It doesn't trigger anything with my Trend Micro.

Even though I usually set it for jumps of 0x10, I tend to jump by 0x20 for the first couple of attempts. It doesn't always works, especially with the Rosewood series drives. I always save to ROM and repower to test. At the end of the day, a head swap usually works when AFH adjustments don't.

We think we got the data from this bad sector 100%. Don't worry, even if we didn't, it is unlikely you will ever notice.

I'd be curious to know the demand for such an old drive that cannot even be confirmed to work by the seller.

Don't you hate it when your eyes are open to the cult and then you feel left out?

I finally downloaded my updated copy of 6.1. I can't wait to get it setup on a USB boot drive and end the need for my having to change heads and clone drives ever again. Oh wait! I live in the real world.

Why does it not surprise me that he'd suggest the freezer?

https://forums.grc.com/threads/hdd-not- ... eath.1542/

I put the unknowns at the bottom of my list. If you know who they are, let me know so I can edit the post.

Case 1 - 500GB Seagate Grenada with stuck heads Competitor Quote was over $3000 USD Data recovered by Recovery Force in a few hours for about $400 USD (new pricing would have it land around $700 USD) Case 2 - 5TB Seagate M11 no longer detecting in Windows via USB Competitor Quote was over $2000 USD ...

On some rare occassions, end customers don't even want to admit that the drive was at another lab previously. However, the majority of the time, it is because they took it to computer shop XYZ or even a friend who sent it off to an undisclosed location. I have a case here now where I'm awaiting on m...