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by lcoughey
Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:11 pm
Forum: Seagate Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: Seagate Rosewood Families, Headmaps and Preamps
Replies: 21
Views: 35025

Re: Seagate Rosewood Families, Headmaps and Preamps

It seems now that the next challenge is to figure out how we can safely identify the head count in a drive when some models can vary between 2, 3 & 4 heads.
by lcoughey
Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:30 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: TimeClock Plus database location
Replies: 2
Views: 8011

TimeClock Plus database location

As the technical support for TimeClock Plus feels that they cannot tell you the default storage location of the database on a Windows system without being provided a license key, I thought I'd be helpful to show it here: \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA\ The file ext...
by lcoughey
Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:58 pm
Forum: Seagate Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: Log of Seagate DM Series Issues
Replies: 53
Views: 79620

Re: Log of Seagate DM Series Issues

Model: ST2000DM001 P/N: 1CH164-302 FW: CC26 Site: SU SN: S1E # of heads: 4 (0,1,2,3) Symptom: Corrupt file system Cause: Head 0 only reads the first few percent, accompanied by client doing some sort of file system repair Solution: Change heads, imported head adaptives from donor Result: Nearly 100%...
by lcoughey
Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:54 pm
Forum: MRT
Topic: MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only
Replies: 7
Views: 12288

Re: MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only

The MFT is just a single file, usually in a few fragments. Read the fragments as separate chains and be done with it. It is when you get into FAT and EXT file systems that it becomes super messy pretty much better to just get a full clone of the drive before any file system recovery attempts.
by lcoughey
Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:37 pm
Forum: MRT
Topic: MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only
Replies: 7
Views: 12288

Re: MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only

The way it should work is to image the MFT first, then read the file tree from the already imaged MFT. Then select and create a map of sectors associated with the files you want to target. Then image just the mapped sectors without thrashing. When complete, generate a file tree showing the files tha...
by lcoughey
Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:13 pm
Forum: MRT
Topic: MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only
Replies: 7
Views: 12288

MRT DE - image a couple specific folders only

For data recovery professionals, it is very important to be able to quickly target key files and folders that clients need recovered as a priority. But, how you image the sectors connected to those files and folders can have a huge impact on the stability of the drive. The best method to do this is ...
by lcoughey
Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:45 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Recover .mp4 file from WD with bad sectors
Replies: 3
Views: 9575

Re: Recover .mp4 file from WD with bad sectors

First off, if the data is of value, it is probably better to take it to a recovery professional before further damage is caused. It sounds like the heads are starting to crash and the more it is powered on, the more damage that is being caused. But, with the idea that you don't care if you completel...
by lcoughey
Tue Jan 21, 2020 7:53 pm
Forum: Hitachi Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: HDS721010KLA330 Head Maps
Replies: 5
Views: 14145

HDS721010KLA330 Head Maps

I posted about this on the Ace forums a while back and thought I'd post a summary here after encountering a second drive with the same symptoms. These drives have 10 heads and when mirroring in DE, the 10th head is not reading any sectors. I was unable to find a solution for the first drive with the...
by lcoughey
Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:00 pm
Forum: RapidSpar
Topic: Spark vs. Rapidspar
Replies: 4
Views: 11318

Re: Spark vs. Rapidspar

It should be noted that neither of these tools are meant to be used as an alternative to professional data recovery tools like DeepSpar Disk Imager and PC3000. Rather, they are meant for computer technicians who are looking to handle more in-house recoveries while still sending out the complex cases...