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WD SMR Hard Drive T2 AutoLoading for High Recovery Success Rate

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T2Data auto loading to RAM is one featured data recovery solution within DFL-DDP data recovery equipment for WD SMR hard drives. Users can find this data recovery solution within the common WD hdd repair column or disk image settings.

Dolphin DFL users can backup T2data by DFL-WD hdd repair tool or users can extract the T2data from the module 190 within DFL-DDP data recovery equipment.

When the WD SMR hard drives are all sectors 0000 or data area is not accessed, users can try to load the T2data auto to RAM for access to the data.

Here is the video on how to load T2data auto to RAM for WD SMR HDD data recovery

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WD SMR HDD Second-level Translator Module 190 Backup Methods

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Most WD SMR HDD data recovery cases are concerned with the second-level dynamic translator-module 190.

For example, the WD SMR HDDs are formatted, all sectors 0000, wrongly detected, no data access, etc. Users can try to backup the module 190, repair 190, load module 190 to ram to fix the issue.

For all Dolphin DFL users, it is much easier and more successful to recover WD SMR HDDs. In the video below, users can learn how to use DFL-WD firmware repair tool to backup the module 190 in different ways.

01: Double click module 190, select all hex data and then save as 190.rpm;
02: FW Operations>Read Modules>Read Module 190 by ID mode;
03: FW Operations>Read Modules>Read Module 190 by ABA mode, read copy 0 or copy 1, sometimes copy 0 fails, then try to read copy 1, sometimes if both copies fail, try read valid data only;
04: Read SA regions and users can try to extract module 190 from the SA region.

Users can find detailed steps and instructions on how to backup WD SMR HDD second level translator module 190 here.

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WD SMR HDD Firmware Unlock and Backup

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For data recovery from all WD SMR HDDs, it’s necessary to learn how to read the original rom, how to generate unlock rom, how to write unlock rom and unlock firmware area, how to backup firmware resources.

Tools used for WD SMR HDD Firmware Unlock and Backup:
DFL-WD HDD firmware repair tool
HDD ROM chip pin reader

Users can learn from the video here on how to do all above

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Seagate ST9500325AS Wyatt 3C RW Err C4090082 Capacity 0 Partial Sector Access HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps

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This is one patient HDD firmware repair and data recovery case study from one DFL user in Indonesia.
Patient HDD ID: Seagate ST9500325AS Wyatt 3C
Symptom: Capacity 0 with the following com terminal error messages:

‘Rst 0x08M
RW cmd 0002 req = 89 3E 00 00 17 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 8C 08 00 87 97 09 00 08 8C 08 00
opts = 00001121
RW Err = C4090082
RW cmd 0002 req = 89 3E 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 8C 08 00 87 97 09 00 08 8C 08 00
opts = 00001121
RW Err = C4090082
RW cmd 0002 req = 75 5F 02 00 17 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 8C 08 00 87 97 09 00 08 8C 08 00
opts = 00001121
RW Err = C4090082
RW cmd 0002 req = 75 5F 02 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 8C 08 00 87 97 09 00 08 8C 08 00
opts = 00001121’

To fix the capacity 0 and RW Err, users need to backup rom and firmware modules and sys files and next the engineer got partial sector access issue.

To fix the partial sector access issue for this patient hdd, users need to use the partial sector access auto fix solution, just one click to fix by DFL Seagate hdd repair tool.

Finally the data area was fully accessed by DFL-DDP data recovery equipment.
SEAGATE ST9500325AS WYATT 3C RW ERR C4090082 CAPACITY 0 PARTIAL SECTOR ACCESS HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY STEPS:

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USB to SATA adapter vs SATA to USB adapter

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Dolphin Data Lab has both USB to SATA adapter and SATA to USB adapters and some users want to learn about the difference between these two adapters.

USB to SATA adapter

HDD USB-SATA Adapter Pro. is one very helpful adapter connecting both 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA hard drives to your computer by one USB3.0 cable to an available USB 3.0 port on your desktop or laptop.

With this adapter, you can use the SATA drives as the portable drives, very convenient to use.

Users can connect SATA drives to DFL-URE or DFL-URE plus data recovery equipment and then users can image the sata drives or extract the lost data from SATA drives.

Universal SATA-USB Adapter Pro.

Universal SATA-USB Adapter Pro. is specially designed to work with DFL-SRP data recovery hardware or DFL-PCIe data recovery express or similar data recovery hardware tools to connect USB devices for disk imaging or file extraction. These data recovery hardware tools have SATA/IDE ports but don’t have USB ports.

With this adapter, users can easily connect external hard drives, USB flash drives, With Universal SATA-USB Adapter Pro. and NVME to USB adapter, DFL-SRP or DFL-PCIe or other similar data recovery hardware tools are able to image or extract lost data from NVME SSDs too.

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Best Physical Hard Drive Head Replacement Tools for Your Clean Room Data Recovery Success

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Dolphin team have recently received many requests from existing Dolphin DFL users to expand their data recovery business to offer physical hard drive data recovery services.

When the hard drives are physically damaged, such as stuck motor, head stiction, heads’ physical damage, platter scratches, weak heads or downgraded platter surfaces(many physical bad sectors), contaminated heads or surfaces, etc, when the patient drives have any failures above, the cases cannot be fixed online by remote support and users must have hands-on experience to open the patient drives in clean room environment to swap heads, swap platters, clean surfaces, clean hdd inner areas, adjust platter alignment, etc.

The following are the best physical hard drive head replacement tools for your clean room data recovery success:

01: Dolphin Head and Platter Swap and Clean Suite.Pro;
02: Hard Drive Ramp Toolkit Pro.;
03: Dolphin Scratched Head Comb Suite 001;
04: HDD Platter Swap and Clean Workstation Smart;
05: Seagate LM Slim HDD Head Comb Suite.Advanced;
06: WD Slim HDD Head Comb Suite.Advanced;
07: WD Slim HDD Motor Release Smart;
08: Seagate Head Comb For 7200.11 and 7200.12;
09: Donor Hard Drive Sourcing Book For Head Swap

Many Dolphin users have some of above head replacement tools, users can check to have one complete set and for new users, please email to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab to get the best quote.

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SQL SERVER Database Recovery and Repair

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Dolphin team are able to help all Dolphin users on their SQL Server database recovery and repair cases. When users get cases they cannot handle, users can use Dolphin team as your last chance of data recovery success of all SQL server recovery and repair cases.

How to recover lost MDF/NDF databases?

Users can use database fragmented file reorganizing and rebuilding software to scan the partitions to get all possible fragmented database files and then reorganize and rebuild all the fragmented files into completed good files.

How to repair SQL Server Databases?

SQL Server Failure types:
SQL Server database suspect, virus attack, failed to attach the database, log file lost/corrupted, table data loss of DROP, DELETE, TRUNCATE, UPDATA, etc, recovered databases cannot be attached due to hdd bad sectors or other hdd failures, latch page read failure, redundancy error during database copy, system table corruption, index/page broken, etc.

For SQL Server database repair, users can try Dolphin DR Assistant Pro. to repair but please note: Dolphin DR Assistant Pro. is mainly for repairing corrupted databases caused by bad sectors or scratched surfaces.

To repair above failures, users need to use some sql server repair tool and need to have some good experience too. Some cases require manual analysis and whenever users cannot fix the cases by the database repair tools, users can email to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab for free quote.

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Seagate ST4000VM004 ST4000VX005 B2 HDD LED 0X0BD Spin up and Down HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps

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With DFL New Seagate HDD firmware repair tool, users can easily unlock the Seagate B2 HDD firmware area, fix the LED 0X000000BD spin up and down and other firmware corruption issue, fix the B2 undetected/wrongly detected issue, fix the inaccessible data area issue, etc.

The common Seagate B2 HDD models are as below:

ST4000VM004
ST4000VX005

After connecting the patient B2 HDD to the firmware repair hardware, power on the hdd, users get the repeating LED 0X000000BD COM terminal messages and the patient hdd spin up and down and up and down…

Whenever users get the Seagate B2 patient HDDs, please backup the original ROM, generate unlock rom, write unlock rom, backup important sys files. But if LED has appeared in the COM terminal, users need to backup the original ROM and then generate new ROM for LED repair within the new DFL Seagate hdd repair and then write the new LED repair ROM, next power off and on, the LED issue will be fixed and users can go to DFL-DDP data recovery software and all lost data can be listed for recovery.

If the patient B2 drives have suffered data corruption, users can see hex data but the data is not normally accessed. At this time, users need to use the new B2 Data Repair function and then the data corruption will be automatically repaired and DFL-DDP will list all the partitions and folders properly.

Video case study below:

SEAGATE ST4000VM004 ST4000VX005 B2 HDD LED 0X0BD SPIN UP AND DOWN HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps

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WD SMR 2060-810035 Spyglass II HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps

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WD SMR 2060-810035 Spyglass II HDDs have both MCU lock and SED lock. To repair firmware corruption and recover lost data, users need to fix the MCU lock first: swap with special 2060-810035 firmware unlock PCB or writing unlock rom to bypass the MCU lock by DFL-WD hdd repair tool.

Please note: not all 810035 PCBs support MCU lock bypass by unlock ROM.

Most common HDD failures for WD SMR 2060-810035 Spyglass II HDDs:

The data area is not accessed;
The data area is full of 0000;
The drive is undetected due to 190 corruption;
Physical head damage.

Most common functions and solutions used in repairing and recovering WD SMR hard drives:

Read/write ROM by HDD ROM Chip Pin Reader;
Generate unlock ROM by DFL WD hdd repair tool;
Sort nodes within module 190 by LBA/tree;
Scan missing nodes;
Delete overlapped nodes/wrong nodes;
Repair wrong nodes, etc.

Users can save all the modification to one new module 190 and then users can write the new module 190 or load the module 190 or T2data to RAM by DFL-DDP data recovery equipment for immediate data recovery.

WD SMR 2060-810035 Spyglass II HDD Common PCB number and Models:

PCB number: 2060-810035-000 REV P0

WD40NDZW-11BCSS0 USB 3.0
WD40NDZW-11A8JS0
WD40NDZW-11A8JS1
WD40NMZW-59A8NS1
WD40NMZW-59BCBS1
WD50NDZW-11A8JS1
WD50NMZW-59BCBS0
WD50NMZW-11BCBS0
WD50NMZW-59A8NS1
WD50NDZW-11BCSS0

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WD SMR HDD Data Recovery Success Rate is Higher Again with DFL Data Recovery Tools

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Dolphin team has released new DFL-WD hdd repair software and new DFL-ST HDD repair software and users can download these new software from Dolphin user-only forum. With the new DFL-WD hdd repair software, users can further enhance the WD SMR HDD data recovery success rate.

With the new software, users can unlock more WD SMR HDDs by the original PCB without using special firmware unlock PCB, 800041, 800066, 800077, 800069, 810011, 810035, etc.

With the new software, users can fix more WD SMR hdd format cases, more all-sector-0000 cases, inaccessible data area cases, etc.

Users can download the latest WD hdd repair software from the forum.

More WD SMR HDD repair and recovery cases and tips below:

WD SMR HDD WD20EZAZ 810011 DATA RECOVERY CASE BY DFL USER IN SRI LANKA;
WD SMR 800077 CARMEL HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY STEPS
WD SMR 800065 800067 810003 CHARGER HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY SOLUTIONS
WD 800069 800066 SMR PALMER HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY SOLUTIONS
WD SMR SPYGLASS SPYGLASS2 800041 HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY STEPS

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