Here's an odd case that I'm just finishing up. It's a Samsung HM500JI drive. It ID's and shows correct capacity but errors out immediately on any attempt to access sectors. Does take a little long to come ready, but only about 40 seconds.
I check modules and it has damaged A-List and S.M.A.R.T. modules. I'm assuming that the Alist is why it's not able to read in UDMA or PIO modes. However it will read through utility just fine. Attempts to clear AList & S.M.A.R.T. fail and just make the drive get stuck busy.
Took about a week, but I've got 99% copied now through utility.
Here's a video of the issue:
[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq1usUw71oI[/bbvideo]
I check modules and it has damaged A-List and S.M.A.R.T. modules. I'm assuming that the Alist is why it's not able to read in UDMA or PIO modes. However it will read through utility just fine. Attempts to clear AList & S.M.A.R.T. fail and just make the drive get stuck busy.
Took about a week, but I've got 99% copied now through utility.
Here's a video of the issue:
[bbvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq1usUw71oI[/bbvideo]