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Hey I have an Adata to come with this controller. It's the first time I see one. Did anyone already worked with them? Thanks

Hey guys Just noticed on the update log for DFL that they added the ability for hotswap on Seagate. That's huge, don't you think?? https://www.dolphindatalab.com/dfl-all- ... -may-2020/

Hi I have a situation here, when I was imaging a SSD. In this case I had to put it into safe mode, load a loader, create a translator and start an Imaging task. During the Imaging, the system crashed and I had to reboot the PC. After that, and re-doing all the steps to access data, when I want...

Hi Guys What's your experience on imaging SSD's with DDI? Does it work OK? Or does it only work on PCIe SSD's?

Hi Searching for loader... Techno mode key Techno mode key......................... : Ok RAM: SA HDD has unknown capacity. SA CHS access may operates wrongly HDD Info reading........................ : Ok Heads number............................ : 2 Cyl Count............................... ...

Hey I have this MHV2080BH here that is password protected. I can't remember ever getting one here ti remove the password :mrgreen: I tried to follow PC3K manual on how to connect terminal and remove it, but it does nothing... Does it take much time or is it immediate? Thanks

So, a new overpriced PCB is out.... https://www.hddheadtools.com/product/wd ... nlock-pcb/ Let's wait a couple of months and we might find it at 1/10th of the price.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Hi Guys I have this SSD with PS3108. When I try to create a translator witn FW loader 3.8, I get a message of L2P table missing. With the other 2 loaders, I only get errors... Any hints?? Loader not correct? Thanks

Hi Guys I'm working on a drive here (a WD USB), that the issue is some reading problems on head 3. After mapping the files/folders with Data Extractor, I imaged everything without any major problems. But when analyzing the results, I can see that many files have 0 size.... These files didn't...

HI Guys Does anyone have a ROM for this drive? Version 0002000T Thanks

Hi Guys As you know, sometimes we have bad sectors (black sectors) when reading SSD. I have a case here where the database that I need have a few black sectors. I have tried to tweak the system, but they are not read at all giving this log: LBA 88 227 808: Page reading (channel: 0; chip: 0...

Hi guys I have a strange case here with this Samsung. The log is this: *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 = 692 RPM at Handoff: 868 Temp : 25 degC...

Hi Guys I have this Plextor SSD that is well ID, but no access to UA (stays busy). This controller is not supported yet by PC3K. Does anyone have any kind of solution? Thanks

Hey guys Do you know these ones? https://v.qq.com/x/page/u0524o5zxr9.html They claim the platter stucks to the tool with some kind of "traceless tape". What do you think?

Hi Guys Today I want to share with you a case that I'm working on. Got a 2,5" WD drive that I could image but with some bad zones (bad sectors). The initial part of the HDD could not be read though. After the image, I passed several recovery software (R-Studio, UFS and Reclaime) and they all...

Hi Guys I'm trying to help a friend who have this Seagate SAS with the errors I attach. The log is: Reading modules **************************************** Into folder............................. : <HDD Profile>\Data\Modules Reading module 00 SDF................... : Ok, CS: Ok (WSum) Reading...

Hi Guys I have a strange case here. This patient was dropped and heads damaged. I swapped heads with this donor (I believe it's a perfect donor), but I can't read User Area. What happens: First it stays busy for a while, but I can manage that and get it ready. I could already read CP and G-List...

Hi Guys Does anyone know a way to enable USB debug on phones with broken LCD or with pattern/pin locked? If you can't say (and if there's a way), can you just say if it's possible or not? To see if I continue the search or not.... Thanks

Hi Guys I have a M.2 PCIe (it's a mz-flv2560) removed from a Surface tablet and now I need an adapter to connect it to SATA. Do you suggest anything? Thanks

Hi Can someone confirm if these are the short points of a 100724095? The Terminal error is the one attached. Thanks

Hi Guys I'm trying to boost my website that is done on Wordpress. I'm using Yoast plugin to try to get it up in the search engines. Do you use anything else? Bye

Hi Ace ssd tool seems not to have solution yet for this drive. Does anyone had one too? Did you got anything from it? Thanks Enviado do meu MI 5s através do Tapatalk

DFL announced this: Description This is one data recovery PCB specially designed to recover lost data from new WD hard drives with PCB number 2060-800066 (SATA) and 2060-800069 (USB). These drives have main chip lock and it’s not possible to read or write the ROM and access to SA by any...

Hi Guys I sold my Doctors :mrgreen: :mrgreen: But now I can't find the software. Does anyone still have it? I need for Hitachi, Toshiba/Fujitsu and Samsung. Thanks

Hey Guys I'm about to get a second PC3K here and I want to use the same DB (which is on an SSD alone). What's the best way to all the stations write to the same database? Can I map the drive with the database and write there over the lan? Thanks

Hey guys Today I was working on a TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050, that was not reading well from head 1. I read everything I could from head 0, and some parts from head 1 (very few sectors and unfortunately all without data). After that I swapped heads with a donor, and it stopped ID, but no funny noises...

Hi Guys For you who bought SSD module for PC3K, did you bought their m2 sata adapters or bought them from somewhere else? Thanks

Hey Did you already get any case of missing files after windows 10 updates to latest version 1809? Is it "doable"? Or files are missing for good? Thanks

Hey guys I wanted to share something that happened to me today. I had this WD3200BEVT-80A0RT0 that I swap heads (headmap 023). After head swap, SA backup, the usual. Created DE task, the system had 2 partitions, checked the folders to map of 1st partition, imaged them without any trouble...

Hi I'm trying to help a guy remotely with a Rosewood. He unlocked the ROM, did a FW backup but copy 0 of 28 sysfile was bad but we have 28 from copy 1. It seems that he did a regen translator. No need to say that's there's no access to data. I have tried to write back 28 to copy 0 and copy 0...

Hi Guys Are you already doing backups of fw/modules/loaders of SSD drives? Thanks

Hi Guys I have this Toshiba here that take ages to get ready and to ID. After Ready, it gives me bad G-list and when I try to read CP's, it shows this: Reading CP Into folder............................. : <HDD Profile>\Data\SABackup\CP CP 33................................... : Ok CP...

Hi Guys I'm having a problem here. I'm imaging a Shasta drive on which I have cut top head (platter is damaged). I can ID the drive with loader, etc, etc and access data. My question is that when imaging head by head, I have tried almost all the options available and the drives get's busy...

Hi MRT have a big bug that made me loose several hours today. I tried to get a donor for a hotswap and I just relied on the family detected by MRT (stupid of me). This drive is a Pinnacle family and it is detected as a Pinclite (I was searching for a Pinclite).

Hi I have here a WD2500AAJS-75M0A0 that was dropped. After head swap I could reach SA, but several modules are bad (31, 33, 42...) Not even by composite reading I can get the full modules, I have them partial. I have tried to edit/move location but there are a lot of SA bad sectors. Module 42...

Hey guys What was your longest recovery?? 1 week? 2 weeks? 1 month? I'm imaging a ShrekLT 2TB here, for more than a month and counting ahhahaha Slowly I'm getting there.

Hi Guys I have a case in hands, where a client have a laptop with 2 M2 SSD in RAID 0. I have made images of the SSD's and rebuild the RAID. The thing is that the client wants to recover photos that were deleted by mistake. I could find the folders with the names intact, but all the files are...

Might be handy.... Seagate ST1000LM035 is one more and more common physical head swap case in data recovery labs. Most ST1000LM035 hard drive we received are 1-platter design with 2 heads but today we receive one ST1000LM035 hard drive and it has 2 platters, 4 heads and when connecting this...

Hi There's a new version available for PC3000. I believe it's a bug repair update, since there's no update log.

Hi Just to state one thing: Yesterday I had a case of a burned PCB of a Samsung HD253HJ (F3), and just need to do the simplest things that is read original rom by terminal and write on donor PCB. After several attempts, I couldn't make it on MRT, it always gave me an error. On PC3000, I could...

Hi Guys I have this old Hitachi here that had a head crash and the top platter is damaged. I wanted to to a headmap on NVRAM, but after I change everything to 00 and save, it doesn’t save (after power off/on). This models have any specifications?? Thanks

Hi Guys I will have to perform a head swap on this ST5000DM000 and I still don't have the exact tool for this model. What tool do you use? Apex? ER-tools? Thanks

Hi Guys I have a case here where I imaged a bad Toshiba. I dind't had many bad or skipped sectors (don't have the number here with me right now). The thing is: I could find about 160GB of data that the client wanted, but she also wanted a folder containing about 2GB of pdf and doc files. None...

Hi We should also start a STICKY for this on each brand. Here's one case I made this week. Nothing compatible bout them but it work fine. Patient had 2 heads and donor 3 heads.

Hi Guys I have a case here with a 2,5" HM251JI that is always busy. After doing a hotswap I can access SA and I find that 3 AD modules are bad: 11, 64 and 0F. After editing 11, I can read sectors (even with difficulty), but on DE none can be readed. Do I really need those 64 and 0F modules to...

Hi Guys I have this ST here that had a bad PCB (a wrong power supply was connected and burned the PCB). I ordered a new PCB, swapped ROM (since I couldn't read it from the original PCB), soldered it on the new PCB and it doesn't even spin up.... I can read the ROM by boot code (so ROM is OK)...

Hi Guys A friend asked for my help about this HDD, but I never saw this log. Does anyone have any ideia? This is a hybrid drive.... Thanks Boot 0x80M QB Rst 0x80MSrv DETCR init 0x0000 (P) SATA Reset RAW OFF PASS (DOS Table) Worst Count: 00000FF8 At SU: 00067000 NT: 00000000 OT: 00000341...

Hi Guys Found these guys yesterday for donor PCB's: https://hddpcb.eu Just ordered one, and at a good price.

A new version is out but it was not announced or even an update log.... I will try to find more info. Latest: 6.4.16 PC3000UDMAESetup.exe (87.98 Mb) Updated Published: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:10:18 +0400 Description: PC-3000 UDMA-E 6.4х version installation setup.exe (drivers are integrated!)

Hi guys for users of MRT: did you know about this feature? http://en.mrtlab.com/retrieving-users-p ... f-usb-hdds I just found out about it. It seems it's for recovery of a lost password.... I wonder if it works....

Hi Guys Does anyone have it? ROM Modules: ROM version............................. : 77.BJA ROM F/W version......................... : 007700BJ Overlay F/W version..................... : 77.BJA Servo F/W version....................... : 04.0E Thanks

Hi Guys What do you use for platter swap? I have the old "SD tools", 2,5" and 3,5", but they seem shaky.. What do you use/recommend? The tape solution? Thanks

Hi Guys I have this Seagate here that was already checked by another lab, and they told that SA was damage and can't be recovered. HDD have the "supposed" new heads inside. I have replaced heads once again, without any luck either, but 2 things come to mind: 1º: donor heads came out clean from...

Hi Guys Does anyone know how to connect terminal cable on this PCB to read ROM? Thanks

Hi Guys For those who didn't noticed, ACE released a new update: http://www.acelaboratory.com/news/

Hi Guys I got a strange FBlite here that came with slow problem faillure. After swaping PCB to SATA and solving the slow error, all started to work. I could already imaged 3 or the 4 heads. The strange is: on head test, head 3 reads without any problem: ROM Modules: ROM...

Hi Guys Does anyone ever bought new ROM chips for Toshibas? Thanks

Hi Guys I need to change the path of the Profile folder. Where do I change that on the software? Can't seem to find it.... Is it possible? Thanks

Hi Guys I have here this WD My book that have 2x3TB drives inside. The WD enclosure failed (got corrupted, and even WD can't help, said that there's no solution for it...). So the only thing is doing a software recovery. My client first told me that the system was on Raid 1 (Mirror), so I...

Hi Guys Got a case here: I changed PCB on this one (USB to SATA) and could get it to ID and I also saved FW (no noises, nothing). Opened Data Extractor to start to image, and when I pressed the Headmap button, it started clicking like hell. After power off, it never worked again... Spins up...

Hi Guys Got a case here with this enclosure, that have 2x3TB HDD's inside. Client said that they are in Mirror. Client claimed it stopped working, can't access data. When I try to connect to the WEB UI, I get gibberish and can't login. If I use the WD Smartware tool, I can see the volume, but...

Hi Guys I have a ST2000VM003 here with a big ring on the top platter. I'm trying to do a headmap like ACE explains here: http://blog.acelaboratory.com/pc-3000-f ... maged.html but after ROM write and power off/on, the motor doesn't even spin up. Is there any trick on this family? This is the...

Hi Guys Does anyone have a "review" about these kind of microscopes: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16MP-1080P-60 ... Ciid%253A1 What do you think? Thanks

Hi Guys This is happened to me 2 or 3 times, but I didn’t give it big importance. But yesterday a friend of mine questioned me for the same situation. Picture this: We have a HDD with Windows 10 working on a PC or Laptop. We take the drive out, connect to another PC and copy a folder to it...

Hi Guys Today it was a great day: just became ACELAB partner http://www.acelaboratory.com/resellers.php Anything you need, probably I may help. :mrgreen:

Hi Guys Usually I ran Studio on quad-core Q6600 with 3 or 4gb of RAM. With the latest 8.3 version, it crashes... I have tested also on a i5 3.2ghz, with 20gb of ram and also crashes (in one case already copying files to the new HDD, and on another crashes when opening the results). I have...

Hi Guys Anyone knows these ones? http://pumacloner.com/

Hi Guys I have a client that wants an online backup system of at least 4TB, to backup his NAS. What do you guys suggest/use? I was already using the Amazon drive with unlimited space (still under the trial period), but now Amazon cancelled that plan. So, I need an alternative at good prices...

Hi Guys I have this drive here, already messed up by the client as you can see in the photos. After swaping PCB, reading ROM and writing into donor PCB, the only thing I get is this: No Spins, only busy. LOG: Bridge PLL Enable Failed Bridge PLL Enable Failed Bridge PLL Enable Failed...

Hi Guys I have this drive here, already messed up by the client as you can see in the photos. After swaping PCB, reading ROM and writing into donor PCB, the only thing I get is this: No Spins, only busy. LOG: Bridge PLL Enable Failed Bridge PLL Enable Failed Bridge PLL Enable Failed...

Hi team To answer to Jol's PM, I must say this: I don't like Amarbir. Period. The guy is always laying on the shadow to see what he can pick. For him, all tools are bad (several posts here and HDDguru), but then he buys them all. He picks "fights" everywhere with other users. Never brings...

Just got the notification of a new update: PC-3000 UDMA-E (6.3x) ENG Don't have the changelog yet hehehehe PS: Changelog: The newest versions of PC-3000 Express/UDMA-E/Portable Ver. 6.3.8, PC-3000 SSD Ver. 2.4.4, Data Extractor Ver. 5.6.3, are available now! The following English, Japanese and...

Hi Guys I had a client that was hit by CryptXXX. The client is willing to pay the ransomware (2.1BC) but acording to several tools (Kasperksy and Trend Micro), they say it can be decryptable. I had some hard work to get 3 or 4 files unencrypted, because both tools ask for the encrypted and...

Hi Guys Did you checked these? http://www.hddheadtools.com/product/hdd ... der-smart/ http://www.hddheadtools.com/product/har ... tor-smart/ "Copy" of HDDsurgery and cheaper

Hi Guys A question please: I have recovered a HFS+ HDD (imaged with only 250 bad sectors). I can now see the files and folder using R-Studio, but after recovering them, the files don't open... Can this be related with security of Apple? But if so, I couldn't see the folder structure, right...

Hi I need to know if it's possible to change the imaging parameters (source and destination). For instance: I'm imaging a drive from Sata0 to USB and later I need to connect on Sata1 to continue. Why I'm asking?? Sometimes while imaging, heads fail and I need to get another donor, so the case...

Hey guys Today I bought a new drive. I asked for a Hitachi, the guy gave it to me and looked very WD'ish. Took it to lab, power on PC3K and it didn't know what was it ehehehhe. Selected WD and there it goes: a normal WD, with normal WD modules, tracks, etc, etc hehehehe So, no you don't buy...

Hi Guys Who do already own ER-Tools? Any reviews on them? Better or worse than ACETOOLS? Thanks

Today I got a head swap toolkit I had bought from ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272312509203? ... Tags=bu=bu Seems pretty great so far. One thing I found out for now: the letters can badly be seen, I had to pass a marker on them to see the letters well. Tomorrow I will make some tests with it.

Hey Guys Got a pickle here.... I have this WD that needs heads. The problem is that the HDD was already refurbished by WD official, so I'm not really sure how to trust in the label to find a donor.... What do you suggest? Thanks

Hi Guys I have this Europa drive here that needs a headswap (they were stuck on platters). 2 problems here: 1st: It's a refurbished drive (by WD) 2nd: Is it possible to use another family for head donor? Have you used another family on this Europa drives? I was going to try a Mariner, but the...

Hi Today I saw this video posted by Scott Moulton. Some of you use this technique? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY_fwJnh8wI

Hi Got a flash drive from a client on where the ODS and XLS dissapered. After running R-Studio, I can see many files with extension B631C. I didn't found any info about this, so I suspect on some kind of encryption. Have anyone saw these kind of files? Thanks

Hey Guys Do you usually get corruption after imaging a drive? How do you deal with that with your clients? I keep getting more and more people complaining that they still have corrupted files, even after I pass DE several times, with different configurations to try to extract the more that I...

Today I got this ehhehehe The power plug of the PSU was completely toasted

Hey Guys Check your update box. New version is out. Don't know the changelog yet though...

Hey guys Do you have any tool to check the environment inside your clean room/cabinet? What do you use/recomend? Cheers

Hey Guys Got a situation here. A client brought an old HP server and a bad SCSI HDD. The PC have a HP Dat 24 tape drive and he claims that the tapes should have backups on them (he brought 5 tapes). But he doesn't know how the backups were made, which software, nothing.... I tried to use Z-Dat...

Hi Just checked that ACE updated all the manuals on the 14th of September. Have you noticed? Time to re-read. :mrgreen:

With data breaches and data security pushed into the news on seemingly daily basis, we expect today’s digital investigators to be faced with encryption technology more frequently. For those with something to hide, the use of strong encryption has been widely promoted. For those with data they...

Hi Found this page. It contains a big list of utilities that might help... https://forensiccontrol.com/resources/free-software/

Hey Guys I need a working SSD for a APPLE Macbook PRO A1502 Late 2013. New or used, the best/lowest price possible. Does anyone have one to sell or have a contact of anyone that can sell them? PS: It's amazing the lack of compatible SSD from other brands and the price they cost original...

Hey guys I have here a case whit this HDD. The client already have opened it, but all seems fine inside. The problem is that the HDD powers on, spins and power off. No clicks or unusual sounds. I think it's PCB, because, I have an exact other HDD with a broken USB port. I swapped PCB and it...

Hi Guys Got a drive today (2,5" HTS725050A7E630), that the client said it stopped working. After inspection, heads were stuck. I release them OK, checked the rotation of the platters (all OK) and power it on. It clicked and got stuck again. Strange. So I opened it again, release heads and...

Hi Guys This is not really a data recovery situation.... What's happening: I got a flash drive from HP with the recovery image for a laptop. After the recovery, I wanted to erase the flash drive and get it to work as a regular flash drive (it's a 16GB, not bad). But it's in read-only mode... I...

Data recovery from all Toshiba hard disks. From noisy-clicking drives to those that are not spinning at all. From drives where the data has gone missing or is visible but not accessible. MjM Data Recovery have new technology that helps to read Toshiba drives that suffer with the following...

Hi I got this Hitachi that can't be ID. Spins OK, no clicks or sounds. I can read NVRAM if I remove the PCB from HDA. Tried to standby, reconnect PCB and wake it up but stays busy. What do you guys think? Bad NVRAM? Thanks

Hi I was imaging this drive and it gave me an error. After power Off/ON I get this error: Techno mode key Techno mode key......................... : Ok RAM: HDD Info reading........................ : Ok Heads number............................ : 2 Cyl Count............................... ...

As the tittle says: Happy Birthday Jared!!!!!

Hi Guys I'm imaging a drive here that have bad sectors in a regular basis. I have active the jump size of 256 sectors, but when it finds a sector, it jumps 256 sectors (making a yellow zone) but it keeps reading backwards until it hits another bad block. I wanted it to jump those sectors and...

Hi Got a Seagate ST3500620AS few days back which had a translator problem, nothing big. Some bad sectors too, but nothing very bad. I imaged the drive and after getting the files that the client wanted (mostly photos), they were almost all corrupted. I found it very strange, because only minor...

Hey Got a drive today on a USB enclosure. After opening it, this is what I saw... :shock: :shock:

Hey Great section here. what we lack is some kind of tutorials for this tool to even know how to work with it better.

Hey Got a case today of a Mobef.http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ ... ectiontxt/ This crap will never end.....

Hi Do you have this exact procedure option on your tool? http://blog.acelaboratory.com/wd-drives ... omment-214 I can't seem to do it....

Another disease is out there... The Maktub Locker... This is an era of big problems... https://blog.malwarebytes.org/threat-an ... dangerous/ My local hospital was infected by the plague of the locker virus.... http://terrasdabeira.gmpress.pt/uls-da- ... o-na-rede/ (in Portuguese, use...

Hi I have a case here, where a client lost the Android Keystore file which is unique and needed to update the app on the Play Store. I need to search on the drive for that file, but I'm not sure which type of file to search, since it's not a usual file that R-Studio or similar would search for...

Hey guys Got a problem here that's making me scratch my head. Got this drive, that cannot be ID. It doesn't make any strange sounds and doesn't spin off. I can read many modules, but 11,33 and some others are corrupted. One strange thing: I can't read any track and if I load a loader, it does...

I wonder why only the clients with tough cases accept the prices for recovery? Why don't the easy cases are not accepted?? Why? WHY? WWWHHHYYYYY??? :x :x :x :x :x :x :x

Hi Guys One question/doubt please: I have this Samsung that does this log: ++ SU MaxPhyHead = 0006 RPM at Handoff: 01C7 UÕtSHOS - Released on 2009/07/29 09:23 by sangyun.jung DRAM=32MB SoC=27A0 SHOS-(1AG18hjM.124) <SpinOn_2>KeepSpinOn! RV Enabled Temp : 14 degC SpinOk UF 3 1stGrayErr...

Hey Got this drive with heads completely toasted. The thing is that he head map is 0,2,3. I have 2 platters and one missing arm (just 3 head surfaces). On the donors I could have and I have searched for, the headmap is 0,1,2.... What do you suggest? Get one with 4 heads and try? Have you got...

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...

Hi Got this drive that was not being detected. After swapped PCB to SATA and write ROM, I also couldn't get the drive ID. So, I changed DIR address and I can already see SA and get the modules. All heads test OK. I see that I have the following bad modules: 012D 022D 002D 002E 32 - Relo List...

Hi Got this drive today, that is only recognized as 3,86GB. I can't get into terminal (should be locked by HP, right?) I have tried to short the read channel but can't get it to go to terminal. The PCB is a 100475720. I have one doubt on this: when shorting, I must keep the short continuously...

Hi A doubt I have: If we write a ROM from the same family from a donor into a pacient, the drive should continue to spin and doesn't spin down, right? Or is it normal, because it's not the right ROM? Thanks

Hi I'm trying to find a VGA card for a MSI laptop. Here in my country or even Europe I can't find it. Does MSI have good representation on USA? Maybe it's easier to find this VGA card... Can someone try to find it for me? Thanks

Hi What do you guys use to repair a corrupted SQL database? Does it usually work OK? Thanks

Hey Today I created my first Facebook campaign. 5€ hehehehe Let's see what's the results of that.

Hi Got this drive today, already opened by the client. I have checked heads and platters and they seem fine though.. The drive clicks a bit, but doesn't spin down. Here's the log output. What do you think? Heads? Rst 0x10M No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 2002B001 ASCII Diag mode F3 T>/7 F3 7>X...

Hey Guys Just got one of these with bad heads (11 clicks and spin down and Servo Fail on terminal LOG), I haven't opened yet to see the platters, but are these also the damn DM drives hard to do head swaps?? Thanks

Hey Today I got another Cryptowall victim... This is getting a big pain lately.... Do you guys also have this very often??

Hi I have this drive which is well detected, but I can't read not even 1 sector... Only on PIO withouth CRC... The modules are OK, NVRAM test OK, tried to regen translator, reset smart and nothing works. Also tried to create a virtual translator on DE, but nothing as well. What do you suggest...

Hi Today I got a Seagate SAS part from a RAID 1, that failled. I don't have any tools to check it, besides the SCSI card. Can I work with it by terminal? The HDD just stopped being detected. No bad noises, or power faillure. I will post the full model here later. Thanks

Hey This is from a Portuguese website and of course it's in Portuguese. You can translate it eheheh It might help. http://pplware.sapo.pt/tutoriais/5-dica ... niciantes/

Hey guys I have a strange log on this Seagate. I have swapped heads on it. The donor is very similar and I think it went OK (at least it doesn't click heehehe) I have this log: T>Head Mask 0003 - Switch to full int. Ready...

Hey Today I got a relic to recover: a Seagate ST320413A 20GB :mrgreen: and amazingly I have a donor in stock The guy already removed the top foil tough.... Hope everything is OK....

Hey guys Got this USB Samsung HS25YJZ that takes a while to be detected, but after a few minutes it finally does ID, but no full LBA as you can see on the picture. Do you guys know the points to change to SATA? The PCB is a BF41-00289A. Or is it necessary a SATA PCB? Thanks

Hi This one is new to me: I have a WD20NMVW-11AV3S3 with USB PCB. Have you already connected it to ACE by COM cable to backup FW? The drive Is working good, I just want to save it. Which connector have you used? Thanks

Hi Check this out: http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/file ... e%5D_0.pdf

Hey Just got another call from a client that got his files encrypted... Still no solution, right?? Thanks

Hi Does anyone have the ROM for this HDD? Already got one, but didn't worked. I want to try another. Thanks

Hi Got a Kermit WD. It's a WD7500AAVS-00D7B1. Technology mode key : ..........................: OK RAM: Read HDD Info : ................................: OK Heads number : .................................: 4 Head map : .....................................: F0 SA Cyl Count ...

Hi I'm searching for a WD2500BEVS-11UST0 09 jan 2009 DCM: FACT2BBB - Thailand PCB: 2061-701499-600 Thanks

Hi This pacient can get ready, but can't ID. I have a similar donor and I have tried to use it to do hot swap. I could image about 4 700 000 sectors, but now it fails... Head map is hard to create, too damn slow... Can this be heads, or firmware? I can read P-list, but not Glist for...

Hi One question please: If I got a drive with only one bad head (from a total of 4), I can read FW, Tracks, from head 1, isn't it possible to load the drive ID and read the other 3 platters? Or do I always need a donor to smart swap? Thanks

Hi I have this drive which had heads stuck on platters and got destroyed. I order a donor and swapped heads. All went smooth. Plug it to UDMA and got this terminal: Rst 0x10M SPINUP FAILED ExecuteSpinRequest op=0100 resp=0007 op=0100 resp=0007 LED:000000BC FAddr:00007A43 LED:000000BC...

Hi I have this drive that clicks when power on. After it goes ready, I can edit headmap in RAM and work with head 1 (head 0 seems dead). I can read FW and tracks, but can't get it to ID well. Even after I load 11.rpm. This is the log: RAM: Read HDD Info : ................................: OK...

Hi Does anyone have this fw? Thanks

Hi Do you guys use to buy on Ebay for instance, of bad HDD's in lots? I found many in the US, the problem is the shipping costs ehehehe

Hi Did anyone ever managed to get a 4TB hdd working on a windows 7 64bits, but without UEFI bios? I don't mind of having 2+2tb partitions, but I can't create the second one.... Any utility out there? Thanks

Hi Last few days, one guy on a national IT forum, posted a topic where is HDD died (clicks, etc). I sent him a PM, as I usually do, to help or try to get the deal to me. He said it is a external HDD and it was already opened once and repaired. I asked him it if was the enclosure that was...

Hi I have a client with a broken touch of a Iphone 6 (with only 4 months....) and can't unlock the screen. He have insurance, so the phone will be replaced for another, but he wants to save the data. Is there any way to do it? Thanks

Hey Do you know any tool that can format the drive with P-list? Thanks

Hi Need some help here. Today I had a client with 2 photos that she brought to me into a flash drive. She, at least, wants to know the date of when the pictures were taken. I have checked with Winhex and can't see nothing, besides the day of when the picture was saved into the flash drive...

Hi Guys I have a ST2000DM001 with bad heads here. It's the first one of this model I get and I have heard very bad about them. So my question is, based on your experience, what's necessary to get a compatible donor for these drives? The usual? Serial, model, FW, date? Thanks

Hi I have a few drives with very few bad sectors, that I want to hide. I have done scans, add defects to P-List, format with P-list. After a Scan they continue to appear. Shouldn't they hide doing this steps? What's wrong?? Thanks

Hi Guys Do you know any 2,5" SSD HDD with IDE interface? I have found some on Ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-5-IDE-PATA- ... 3a9a720e54 Do you know how well they work? Thanks

Hey guys Do you know/hear something on how to regen ROM on F3? Still a trade secret?

Hi guys Give me a hint on this: I have this drive which is not recognized or even spin with the original USB PCB. The PCB model is a 2060-771737. I have tested anothed USB PCB and it spins OK, no clicks. I have tried a SATA PCB 2060-771692-005 which have a 512Kb ROM. I wrote a ROM from a...

Hey Guys One question: what do you guys use to full erase a drive? I use HDD Low Level format, but it takes several hours to erase a 2TB drive.... Any faster solution? Thanks

Hi I got a Seagate 7200.12 ST3250318AS with a HostFis problem. Drive was always bsy and no ID, but full access on terminal. I executed a translator regen and a Smart reset too. The drive was then ready and ID well, but now I got the partial access problem. I can't read after 160000 sectors. I...

Hi Do you usually send drives under warranty to the manufacturer so they can swap them? Or do you keep them and repair them?

Hello I'm from Portugal, has you might already know :mrgreen: I'm in DR area for about 4 years and still allot to learn, so the idea of getting another forum is always good. Here we can share ideas, experiences, etc. I have PC3K, MRT, DDI and still some SD tools :mrgreen: :mrgreen: If you...