drive Sandisk X300s (SD7SB3Q-256-1002). It gets DRD DSC flags up but it cannot read id of the disk. When i try to initialize the disk also BSY flag is up and get hdd readyness timeout message. Can somone help me with this disk? Is it possible to initialize it and get data? I have...

HI Can somenone help with moment of short pining these drive? When they start in terminal I get this message and cannot enter in terminal: Boot 0x10M Spin Up[0x00000000][0x0000BA10] Trans. Rst 0x10M MC Internal LPC Process Spin Up (P) SATA Reset MCMTFileHandler: EXCEPTION: Failed MCMT...

Hi guys Can somone send me plscsi tools or give me download link? Old AOL link doesnt work! Thanks

Hi Can someone tell me what this command do on seagate dirves? m0,11,2,2,2 ,,, 22

Hi Can you give some advices and tips when we have case with disk which have bad sectors? What we can change in DE or ROM to force disk to try read better bad sectors? I know for reading retries, idle timeout, reading recounts options in DE but can you share some of yours experiences? Thanks

HI guys Can someone confirm me is there compatible drive from other series with this one? Patient: ST2000VX000 SN: W24 PN: 9YW164-500 FW:CV12 Date: 12405 Site:WU Cannot find it niether locally or ebay or donordrives!? If somone has it for sell please let me know? Need for head swap! Thanks

Hi Does anyone use these tools from drivestar.biz web site? I mean on head combs like this one http://www.drivestar.biz/index.php?main ... ts_id=5206 ? What is your experience and thoughts about these tools are they good as hddsurgery tools? They are much cheaper!! Thanks

HI I got patient drive that was open and somone remove sticker before me so i don't know exact model, date and place of manufacture, model and DCM. The drive is WD external MY Passport ultra 1TB. On sticker on back pane of the disk it serial is WXA1E63HRTV3. Please guys help me to find donor...

Hi Can someone tell me can I use some similar disk for head swap on this disk like other capacity? Because I cannot find locally head donor for this model of the disk. This model has 8 heads. Heads 2,3,4 are bad and I have tried to disable these heads and tried to extract some data but no...

Hi I got this old PATA disk and it seams that heads are bad (constant click and checked when open heads goes constantly from ramp and back). Can someone give me which disk match to this one with heads please? Thanks

HI Patient drive HTS545050A7E380 and donor drive is HTS545050A7E680. P/N identical. Patient MLC: DA6022 and donor DA6129. Product date patient 26Nov2014 and donor Jan 2014. I have made head swap and drive starts i hear spindle and no clicking but the driver stays busy. I have checked PCB of...