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  1. lcoughey

    WD Gold shows as unpartitioned, cannot initialize due to I/O error

    Sorry for the very delayed reply. Any drive that sustains a physical shock is likely to have physical damage and should be left powered off and sent to a professional data recovery lab with the right tools and knowledge to safely assess and recover your data. To find a reputable lab nearby...
  2. lcoughey

    Damaged Flash Drive

    As per our email conversation. Without all the chips, it is game over.
  3. lcoughey

    Data lost during partition

    Sorry...let me correct my post. I thought I was looking at a different forum. Step 1 - remove the drive from your system and connect to another system as secondary drive Step 2 - get a full clone or image of the drives that suffered data loss STep 3 - scan the clone/image for lost data using...
  4. lcoughey

    SSD addon for DDI

    Jump forward to 2023 and I have had the DeepSpar PCIe (DPI) add-on, as well as the PC3000 Portable with the NVMe port. I've been reading a single apple SSD on the DeepSpar system since May of 2021 and have only gotten about 30%, thus far. The SSD will not read with PC3000 Portable or any other...
  5. lcoughey

    SKhynix M+B mSATA SSD not recognized

    Controller is not supported by PC3000 for firmware fixes. Linux is only talking to the Jmicron controller in the USB bridge being used. Probably best to send out to a data recovery professional with tools and experience to handle it, if it is even recoverable at all.
  6. lcoughey

    Data Recovery Software

    Theoretically, UFS Eplorer is represented by R-Explorer, another similar product made by the same developers. Personally, I'd put UFS Explorer at the top of the list.
  7. lcoughey

    Manually clean and align misaligned platters

    How much is the data worth? Why didn't you seek professional assistance before screwing it up? What is the full model of this drive? What tools do you have (ie, PC3000, MRT, DFL) to handle the firmware damage? As for your chances, I'd hazzard to guess very low.
  8. lcoughey

    Best practice for PC-3000 Data Extractor recovering Time Machine backups

    For reference, this is the link to ACE's blog about how to handle Time Machine backups - https://blog.acelaboratory.com/time-machine-hfs.html (requires login to access) My general rule of thumb is to charge a bit extra for Time Machine backups and focus on providing a full clone (as best I can...
  9. lcoughey

    DeepSpar USB Stabilizer,

    Why not ask for it from DeepSpar
  10. lcoughey

    Nedeed the pinout k5g5629atd

    You need an emmc reader.
  11. lcoughey

    ST2000LM003, HN-M201RAD/AV2 Donor check

    Are you able to power on long enough to read the preamp details in terminal for each drive? That part is essential. Another way to check is to take the patient PCB and put it on the donor. If you don't get a preamp mismatch error, you should be good to go.
  12. lcoughey

    Toshiba Head Swap Experiences

    MQ01 is not SMR. MQ04 is SMR. There is no way that the heads on the 500GB MQ01 will be equipped to handle the platter density of a 2TB MQ04 on a good day, let alone with SMR being brought into the picture.
  13. lcoughey

    Firmware Server Access

    Did you not read this thread? The resources are only for those who are active users of this forum.
  14. lcoughey

    UFS Explorer Helps Make MRT-DE Useful

    Have MRT and... - tired of long path issues? - tired of no useful file system support? - tired of lost file paths for damaged files? - tired of not being able to image selected files and folders by map, rather than file by file? A video demo of UFS Explorer working directly with a mounted DE...
  15. lcoughey

    Seagate Rosewood Families, Headmaps and Preamps

    I've started to log details on my forum.
  16. lcoughey

    New C Type Tool Action Photos

    Rather than repost here, you can see the pictures on the Recovery Force Forums.
  17. lcoughey

    Seagate 7200.12 not detected in BIOS

    Do you value the data on your drive. If it is a firmware issue, the cost for a pro would be low (~$300). If you try yourself and don't properly diagnose the root issue, you will likely kill the drive. That said, these drives are failing really bad these days. It is possible that it is toast...
  18. lcoughey

    Data Recovery Imager Comparisons

    I'm running some tests on hard drive prepared by HDDOracle to compare the performance and imaging results of various hardware imaging tools for data recovery. I'm posting the results on the Recovery Force Data Recovery Forum, should you want to follow along.
  19. lcoughey

    MRT Review - what do you want to see tested?

    I've got a demo system for the purpose of me doing a review. Jump onto my forum and post anything you'd like me to test and comment about in my final review. https://www.recoveryforce.com/forums/vi ... f=25&t=279
  20. lcoughey

    PC3000 resource

    We just made our PC3000 resource library available freely accessible on our website. You can PM me if you'd like the password.
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