When it comes to cloning Ultra Wide SCSI drives, there aren't a lot of hardware imagers designed for handling the unstable drives, leaving data recovery technicians with software imaging programs to handle the work. I'd like to confirm that the free version of HDDSuperClone is making quick work of a...

Iurii wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:12 am What's new in version 8.8:

Once again, another great update with lots of useful goodies.

I don't know - he says that this is used to replace the old method with WD passports, where he had to cut up a SATA connector and wire it to the PCB to bypass the USB connector. I thought that's what an adaptor is. Here's the link that will direct you to the exact time in the video where he says th...

As of right now, there are no know solutions to handle this model of SSD when the firmware gets damaged and the SSD goes unresponsive.

Thus far, we have confirmed two possible controllers that can be found in this SSD:

512GB SSD - Realtek RTS5732DLQ
240GB SSD - Maxio MAS0902A-B2C

@lcoughey Thank you for your reply. Where is "Recovery Force" located? $350 is actually a fair price. We are in Canada and our full address is on the website that hosts this forum. 1. I would have done the soldering myself; I have a soldering specialist that would have done it for $30. Th...

Typically, the symptoms you describe are firmware related, usually caused by bad sectors which are, in turn, caused by one or more weak/failing heads. For most labs, this is a likely a routine recovery where we would likely convert the drive to SATA, fix any firmware issues, image the drive, working...

I already answered you on your hddguru post, but figured it would be good to have it on record here too. It is not a PCB issue. Swapping to SATA only compounds the issues if you aren't equipped to deal with weak heads, firmware, bad sectors, encryption and possible file system damage. The problem is...

Patient drive arrived clicking and screaming. We were able to get it to ID with the original heads and mirror head 1, but head 0 was completely unresponsive. Patient Model: ST500LM021 PN: 1KJ152-020 FW: 2YXM1 SN: W62 Site: WU DOM: 11DEC2016 Headmap: 0,1 Preamp: B0 Drive Family: YarraX Client Supplie...

Your first step should be to get a full sector-by-sector clone of the drive and make sure nothing further is written back to the original. Then, after you get the clone completed, connect the clone to another system that has the data recovery software you wish to scan the drive with installed. I rec...

I'm pleased to report that we were the first lab in North America to have successfully recovered data from an SM2258XT controller based SSD using PC3000.

Model: ADATA Ultimate SU650 - ASU650SS-120GT
Controller: SMI N05K93 (SM2258XT)