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    WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 - ROM & LDR

    Hello, i need ROM and LDR for WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 drive with following micro codes: 60042 60038 6003J Thanks.
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    Toshiba MQ04UBD200 compatible Heads compare

    Hello everyone, i need to swap heads on a MQ04UBD200 patient drive. I've a MQ04UBD200 donor drive, i need to know if in your opinion heads are compatible with the patient. Donor drive is 37 months older than patient. Donor Cyl num: 361612 Donor SPT: 3632 Patient Cyl num: 355807 Patient SPT: 3840
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    Helios WD10TMVW-11ZSMS0 sabotage

    Hi and Merry Xmas to everyone. I've helios WD10TMVW-11ZSMS0 which can read well surfaces on all 6 heads but in large zones they can't read well (black squares and slow reading) on heads 2-3-4-5. I already did the slow issue fix and edited ID to stop reallocation and other stuff but it behavies...
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    Moose head swap - ST3500820AS vs ST3500320AS

    Hi, i've this patient drive with faulty heads: Model: ST3500820AS S/N: 9QMxxxxx P/N: 9BX134-511 Date Code: 08336 (which means 2008-02-20) Site code: KRATSG Preamp: 6D 03 Donor Model: ST3500320AS S/N: 9QMxxxxx P/N: 9BX154-305 Date Code: 09291 (which means 2009-01-13) Site code: KRATSG Preamp...
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    MRT bug - Not able to read ROM and SA from Pinnacle Pata

    I've found another MRT bug in WD utility, this time related to Pinnacle Pata family. Utility is not able to read ROM and SA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TzDJFuhvXs
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    MRT bug for Momentus 5400.3 (Venus) - Overlay and ID failure

    Hello, i've found a bug relative to Seagate Momentus 5400.3 (Venus family). Utility is not able to read ATA overlays and reads ID incorrectly. Watch the video on youtube also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gmvBlgktjM&t=4s P.S. This drive is perfect, i can read all user data on surface. I...
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    Samsung HD501LJ (T166 family) - How to disable reallocation

    Hello, i've this drive and i need data, when i power on heads do click like crazy and it stay in busy state. I was able to clone about 25% of surface with hotswap from good donor drive, but now i'm stuck because there are a lot of bad sector in surface and when heads hit them DE is not able to...
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    WD My Passport decryption bug

    How to rip correctly decryption key from module 25 and load it into DE by using manual method. Auto check method often doesn't work, MRT staff should fix this bug !!! https://youtu.be/_qrs7PgStGU
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    Seagate loader conversion script (MRT to PC3000)

    Hi i post Python script to convert old MRT Seagate loaders (which have .LDR extension) into PC3000 loader format (which have .LOD extension). Last MRT releases do create loaders in .LOD format as PC3000 does. Download Python program here: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows If you have...
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    P-list destroyed by bastard DR - 7200.11 HDD

    Hello, i've 7200.11 ST3500320AS-SD15 drive (Moose family) which few months ago my customer has sent to a DR in my country. Customer didn't accept his quote, so "pro" DR sent the drive back to him, now the drive is in my hands... Drive symptoms is that it's detect as 0 byte, but it goes ready...
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    PCB swap of old Toshiba MK3017GAP

    Hi, i have this old Toshiba drive with damaged PCB. MK3017GAP, HDD2159 Q ZF01 T PCB number: B36021752017 At the moment i don't have donor pcb for this old drive, but i can find it. The problem is that i don't know which is the ROM chip of this PCB, does someone know which is? I can't find any...
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