WD500LPVX module corruption

pclab

Moderator
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 some clicks and still can't read any track.
I also can't write a 11 modules from donor, or shift modules.... Bad sectors in SA, right?
How to handle this type of failure?
 

Jared

Administrator
Staff member
If you can read by composite, or have compatible resources from a donor you can try re-writing the modules by ABA and see if they'll take. If that doesn't work, you can edit module 1 to move the modules location and see if you can write by ABA there and have it take. Then, if all that fails, time to smart hot swap as jol said.
 
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