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ST8000DM004-2CX188 Busy Undetected HDD Data Recovery Steps

This is one successful Seagate 8TB ST8000DM004-2CX188 data recovery case study for one DFL user in Peru.

Patient HDD ID details：
Model number: ST8000DM004-2CX188
SN number: ZCT1A0T1
Head Number: 8

Patient HDD Failure Symptoms:
Busy
Undetected
SA Locked

Data Recovery Steps:
Backup original ROM with DFL Seagate HDD firmware repair tool;
Generate unlock ROM;
Write Unlock ROM;
Power off and on, send unlock key;
Switch to a higher baud rate;
Backup NGlist and translator;
Clear media cache;
Clear Glist and smart;
Confirm the NGlist entries;
Regenerate translator.

Open DFL-DDP data recovery program, all the lost data was perfectly recovered.

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