This is one physical hard drive firmware repair and data recovery case study.
Patient HDD ID:
ST500LT012-1DG142
Family name: Yarra_5400
Family ID: 75
Patient HDD Symptoms:
Capacity 0
HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps:
1, Backup ROM;
2, Backup SYS files but copy 0 failed, copy 1 ok;
3, Translator view ok, V4 clearing ok but when trying to regenerate translator, the regeneration cannot be completed and showing R/W error and file error.
4, Head swap by Level 2 head replacement tool;
5, Enter DFL-DDP data recovery software, users set up one disk image project, set up head map and start image, finally all data was imaged successfully.
Video case study: Seagate ST500LT012 Capacity 0 Head 0 Damaged Data Recovery Steps
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This article lists all WD SMR HDD firmware repair and data recovery case studies and tips and users can learn a lot on how to recover lost data from WD SMR HDDs.
What tools are used to repair and recover lost data from WD SMR HDDs?
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HOW TO FIX WESTERN DIGITAL SMR HDD SLOW ISSUE
WD SMR HDD ALL SECTORS 0 SECTOR MARK
WD SMR HDD FIRMWARE MODULE 190 MANAGER FOR YOUR BEST RECOVERY SUCCESS RATE
WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 WD SMR HDD FORMAT DATA RECOVERY CASE STUDY
WDC WD40EDAZ-11SLVB0 WD SMR HDD FORMAT DATA RECOVERY
WD SMR HARD DRIVE T2 AUTOLOADING FOR HIGH RECOVERY SUCCESS RATE
WD SMR HDD SECOND-LEVEL TRANSLATOR MODULE 190 BACKUP METHODS
WD SMR HDD FIRMWARE UNLOCK AND BACKUP
WD SMR 2060-810035 SPYGLASS II HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY STEPS
WD SMR HDD WD20EZAZ 810011 DATA RECOVERY CASE BY DFL USER IN SRI LANKA
WD SMR 800077 CARMEL HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY STEPS
WD SMR 800065 800067 810003 CHARGER HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY SOLUTIONS
WD 800069 800066 SMR PALMER HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY SOLUTIONS
WD SMR SPYGLASS SPYGLASS2 800041 HDD REPAIR AND DATA RECOVERY STEPS
WD SMR HDD 2060-810035 FIRMWARE UNLOCK WITHOUT FIRMWARE UNLOCK PCB
WESTERN DIGITAL SMR HDD SYSTEM FORMAT DATA RECOVERY
HOW TO UNLOCK WD SMR HDDS FIRMWARE AREA WITHOUT FIRMWARE UNLOCK PCB
WESTERN DIGITAL SMR HDDS SED V2 DATA RECOVERY SOLUTIONS
WD 2060-810011 1C VERSION VS 3C VERSION HDD FIRMWARE UNLOCK PCB
WD SMR HDD SECTOR 000000 190 FAILURE DATA RECOVERY SOLUTION
WD SMR HDD 2060-800077 810011 UNLOCK PCB CORRECT ROM CHIP LOCATION
WD HDD SED LOCK FIRMWARE LOCK DATA LOCK MCU LOCK
HOW TO SET UP HEAD MAP FOR WESTERN DIGITAL SMR 8X00XX HARD DRIVES
WD 8X00XX HDD SED DATA ENCRYPTION DATA RECOVERY STEPS
DFL UNIQUE DATA RECOVERY TIPS FOR WD 2060-810011 CARMEL HDDS
WD SMR HDD USB to SATA Connectors
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This is one successful Seagate HDD data recovery case study from one DFL user in India.
Patient HDD failure symptoms:
Capacity 0/wrongly detected;
Partial sector access;
Wrong data area/undetected data
Patient HDD iD:
Model number: ST2000LM009-1R9174
Firmware version: SED1
Capacity: 3907029168 (2T)
SN: WDZYNVJ1
Seagate HDD Firmware and Data Recovery Steps:
01, Enter DFL Seagate HDD firmware repair software;
02, Backup ROM;
03, Generate unlock ROM;
04, Write unlock ROM;
05, Power off and on and send unlock key;
06, Backup nglist, translator, primary defect lists and SYS348, SYS93;
07, Fix media cache by Initialize by ID;
08, Clear glist and regenerate translator;
09, Fix partial sector access issue;
10, Fix wrong data issue.
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Raw recovery is very commonly used in all data recovery labs. In many data recovery cases, the faulty hard drives may have bad sectors, MFT corruption, scratches, etc and therefore, users can only recover the lost data by file types, that’s raw recovery.
All the recovered files don’t have real names and they are recovered in raw status and it’s not possible for users to recognize the wanted files from thousands of files or even more.
So what’s the best solution to fix these raw files without correct names?
Dolphin Data Recovery Assistant Pro. comes as the best solution with one software module called ‘File Rename’ and users can edit all these files easily with proper names.
The following are two video case studies:
How to rename raw files for best recovery success：
How to Find out Lost Documents with Real Names:
Steps to Edit the Raw Files with False Names
1, Adjust the File Rename settings to rename by date, sheet, content or file size;
2, Select the folder containing raw files with false names;
3, Check files;
4, Rename files and Done.
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Within the new DFL-DDP data recovery software, users can set sector mark easily for ‘all sectors 0’ areas. This feature is very helpful to get lost data from WD SMR hard drives.
‘All sectors 0’ failure has two situations:
The 0 sectors have data and the 0 sectors don’t have data. It’s normal many sectors are 0, empty and no data at all;
For WD SMR hard drives, many 0 sectors may contain real data which is controlled by the dynamic translator module 190.
In real cases, it’s not possible to tell which 0 sectors have data or not and therefore, users need to mark these sectors and put them aside.
Next the engineer ticked the WD SMR all sectors 0 mark, went to set up head map, image good heads, image good sectors first or load 190 automatically to image; After the first round of image, users can edit the disk image settings, for example change the read block size to smaller, disable pre-read, change to lower-rated data transfer mode, etc. After these settings, users can image all the 0 sectors again.
By above method, users can definitely get more data back from the WD SMR hard drives.
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