When it comes to mOLD and btec sectors on SMR Seagates, that actually may save a client's data from Spinrite, assuming that every read is with a long timeout. If under 500ms, those sectors will report as bad, rather than give garbage data. The scenario is not much different than my Seagate Grenada w...

This is a good candidate for a shootout. Why not do the headswap, recover the data, then reinstall the original heads and let SpinRite thrash the drive? My thoughts exactly. It will somewhat depend on what the client decides on my quote and if they will permit me to keep the drive when all is said ...

So, close to 1/4 of the drive would be lost if it could complete before total failure.

I have a Seagate recovery case here right now where head 3 reads at the lower LBA sectors, but by about 1%, it isn't reading any sectors at all. I'm confident that I can get near 100% read of this drive after a head swap or possibly even with AFH adjustments. However, what would happen to all those ...

I have zero interest in wasting time guessing what model and family of drive this is referncing. Please provide more details or your request will be removed.

This was posted by Michael Chiklis on the hddguru forums List of supported SSD controllers on MRT 2184 Samsung SSD CM871 series S4LN054X02-Y030 850 series S4LN045X01-8030 840 EVO series S4LN045X01-8030 840 series S4LN021X01-8030 830 series S4LJ204X01-Y040 470 series S3C29MAX01-Y340 MLC series S3C29R...

If I can get some free promotion from it, all won't be lost. The funny thing is, as one could argue my bias, it doesn't explain yours or Franc's perspective. They may be portraying us as the villains when, in reality, our main objective is to protect people from unnecessary data loss. Now that I thi...

Joep wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:33 pm Luke better watch out, the gang is mobilized ..

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Awesome! If our efforts pushes them into the right direction, it is a win.

Perhaps better would be to simply compare Spinrite cost, time and results with: ddrescue hddsuperclone R-Studio R-Studio with DeepSpar USB Stabilizer UFS Explorer UFS Explorer with DeepSpar USB Stabilizer RapidSpar DeepSpar Disk Imager MRT DE PC3000-DE The problem is, when testing Spinrite in the pa...

To me, the GRC forum is a case of a false messiah preaching to blind, uncritical, zealous devotees. No amount of logic from the outside world will sway them. I believe you are correct. It is almost like a cult that convinces people that someone false is true and won't even recognize any evidence to...