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Hello. I'm working on this station now. Did a head change because I thought that was the problem .. But I get the same result afterwards. Anyone know what I can do next? (Photos attached)

Hello. I have a western digital HDD that I am working on now. I have physically cut head 2 due to a large circular scraper. But when I try to upload the loader, I get this error (see photos) Does that mean other heads can be dead too? or something else? I tried and inspected the heads under a...

Hello. I work on a poor surface ocean (Bacall) The surface of head 1 is in poor condition ... I was able to make an SA backup and then my head died .. I inspected the head under the microscope and saw that it was full of crap .. So I cut the head, but after that I found out that both Bacall...

Hello. I tried unscrewing the screw that stabilizes the plate / center screw, but some of them will not loosen it seems to be glued. I use T8 from ifixit toolbox .. Any tips? (the screw may be rounded now: /) :?: :?:

Hello. I have a recovery job with about 10GB of photos and movies that are corrupt / damage. Is there a program that can fix this without reduce the image size? or does i have to do it in HEX?

Hi I was working on this hard drive, it had stuck head. after loosening my head i connected it to pc3000 hard drive spins fine .. but it did not give id and give me this error in terminal: Rst 0x40M The servo processor is reset. could this mean bad head? drive dont spin down just keep spinning..

Hello I work with a Maxtor Diamond plus 9 which I found to have a bad PCB shorted. What I assume is that the CR200 (TVS?) Is dead. What happens if I remove it? do I need to replace it? can i run the hard drive without it?

Hello I have two pcs of seagate with damage to surface, I need to remove both head. what is the best tools to use for cut head off Any other advice for head removing?

Probably a stupid question, but I try anyway. What type of screwdriver is needed too open the screws that are on the "plate lock". I tested with torx6-8 some screws getting good while some getting damage / round. It looks like torx in my eyes. This is a WD30EZRX-00MMMB0

Hello. im working on a WD wd5000lmvw and when im trying to upload dir into ram i got error on modul 2 Pictures attatch. Any advice for moving on..

Is it not possible to edit the head map on this ST31000528AS drive? if I set ROM physical head maps from 00 01 02 03 to 00 00 00 00 and same on ROM logical head map and edit SAP control flags max head to 0, then the hard drive will not start spinning (it behaves as if the circuit board is...

Hello. I have a mirror glass to get well .. Do you think I can use encoder 1 or encoder 2 is a good match for the patient hard drive? (Pictures attached)

Is this a candidate for a head killer? Any suggestions on how to recover what is possible? I inspect the head and the filter and it doesn't look too bad.

Hello. I have a WD WD1003FZEX that customer missing a lot of DWG files on. This is the customer's description of what happened: How did the error occur? Data seems to have disappeared after repeated transfers from Pc to Pc. Physical disconnection / connection in 2 different machines. Which...

Hello. I got a case where the customer accidentally did a quick formatting on the hard drive .. unfortunately the drive is encrypted with bitlocker. Is there any hope of getting some of the data back or all is lost

I'm not sure how to read the head map, but I'm right that both of drives have the same pre amp and head map (01 02 03 04 05)

Have done a head swap.. after stuck head and missing slider...

ST2000LM007 Sn: WCC21PCK FW:SBK2 SITE:WU DOM: 31 jul 2016 PCB:10078149 PBC STICK: 6151A

What is this telling ? Spin Up FAIL Servo Op=0100 Resp=0003 0100 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ResponseFrame 1A40 004F 04B7 3F40 0008 0000 0000 0000 0E2E 0000 0000...

Is this sound just telling me that its not compatible ? https://vimeo.com/user65316063/review/3 ... 4c5d45a16b Or could It be firmware issues ? I put it back in the donor driver and the donor driver spin up just fine.

I have 4 phone forensics jobbs here. Any suggestions for a good phone forensics software? I've looked at https://www.mobiledit.com what do you think? is it okay or does it find others better?

Is there any chance to recover this file? (marked in blue)

Witch type of flash reader/socket do i need to read this chip? I have a TL866CS

What is the best software / hardware to find deleted movies / pictures on iPhone and other types of android? I often get questions about helping to recover deleted photos and movies from iPhone. I read that dr.phone is crazy and does not work .. what do you use? (Is it possible? I know that...

Just a question ... how to identify which chip is 1,2,3 on a usb / sd card with for example 4 pcs ..

I have a Quantum fireball plus as (20,5GB) for recovery clicking head.. What is important to match on those driveres? What tool can I use for head replacement? is there any made tools for that driver ?

Hello. Once you have run disk image on a hard drive for the customer and it has got all file information but some / more files are corrupt due to a sector error. Do you sort out those files before you create a snap2html for the customer?

Has a Seagate st3000DM001 that spins up makes a nice sound so spin down again. Can any of you confirm if this is a reading head problem or if there may be something else that mistakes the mistake. Link to the Video

I have a WD5000LMVW with bad head. looking on eBay for a donor disk and they are pretty expensive, is there any other hdd that I can use? MDL: WD5000LMVW-11VEDS0 S/N: WX71A53W1383 DCM: HBKTJVNB DATE: 24 JUN 2013 PRODUCT OF THAILAND PCB: 771949 MICROCODE:0006000M

I have had a few inquiries where the customer has been unlucky and deleted a document by accident. For the many customers, it takes too long and send the device and wish it can be done over the internet. Any suggestions ?

I wonder if there are any alternatives to the Job Organizer (as Hddsurgery offers) How do you organize / register your assignments?

Model:ST3000DM001 Firmware:CC46 SN:Z502F2X6 Site: Tk Date: 16213 PCB: 100749730 Rev A

searching bios for this hard drive, date as close as possible + - 1 week I think my bios chip is dead since I can not read it. After what I've learned, there's no copy of bios inside SA. I use DFL-PCIe 4X Data Recovery Express. Wd5000lmvw-11CKRS0 Date 28 Oct 2018 DCM HACTJHNB Product of...

Have a westeren digital wd5000lmvw that i change pcb on And moved u12 from old to new. After replacing will not the hard driver spin up.. it will spin up with the wrong u12 but only give like click of dead. Any suggestions for a newbie

Hello. I'm working on a wd5000lmvw and have made platter swap moved bios chip over too donor pcb. Checked the disc in r-studio and it's say read error https://imgur.com/a/iVayp Can someone point me too next step? I'm still a newbie

Hello. I have patient (My own) WD5000LMVW-11CKRS0 , DATE 28 oct 2012, DCM:HACTJHNB USB3.0 drive. I only have the original platter, PCB and cover (Missing case and original head. Somebody mes with it before I got it) Can I buy one : WD5000LMVW-11CKRS0 , DATE 22 NOV 2012 , DCM HBOTJBBB USB 3.0...

Hello. New member from Norway :) I have just begun to capture the interest of data recovery. so I'm totally fresh within the area but hope to learn a lot. is there a place for asking beginner questions? Freakazoid