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by lcoughey
Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:51 pm
Forum: Seagate Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: ST2000LM007 - Weird Read Issue
Replies: 18
Views: 25534

Re: ST2000LM007 - Weird Read Issue

I have a completely different model with similar symptoms. This is with donor heads and the garbage isn't in every sector read with the one head, head 0, in this case. But, what is interesting is that every case I see this happening in, the one thing that has been consistent is that it always seems ...
by lcoughey
Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:04 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to Unlock Drive After Failed Linux Secure Erase
Replies: 0
Views: 4210

How to Unlock Drive After Failed Linux Secure Erase

If you ever use Linux to do a secure erase of a hard drive and it fails to complete, the drive will show as password protected and the LBA sectors will not be accessible. Here is the command to disable the drive's security. >sudo hdparm --security-disable xxxx /dev/sd? Note: sd? = needs to be change...
by lcoughey
Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:49 pm
Forum: SysDev Laboratories
Topic: DeepSpar Terminal Window Coming to UFS Explorer
Replies: 0
Views: 3985

DeepSpar Terminal Window Coming to UFS Explorer

Here is another sneak peek video showing a new feature coming to UFS Explorer.

https://youtu.be/sQEZLftXf4M
by lcoughey
Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:05 pm
Forum: Real Data Recovery Cases
Topic: Fujitsu MJA2320BH Head Swap
Replies: 1
Views: 3944

Fujitsu MJA2320BH Head Swap

Patient Model: MJA2320BH (320 GB) Type: FFS G1 Part No: CA07083-B63600AP ID: YTTN SN: K96N... FW: 0DF97A-00810020 Country: Thailand Date: 2010-02-11 Headmap: 0,1,2 Donor Model: MJA2250BH (500 GB) Type: G2 Part No: CA07083-B469000T ID: SN: K96N... FW: 0FD97E-00400018 Country: Thailand Date: 2010-01-...
by lcoughey
Tue Jul 14, 2020 4:52 pm
Forum: SysDev Laboratories
Topic: UFS Explorer Working with PC3000 Data Extractor
Replies: 0
Views: 3631

UFS Explorer Working with PC3000 Data Extractor

If you ever wanted to move a task away from your PC3000 system so that you can free up some channels, but couldn't because you wanted to be able to split the files damaged with bad sectors into a separate folder, look no further. With UFS Explorer, you can do just that. --- https://www.youtube.com/w...
by lcoughey
Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:02 pm
Forum: Seagate Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: Seagate M11 Drives
Replies: 3
Views: 6350

Seagate M11 Drives

Headmap / Preamp Summary Based on SN 4TB WCK: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 (8 heads) / Max head 7 / Preamp 84 / 4 platters WTL: -- 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 (8 heads) / Max head 7 / Preamp 82 / 5 platters WFG: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 -- (9 heads) / Max head 8 / Preamp 82 / 5 platters WFF: -- 01 02 03 0...
by lcoughey
Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:17 pm
Forum: Western Digital Hard Drive Recovery
Topic: Western Digital Pebbleb / Spyglass / Spyglass2
Replies: 1
Views: 5252

Re: Western Digital Spyglass / Spyglass2

Here is a link to a useful blog post about what model numbers mean, platter density and which models are SMR.

https://rml527.blogspot.com/2010/10/hdd ... _2393.html
by lcoughey
Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:37 pm
Forum: MRT Data Explorer
Topic: Many MRT DE Issues Resolved with the Help of UFS Explorer
Replies: 4
Views: 10403

Re: Many MRT DE Issues Resolved with the Help of UFS Explorer

I've confirmed the following: Added file system support - tested with NTFS, HFS+ and EXT (thus far) Select specific files, folders or used sectors by bitmap and send commands to image - when imaging multiple files or folders in MRT, it images one file at a time, bouncing around, thrashing heads that...
by lcoughey
Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:49 pm
Forum: MRT Data Explorer
Topic: Many MRT DE Issues Resolved with the Help of UFS Explorer
Replies: 4
Views: 10403

Re: Many MRT DE Issues Resolved with the Help of UFS Explorer

ddrecovery wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:04 pm Great news. It may make me use my MRT a little more.
I'm glad to hear it. I hope that MRT users will not only use UFS to make life better, but that they will also consider supporting the UFS developers by buying a UFS license.
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: 4
Views: 10403

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...