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by lcoughey
Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:02 pm
Forum: SysDev Laboratories
Topic: Many MRT DE Issues Resolved with the Help of UFS Explorer
Replies: 0
Views: 3765

Many MRT DE Issues Resolved with the Help of UFS Explorer

The UFS Explorer team has added support to work directly with a mounted MRT-DE task, fixing the issues that the MRT developers have been ignoring (or not able to fix) for several years. Added file system support Select specific files, folders or used sectors by bitmap and send commands to image Save...
by lcoughey
Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:02 pm
Forum: MRT Data Explorer
Topic: Many MRT DE Issues Resolved with the Help of UFS Explorer
Replies: 0
Views: 4027

Many MRT DE Issues Resolved with the Help of UFS Explorer

The UFS Explorer team has added support to work directly with a mounted MRT-DE task, fixing the issues that the MRT developers have been ignoring (or not able to fix) for several years. Added file system support Select specific files, folders or used sectors by bitmap and send commands to image Save...
by lcoughey
Thu Jun 11, 2020 7:57 pm
Forum: Seagate Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: ST500UM001 SSHD Head Swap
Replies: 0
Views: 4745

ST500UM001 SSHD Head Swap

Patient: Model - ST500UM001 PN - 1EK1620-034 SN - W76... FW - DEP3 Preamp - D0 * patient had stuck and severely damaged heads SSHD Donor Model - ST500LM001 PN - 1EKJ162-075 SN - W76... FW - LIV6 Preamp - B0 * drive clicks and spins down with this donor HDD Donor Model - ST500LM021 PN - 1KJ152-070 S...
by lcoughey
Mon May 25, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: DeepSpar
Topic: DeepSpar USB Stabilizer with PC3000 Data Extractor
Replies: 0
Views: 6512

DeepSpar USB Stabilizer with PC3000 Data Extractor

One of the most annoying things with the Western Digital Spyglass family is the process one has to go through to image it after the head issues are resolved. With the older Western Digital My Passport USB 3 interfaced hard drives, we would quickly read and write the ROM from the USB board and progra...
by lcoughey
Wed May 13, 2020 6:51 pm
Forum: Seagate Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: ST2000LM007 - Weird Read Issue
Replies: 18
Views: 25534

Re: ST2000LM007 - Weird Read Issue

I have another drive with similar issues. This time with "sEDU" Patient Drive - ST2000LM007, 1R8174-568, WDZ..., SBK2, 4 heads Perhaps it is only with this model that this issue occasionally happens. Not enough cases to make that call. --- ST2000LM007-Corrupt-Sectors.jpg --- Update: change...
by lcoughey
Mon May 11, 2020 2:54 pm
Forum: Western Digital Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: Western Digital Pebbleb / Spyglass / Spyglass2
Replies: 1
Views: 5252

Western Digital Pebbleb / Spyglass / Spyglass2

SATA PCB - 2060-800022 USB 3.0 PCB - 2060-800041 USB C PCB - 2060-810012 Pebbleb WD30NPVX-00N2PT0 (SATA) WD30NMVW-11C3NS2 (USB 3.0) WD30NMVW-11C3NS4 (USB 3.0) Spyglass WD40NPZZ-00PDPT0 (SATA) WD40NPZZ-11JHGT0 (SATA) WD30NMZW-11GX6S1 (USB 3.0) WD40NMZW-11GX6S1 (USB 3.0) WD40NMZW-59GX6S1 (USB 3.0) Spy...
by lcoughey
Thu May 07, 2020 6:07 pm
Forum: Real Data Recovery Cases
Topic: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Replies: 33
Views: 137229

Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues

oded wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 3:34 am HI Luke,

Great post.
I had also successful experience with the following drive:
WD Zephyr - WD5000BMVW-11AMCS2
Platters were not 100% aligned and i got all the data from this drive.

Cheers,
Oded
Thanks...list updated.
by lcoughey
Tue May 05, 2020 11:11 am
Forum: Real Data Recovery Cases
Topic: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues
Replies: 33
Views: 137229

Re: Platter Swap Without Alignment Issues

I've never seen an issue with a single platter swap. As for swapping a single platter instead of the heads seems like a good idea on the surface, but considering you need to remove the heads in most models in order to remove the platter, it is not practical...except for the single head Maxtor N40P, ...
by lcoughey
Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:10 pm
Forum: Toshiba Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: Toshiba usb to sata
Replies: 3
Views: 13565

Re: Toshiba usb to sata

I believe that is the intention, to get power through the USB. Personally, I would have just ordered in a SATA drive for the PCB as I know that I will likely need it again later.