TOSHIBA MK5065GSX G-List Error

[Bankole Oladoja]

Hello,

I have this TOSHIBA MK5065GSX, with G-list ..[glow=red]G-List reading error.................... : G-List read error; Device Error Detected 51/19 (AMN;<bit3>;INF)[/glow]
I tried repairing it using this method Translator Regeneration from ACE, but didn't work.

Any idea what can be done next, Please ?

Thank you

 

[jol]

probably heads/media damage

 

[Bankole Oladoja]

Please Jol, how can I check the media damage ?

 

[jol]

I'll consider your question as joke

 

[pclab]

Does it make noises/clicks?
To see media damage you have to open the drive and check heads/platters.

 

[Jared]

OK, just helped him out remotely. Turned out to be a simple clear G-List, then setup software translator to solve G-List corruption case. Imaging 99% of sectors now at around 20Mb/s. Read/write heads are a bit unstable, but with 5 retries it's cleaning up most sectors. With a bit more intensive read might get near 100%.

 

[Bankole Oladoja]

Thanks Jared.

 

[LarrySabo]

[post]4258[/post]To see media damage you have to open the drive and check heads/platters.

On newer drives where the servo marks are recorded inline with the data, I understand that the platters need not be in perfect original alignment after removal and re-installation, so you should be able to remove the platters to inspect them for damage. However, the one drive I did that on as an experiment would not calibrate afterwards. Nevertheless, a colleague has done it and was able to recover the data without drama. Anyone else done this?

 

[Bankole Oladoja]

Thanks Larry.