This is one more successful Seagate ST1000LM035 undetected LED HDD firmware repair and data recovery case study from one DFL user in Indonesia.
Patient HDD ID:
Model number: ST1000LM035 1RK172
Family: Rosewood A5
HDD Repair Tools and Data Recovery Equipment Required:
DFL-SRP USB3.0 all-in-one Data Recovery Equipment
Error Messages within COM Terminal:
‘Boot 0x80M
QB
Rst 0x80M
Srv DETCR init 0x0000
FTU
(P) SATA Reset
RAW OFF
PASS
(DOS Table) Worst Count: 00000FF8 At SU: 0000523E NT: 00000000 OT: 000000C5
(MC POR Duration): 000000007B
Intel 6G->3G
Send Status: COMRESET seen
CSpd= 3Gbps
DSC
Update Mask – 000000000D0A3EB8 – 00000008 – 00
Update Mask – 000000000D0A3EC0 – 00000008 – 00
Starting LBA of RW Request=0001A13C9F Length=00001DD0
ProcessRWError -Read- at LBA 0001A147F9 Sense Code=43110081
Common path start quit now
ProcessRC: 00000000,00000000
SkipLen: 00000000
ReadContinuous: 01A1468F,00000350
UnrecovSectorCount:002B,0236
NumUDEs: 0000002B,00000031,00000236
Passed: 00000080,00000153,000002FB
Out:
PrgF
LED:0x000000BD FAddr:0x0000780F
LED:0x000000BD FAddr:0x0000780F
LED:0x000000BD FAddr:0x0000780F’
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This is one second-hand Seagate ST8000NM0105 enterprise SED HDD data recovery case from one DFL user in Germany and the user couldn’t recover the lost data with any other tools because they couldn’t unlock the firmware area properly and couldn’t repair the firmware corruption.
This user applied for remote support and wish his case could be fixed by DFL Seagate hdd repair tool and remote support.
Patient HDD ID:
Model number-ST8000NM0105
FW version: G004
Family-MakaraPlus (91)
Patient HDD symptoms:
Capacity 0
Firmware unlock failure
ST8000NM0105 Data Recovery Steps:
01: Backup ROM;
02: Generate adaptive ROM by DFL Seagate hdd repair tool;
03: Power off and on and …;
04: …
05: Send unlock key and backup important sys files;
06: View NGlist;
07: Clear G-list and regenerate translator.
Read complete steps here in the Dolphin user-only forum.
After firmware corruption is fixed, users can go to DFL-DDP data recovery equipment to image the patient HDD or extract the lost files directly.
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As for Hitachi and Toshiba hard drive data recovery cases, bad sectors, weak heads, damaged heads, scratched surfaces and translator failures are very common.
As for Hitachi and Toshiba hard drive bad sectors and weak heads, users can use DFL-DDP data recovery equipment to test heads, set up head map and image the patient HDD by selective heads, image good heads first and then faulty heads.
If the Hitachi and Toshiba patient hard drives require head swap, users need to use the level 2 head replacement tool to swap the heads within clean room environment.
The most common firmware failures for Hitachi and Toshiba hard drives are translator failure. As for Hitachi drives, users need to backup P-list and then load P-list to RAM; As for Toshiba, users can clear g-list or run virtual translator.
Within DDP, users can also get Raid recovery addon and also fragment recovery addon.
If users wish to fix more complicated firmware corrupted cases, users need then DFL firmware repair tools together with DFL-DDP data recovery equipment.
Latest DFL all-in-one data recovery software version: V20230208 and users can get this one from Dolphin user-only forum or from the sales representative.
Any question is welcome to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab
The following are all the Samsung common firmware repair solutions within DFL-DDP data recovery equipment.
01: LED 1AXX Fix;
02: Clear A-list;
03: Reset Smart;
04: Remove Password;
05: Soft Reset (COM);
06: Hard Reset (COM);
As for Samsung hard drives, the firmware is not easy to get damaged, the most common Samsung failures are PCB damage, rom damage and head damage.
Besides above common firmware repair solutions, users can also mount drives, set password to protect drives, image faulty drives with bad sectors or weak heads, extract lost data directly, etc. Within DDP, users can also get Raid recovery addon and also fragment recovery addon.
If users wish to fix more complicated firmware corrupted cases, users need then DFL firmware repair tools together with DFL-DDP data recovery equipment.
Latest DFL all-in-one data recovery software version: V20230208 and users can get this one from Dolphin user-only forum or from the sales representative.
Any question is welcome to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab
There’re many new Seagate common firmware repair solutions added to DFL-DDP data recovery equipment and the following are the latest ones:
01: Send unlock key;
02: CC31/CC32 busy;
03: 7200.11/.12 Busy fix or capacity 0 fix;
04: 7200.11/.12 LED fix;
05: F3 Dos Fix;
06: F3 ready then busy Fix;
07: 7200.12 LBA0 Fix;
08: ATA Translator Regeneration;
09: F3 Password Removal;
10: F3 Reset Smart;
11: F3 Clear NG-list;
12: F3 Partial Sector Access Fix;
13: F3 single LBA Adjustment;
14: F3 SIM1009 Fix;
15: F3 MCMT Fix;
16: F3 SMART Fix;
17: F3 SYS Reset;
18: F3 Advanced Settings;
19: .7-.10 Read Modules;
20: .7-.10 Load ATA/APP;
21: .7-.10 Remove Password;
22: .7-.10 Read ROM;
23: .7-.10 Load Modules;
24: .7-.10 CELOG fix;
25: ATA/COM Switch.
Besides above common firmware repair solutions, users can also mount drives, set password to protect drives, image faulty drives with bad sectors or weak heads, extract lost data directly, etc. Within DDP, users can also get Raid recovery addon and also fragment recovery addon.
If users wish to fix more complicated firmware corrupted cases, users need then DFL firmware repair tools together with DFL-DDP data recovery equipment.
Latest DFL all-in-one data recovery software version: V20230208 and users can get this one from Dolphin user-only forum or from the sales representative.
Any question is welcome to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab
Dolphin Data Lab has upgraded both data recovery hardware and software a lot and the latest all-in-one software version is V20230208 and users can get this one from Dolphin user-only forum or from the sales representative.
The following is the latest Western Digital hard drive common firmware repair solutions within the DFL-DDP data recovery equipment.
01: NHPA;
02: Remove Password, used when users forget ATA password;
03: Slow Fix, fix Western Digital hard drive slow responding issue caused by firmware corruption;
04: LOAD LDR, this solution is used to load firmware loaders such as module 11 to RAM to get the hdd read/write properly, the loaders need to be the same microcode as the patient HDD;
05: Reset Smart;
06: Show microcode, this function helps to find donor firmware;
07: Edit head map in RAM, used for physically damaged data recovery cases;
08: Load T2 data, mainly used for WD SMR drives with all sectors 0000;
09: Module 190 repair manager, in many WD SMR hard drive recovery cases, the module 190 is corrupted and not original, need to repair, for example, the WD smr hdd is formatted;
10: Change disk configuration/WD SMR HDD slow responding fix;
Besides above common firmware repair solutions, users can also mount drives, set password to protect drives, image faulty drives with bad sectors or weak heads, extract lost data directly, etc. Within DDP, users can also get Raid recovery addon and also fragment recovery addon.
If users wish to fix more complicated firmware corrupted cases, users need then DFL firmware repair tools together with DFL-DDP data recovery equipment.
Any question is welcome to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab
