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Best Time to Attend Data Recovery Training Courses

After the users used the Dolphin data recovery tools, firmware repair tools and even head and platter swap tools for some time and then come to Dolphin head office or Dolphin international data recovery training centers to attend the training courses and this is the best time for training and get more skilled in fixing different data recovery cases.

Clients from Ethiopia have attended Dolphin clean room data recovery training courses for 3 days and the following physical hdd recovery training and knowledge have been arranged properly:

01: Detect all physical components which may affect head and platter swap success rate;
02: How to find donor PCB, hdd for different head and platter swap;
03: Besides a good head and platter swap, what else needs to be done to increase the success rate;
04: The core head and platter swap success technologies, tips and steps;
05: Firmware related operations to make head and platter swap more successful;
06: Hands on practice on different hdds and real cases for head and platter swap.

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SSD Data Recovery Knowledge Base: Firmware Corrupted Data Recovery Steps

Firmware issue is one common failure for different SSDs, to fix the firmware issue in SSD is mainly to fix the translator.

The following are the general SSD firmware repair and data recovery steps:

01: SSD short connection if necessary(undetected/busy)
02: Select the SSD controller manufacturer, controller ID and SSD family;
03: Load loader
04: Regenerate translator
05: Set patient HDD info to enter DFL-DDP for file extraction.

Dolphin All-in-one Data Recovery Adapter USB3.0 Version
Apple SSD Data Recovery Adapter Pro.
For a Better SSD Data Recovery Success Rate
SSD Data Recovery Tools & Adapters

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ST33000651NS HDD Data Recovery Case Analysis

Patient HDD ID:
geonix (ST33000651NS)
Firmware G009
Heads and Platters: 5 platters and 10 heads
Family: MantaRay

Patient HDD Failure Symptoms:
Patient HDD was dead, no power, pcb had been changed with donor pcb 100611023 REV B, original rom was written to donor PCB
Data area was not accessed after PCB swap, data was encrypted

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As for this Seagate ST33000651NS dead hdd data recovery case, it is not enough to swap PCB simply to patient HDD, it has also encryption key stored in the Main chip, users need to swap the Main chip from the original dead PCB to donor PCB to decrypt the data.

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Compatibility Request for PCB Swap of WD20NMVW-59EDZS7

“Hello,

I need confirmation about compatible SATA PCB for recovery purposes.

Here are the details of my drive:

Model: Western Digital My Passport Ultra (Metal Edition)

Product Number: WDBEZW0020BBA-0A
Serial Number: WXC1AC6AS94Z

Internal HDD Model: WD20NMVW-59EDZS7

PCB Number: 2060-771961-001 REV (USB native)

The drive powers on and is detected via USB, but it is extremely slow and has bad sectors. I need to convert it to SATA for imaging and diagnostics.

Questions:

Does your Western Digital USB-to-SATA PCB Package include a compatible SATA board for 2060-771961-001?

After installing the SATA PCB, will I need to transfer the ROM chip to access the data?

Because this is a My Passport Ultra Metal Edition, does the hardware encryption remain active after PCB conversion?

If encryption prevents access, is the DFL-URE USB3.0 required to extract or decrypt the data?

Thank you.”

The compatible SATA PCB for this 2060-771961-001 REV is 2060-771960 and it is included in the Western Digital USB-to-SATA PCB Package. The patient may suffer the common slow firmware issue or weak head issue. If it is firmware related bad sector slow issue, it’s easy to fix by DFL WD firmware repair tool. If it is weak head or physical bad sector issue, users can only set up head map and image good heads and good sectors first and then weak heads and sectors.

DFL-URE is able to extract the data at non-encrypted status but not recommended for one single case.

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Purchase 1 set of Dolphin hdd repair and recovery tool

“hi sales team

I would like to purchase 1 set;

Dolphin Hard Drive Repair & Recovery Tool

DFL PCIe for firmware repair or DFL SRP USB3.0 for firmware repair
DFL PCIe WD Auto Repair Tool
Offline SF Strip
Can you please let me know how to make payment and delivery. is there a wechat i can reach out to complete the transaction. Please reply to this email with your WeChat QRcode.

Thank you”

>To refurbish hard drives, the combination of above tools is a good choice.

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SSD Data Recovery Knowledge Base: Recover Deleted or Formatted Data

Is it possible to recover data from deleted or formatted SSD? This depends mostly on if the Trim command is turned on or off. In order to help to improve the performance of SSD, the TRIM command, GC(garbage collection) and wear leveling technologies are adopted. These technologies will erase all the marked unused/deleted/formatted data blocks and get these blocks to raw available space which means the previous data couldn’t be recovered any more.

Please note: Trim cmd is turned on by default and this one is not friendly for data recovery and if users need to recover the lost data, users need to turn it off.

Besides, pls. don’t write any new data to the patient SSD so the previous data won’t be overwritten.

Dolphin All-in-one Data Recovery Adapter USB3.0 Version
Apple SSD Data Recovery Adapter Pro.
For a Better SSD Data Recovery Success Rate
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SSD Data Recovery Knowledge Base: Common Failures

SSD common failures and data recovery cases:

01: SSD bad sector data recovery-After a long-term use and repeated data read and write, the SSD can suffer bad sectors and become very slow or gets stuck;
02: Physical connector failure;
03: System file/file system corruption;
04: Motherboard compatibility issue;
05: Firmware corruption/translator issue;
06: Controller corruption/SSD physical failures.

Related SSD Data Recovery Tools:

Dolphin All-in-one Data Recovery Adapter USB3.0 Version
Apple SSD Data Recovery Adapter Pro.
For a Better SSD Data Recovery Success Rate
SSD Data Recovery Tools & Adapters

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SSD Data Recovery Knowledge Base: Physical Failure

It’s common SSDs have physical failures causing data loss and users need to fix the physical failures to recover the lost data.

The following are common SSD physical failures:

01: The patient SSD is totally silent/dead caused by the corrupted power connector or main controller IC;
02: The patient SSD may generate popping or buzzing sounds caused by PCB failure or controller failure;
03: The patient SSD may become very hot/overheating or suffer swelling deformation;
04: The patient SSD has physical components burning or suffered a short circuit.

Related SSD Data Recovery Tools:

Dolphin All-in-one Data Recovery Adapter USB3.0 Version
Apple SSD Data Recovery Adapter Pro.
For a Better SSD Data Recovery Success Rate
SSD Data Recovery Tools & Adapters

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SSD Data Recovery Knowledge Base: Common Controllers

As for recovering lost data from different SSDs, the controller health is one important factor to diagnose and repair. The following are the most common controllers:

SMI Controller
Example ID: SM2246XT SM2258XT SM2259XT

PHISON Controller
Example ID: PS3109 PS3110 PS3111

MARVELL Controller
Example ID: 88NV/88SS

SAMSUNG Controller
Example ID: MJX/PHONENIX

Intel Controller
Example ID: PC29AS21AA0

Controllers from China
Example ID: MAP1806 GK2302 JMICRON JMF602

Other controllers…

When users are trying to diagnose and repair the controllers, users need to check the working temperature(very hot if damaged), soldering joints(detached or not), SSD LED lights and if the SSDs are detected or not by the PC.

Related SSD Data Recovery Tools:

Dolphin All-in-one Data Recovery Adapter USB3.0 Version
Apple SSD Data Recovery Adapter Pro.
For a Better SSD Data Recovery Success Rate
SSD Data Recovery Tools & Adapters

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Unique WD SMR HDD DWF Invalid Data Quick Repair Data Recovery Solution

Dolphin users are using DFL-WD hdd firmware repair tool to repair and recover more and more different WD SMR hdd data recovery cases other tools cannot fix.

Now Dolphin team have worked out another new and unique WD SMR HDD DWF Invalid Data Quick Repair Data Recovery Solution which will be available within DFL-DDP data recovery software. Users just need simple clicks to fix the failure and get the lost data back.

The following is one sample video of the WD SMR HDD DWF Invalid Data Quick Repair Data Recovery Solution

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