This is one successful hdd firmware repair and data recovery case study for one DFL user from Malaysia. This WD patient HDD had both firmware failure and file system error.
HDD ID:
Model number: WDC WD10TMVW-11ZSMS4
SN: WD-WXV1C5280965
HDD Failure Symptoms：
Not detected;
Folder empty;
HDD Repair and Data Recovery Equipment used in this case study:
DFL-WD HDD Repair Tool
DFL-DDP data recovery equipment
HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps:
Enter DFL-WD HDD repair program by kernel mode;
Disable 02 and firmware restart;
One click to repair common slow issue and test other firmware modules;
Enable 02 and firmware restart;
Enter DFL-DDP data recovery equipment software and selected file extraction module;
Lost partitions and folders were listed but the folders were empty;
Right click the partition and click menu ‘Scan Files>Fast Scan’ and all the folders were listed and at this time, the folders were full of data;
The users selected all the wanted data and then started the file extraction and finally all the lost files were perfectly recovered.
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More and more WD SMR HDD data recovery cases are coming to data recovery labs worldwide. DFL-URE data recovery express and HDD ROM Chip Pin Reader Help With Easier WD SMR HDD Firmware Unlock and data recovery.
DFL-URE or DFL-UREP contains the following modules:
DFL-WD hdd repair
DFL-Samsung hdd repair
DFL-DDP data recovery
How to Unlock WD SMR HDD Firmware Area without Firmware Unlock PCB
Step 1: Remove original PCB;
Step 2: Read original ROM by HDD ROM Chip Pin reader, no need to solder rom chip off;
Step 3: Enter DFL-WD HDD Repair Tool, go to ROM Operations>Unlock ROM;
Step 4: Select original rom and the DFL WD program will automatically generate one unlock ROM;
Step 5: Write Unlock ROM by HDD ROM Chip Pin Reader, no need to solder rom chip off;
Step 6: Install original PCB to original HDD, users can connect original HDD to DFL-URE or DFL-UREP to backup module 190, repair 190 and then use auto loading tech. to image hdd or extract lost data directly.
Video Demo on How to Unlock WD SMR HDD Without Firmware Unlock PCB:
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It’s possible to recover lost data from Western Digital SMR HDD suffering system accidental format by DFL-WD hdd repair tool and DFL-DDP data recovery hardware tool.
For WD SMR HDD system format, it’s more complicated to get lost data back for data recovery engineers than traditional hdd format.
For system format of WD SMR HDD, except the new system data, all other data area become 0000 if users check the hdd by Hex tool. This is because WD SMR HDD system format will cause data-related firmware module change and in some cases, the data is permanently lost.
For data recovery engineers with DFL data recovery tools, they can fix some of these WD SMR HDD format cases with the following new firmware module solution:
Many DFL users have reported to us that they have fixed many WD SMR HDD cases from their competitors who failed to recover lost data with other data recovery tools.
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If users want to repair new Seagate hard drives firmware corruption or recover lost data from the new Seagate hard drives, DFL Seagate hdd repair tool and DFL DDP data recovery tool are the best choices!
The following new families are properly supported:
Janus AF
Rosewood A5
Rosewood AE
Rosewood 8C
CheopsliteA 9B
CheopsliteA AD
CheopsliteA B2
Tatsu 97
M11 A1
Pharaoh Oasis 94
V9 A0
A2
Cimarron B5
Other new LM, DM series…
Besides above new ones, the traditional Seagate F3 hard drives and old T> drives are also supported well for both firmware repair and data recovery.
Many new Seagate hard drives have SED lock and users cannot access the firmware area directly. Users need to use DFL Seagate HDD repair tool to unlock the firmware area first and then users can backup the firmware modules and repair damaged firmware.
With DFL Seagate HDD Repair tool and DFL-DDP data recovery tool, users have the following solutions:
Repair capacity 0 Seagate HDDs;
Repair undetected Seagate HDDs;
Repair busy Seagate HDDs;
Unlock SED hdds;
Repair LED firmware corruption;
Edit head map in ROM;
One-click solution for many common firmware failures;
Partial sector access fix auto;
ROM module swap;
Head adaptive ROM generation;
Nohost ROM generation;
Firmware Unlock;
Seagate F3 Hot Swap;
LOD backup/write and write by COM;
SYS test;
NGlist editing/clearing;
Read/Edit/Write LBAs;
Repair by tracks;
HDD head flying height/ temperature adjustment;
Edit LBA;
Recover good data from good heads;
Image needed files only;
Source drive maximum data protection tech;
Image unstable drives and sectors;
Many more…
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Dolphin Data Lab has released the latest data recovery software V2.3 and this new software will help all DFL users repair firmware corruption and recover lost data from new Western Digital hard drives, for example the latest SMR hard drives with SED and MCU lock.
As for Western Digital hard drives, we have experienced the PCB series of 12XX, 14XX, 15XX, 16XX, 17XX, 18XX, 19xx, 800XX, 81XXX, etc. All users need to check the PCB number of the WD drives and then users can easily judge if the WD drives are supported or not.
For old WD hard drives, the firmware area is not locked, users can easily access and backup the firmware modules, if not, users can load loaders to access the firmware; for some common hard drives, users can disable 02 or disable 411 to access the firmware area; but for new WD SMR hard drives, users need to use firmware unlock PCB or create unlock rom to unlock firmware area.
For new WD SMR hard drives, Dolphin data recovery tools have many unique and powerful hdd repair and data recovery solutions: to fix the SMR HDD slow firmware issue; to fix SMR HDD all sectors 0000 firmware issue; to fix SMR HDD inaccessible data area issue.
For WD hard drives, users have the following options of firmware repair and data recovery:
1, Firmware module read and write;
2, Edit firmware modules;
3, Re-generate firmware modules;
4, Re-generate ROM;
5, Fix Slow issue;
6, Edit head map in RAM;
7, Test and clear firmware module;
8, Convert LBA to CHS;
9, Extract firmware modules from tracks;
10, Backup firmware region and extract firmware modules from region;
11, Change module size to read;
12, Change module location;
13, Bypass firmware read;
14, Disable module 02/411 to access firmware area;
15, Test heads quality;
16, etc;
More and more new WD hard drive data recovery cases are being fixed by Dolphin data recovery tools.
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