Dolphin Data Lab has released the new DFL all in one data recovery software V20230301 to work with the data recovery hardware tools.

The new V20230301 data recovery software has been uploaded to DFL user-only forum and users can login the forum to upgrade to the latest. It’s strongly recommended for all DFL users to upgrade to latest for the best firmware repair and data recovery success rate.

What’s new in this new software upgrade?

01: ST8000NM0105 G001 G004 Firmware Repair Support Added to DFL Seagate HDD Repair Tool, other firmware versions can be unlocked with old software. There’s now a new mode option-Mode 2 when users are trying to generate the unlock ROM, users need to select mode 2;
02: Seagate SMR hdd format data recovery such as rosewood EB01 format recovery;
03: Seagate weak head repair for new F3 families for data recovery purpose, it is very helpful for some weak head cases which don’t require head swap;
04: DFL-DDP image setting enhancement: enhance success rate for the following drives and cases:
WD SMR drives with all sectors 0000, Seagate drives SEDU, 241A, etc.
05: Full firmware repair and data recovery software codes improvement to get the software working more smoothly and excellently;

Any question is welcome to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab

This is one Seagate Rosewood portable hard drive-ST2000LM007 and when our engineer was trying to backup the firmware modules, it’s very slow with some slight noises.

It seems like some noises from the heads, seems like some kind of damage on the heads but actually not.

Patient HDD ID:

Model number: ST2000LM007-1R8174
Serial number: WDZVJ06Z
Firmware: EB01
Capacity: 3907029168
Sector Size: 4096
Heads number: 4
Family: Janus (AF)

ST2000LM007 Error messages:

Rstᅠ0x80M

T:0x0000 0x3FFFFFFF

FTU
TCC:0014:001D EMCDataErr:0000000C

PrgF

(P)ᅠSATAᅠReset

RAWᅠOFF

ᅠPASS

ᅠBothᅠcopyᅠisᅠsame!ᅠᅠᅠLPCDisc=01ᅠ1A326711ᅠ00C5

PrgF

6GbᅠMaxᅠSpeedᅠloweredᅠtoᅠ3GbᅠforᅠIntelᅠbug

SendᅠStatus:ᅠCOMRESETᅠseen

CSpd=ᅠ3Gbps

FIS34ᅠ
IDLE1
VC0

XI2
VC1

VC2Up
IDLE2
VC0

VC1

VC2Up
XI2
TCC:0014:0019 EMCDataErr:00000000

FAFH_TRIGGER_POWER_UP
IDLE2
VC0

It’s very easy to fix above firmware failure and get the ST2000LM007 patient hdd repaired by DFL Seagate hdd repair tool.

All users need to do is to go to the ‘Defects Management’>Initialize ID (ATA) and it’s just one simple click to fix above issue.

Any question is welcome to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab

What’s new in Dolphin DVR V3.68?
Get the latest Dolphin CCTV DVR data recovery software here.

* Dongle ID and license valid date are required for this update.

New Camera Video Support

Canon EOS 500D professional camera video recovery support;
Canon PowerShot SX160 IS professional camera video recovery support;
Canon ixus_190 professional camera video recovery support;
Canon ixus_285_HS professional camera video recovery support;
Canon powershot_a2300 professional camera video recovery support;
Canon powershot_a3300_is professional camera video recovery support;
Canon EOS 5D Mark II professional camera video recovery support;
Canon IXUS 220 HS professional camera video recovery support;
Canon IXUS 230 HS professional camera video recovery support;
Canon IXUS 1000 HS professional camera video recovery support;
Canon PowerShot A3400 IS professional camera video recovery support;
Canon PowerShot G12 professional camera video recovery support;
Canon PowerShot SX30 IS professional camera video recovery support;
Canon PowerShot SX150 IS professional camera video recovery support;

Nikon CoolPix S8200 professional camera video recovery support;
Nikon E4100 professional camera video recovery support;
Nikon s9100 professional camera video recovery support;
NIKON COOLPIX S6 professional camera video recovery support;
NIKON D7200 professional camera video recovery support;
Nikon L120 professional camera video recovery support;
NIKON D7000 professional camera video recovery support;

Konica Minolta SX744 professional camera video recovery support;
Sony hxr_nx80 professional camera video recovery support;
GoPro Hero5 Black professional camera video recovery support;
CASIO EX-TR150 professional camera video recovery support;
KODAK V550 professional camera video recovery support;
KODAK Z1012 IS professional camera video recovery support;
Kodak DX7440 professional camera video recovery support;
SANYO E10 professional camera video recovery support;
SANYO S7 professional camera video recovery support;

Any question is welcome to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab

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’

View and watch the Undetected LED ST1000LM035 1RK172 HDD Firmware Repair and Data Recovery Steps video case study here

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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.

Any question is welcome to sales@dolphindatalab.com or add Dolphin Skype ID: dolphin.data.lab

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