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WD SMR HDD Module 190 Auto Repair Solution

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Dolphin Data Lab has released the latest WD SMR HDD Module 190 Auto Repair Solution within the DFL-DDP data recovery tool.

According to the feedback of Dolphin users and data recovery engineers worldwide, Western Digital hard drive data recovery cases are mostly associated with the dynamic secondary translator-module 190.

Module 190 corruption can be caused by unstable faulty hard drive status: many bad sectors, weak heads, wrong operations by users, etc.

Whenever users get one WD SMR HDD data recovery case, users need to diagnose the patient hdd correctly to find out if it is firmware issue or physical issue, if physical issue, users need to swap heads first or take other measures to fix the physical issue and then users need to manage to remove the MCU lock.

After removing the MCU lock, users need to follow Dolphin special WD SMR hdd recovery instructions to backup the module 190 (even if the module 190 has many read errors, users need to be patient with module reading) and sometimes, users can select to read valid data only from the module 190 and this can avoid many read errors but this may cause some data loss sometimes.

After the module 190 backup, users need to diagnose the module 190 and try to repair the module 190 corruption. Dolphin Data Lab has released one auto repair solution for the corrupted module 190. Users can check the video demo here to find out how the module 190 auto repair works:

Above new WD SMR hdd firmware repair solution helps users a lot to enhance the efficiency and success rate. Users can download it from the Dolphin user-only forum.

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How to Recover Tesla Deleted Dashcam Videos

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Tesla Dashcam catches the car crash footage, record an accident and in many digital forensic data recovery cases, users need to view and recover the deleted, formatted dashcam videos.

How to recover Lost Dashcam video footage on a Tesla car?
How to retrieve my Tesla Dashcam videos?
How to retrieve deleted Tesla Dashcam footage?
How to view deleted Tesla Dashcam footage/videos?
How to recover Tesla Dashcam footage/crime Scene?
How to access Tesla camera footages?

If users have one of above questions, users can try Dolphin DVR latest data recovery software V3.75 and it’s easy for users to recover lost deleted videos by the following steps:

1, Connect the Tesla video storage device or image the device to a file or VHD;
2, Select the video recorder brand-Telsa;
3, Select Deep Analysis and the program will start to automatically analyze the fragmented video files, reorganize and carve the files.

If users wish to recover Tesla dashcam videos, users can order Dolphin DVR data recovery software here.

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New Seagate Hard Drive Firmware Repair Videos and Data Recovery Videos free for DFL Users

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Dolphin Data Lab has created and released many new Seagate hard drive firmware repair videos and data recovery videos free for DFL users to download.

These videos are very helpful for users to understand the Seagate hard drive failures, firmware repair and data recovery solutions and users can use all DFL firmware repair tools and data recovery hardware tools more effectively and efficiently.

The following are the new videos added on Dolphin file share platform:

Data-Recovery-from-Head-Damaged-Seagate-Hard-Drives.7z
How-to-Fix-Seagate-ST5000DM000-Busy-HDD.7z
How-to-Fix-ST2000LM007-Slow-Firmware-Backup-and-Click-Problem.7z
How-to-get-the-head-map-of-Seagate-hard-drives.7z
How-to-Recover-lost-data-from-Seagate-ST4000DM004.7z
How-to-recover-lost-data-from-ST1000LM035-1RK172-Capacity-0-by-DFL-SRP-USB3.0-data-recovery-equipment.mp4.7z
How-to-Reset-Smart-Repair-Firmware-Corruption-For-ST4000NM0053.7z
How-to-Unlock-Seagate-Firmware-Area-Within-DFL-DDP-Data-Recovery-Program.7z
How-to-Work-with-Seagate-Patient-HDDs-for-Data-Recovery-At-High-speed.7z
Latest-Seagate-Hard-Drive-Firmware-Repair-and-Data-Recovery-Solutions.7z
Seagate Constellation ES.3 SED HDD Firmware and Data Recovery Steps.mp4.7z
Seagate Rosewood HDD Head Map Editing in ROM by DFL-Seagate HDD Repair Tool.7z
SEAGATE ST4000VM004 ST4000VX005 B2 HDD LED 0X0BD SPIN UP AND DOWN HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps.7z
Seagate-External-Portable-Hard-Drive-ST1000LM038-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
Seagate-LX-SSHD-Firmware-Unlock-Steps-by-DFL-Seagate-HDD-Repair-Tool.7z
Seagate-Portable-ST2000LM007-LED-HDD-Firmware-Repair-and-Data-Recovery.7z
Seagate-ROM-RAM-Loading-Slow-Fix.7z
Seagate-Rosewood-Portable-HDD-Partial-Sector-Repair-and-Recovery.7z
Seagate-SMR-Hard-Drive-Format-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
Seagate-ST500LT012-Capacity-0-Head-0-Damaged-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
Seagate-ST500LX025-SSHD-Firmware-Unlock-and-ROM-Backup-At-High-Speed.7z
Seagate-ST1000LM035-1RK172-LED-Undetected-HDD-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
Seagate-ST1000LM035-Rosewood-AF-Capacity-0-HDD-Repair-and-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
Seagate-ST1500LM012-1R817G-HDD-Recovery Steps.7z
Seagate-ST2000LM007-HDD-Head-Damage-Diagnosis-Recovery.7z
Seagate-ST2000VX000-Error-HDD-Firmware-Backup.7z
ST1000LM035-1RK172-EB01-Capacity-0-HDD-Repair-and-Data-Recovery-Steps-Case-Study-from-Indonesia-Data-Recovery-Engineer.7z
ST1000LM035-1RK172-FW-LVM1-Capacity 0-HDD-Repair-and-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST1000LM035-All-Sectors-0-HDD-Repair-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST1000LM035-Partial-Sector-Access-Auto-Repair.7z
ST1000LM048-2E7172-LED-HDD-Repair-and-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST1000VX005-2EZ102-HDD-Firmware-Repair-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST1500LM012-1R817G-HDD-Repair-and-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST2000LM007-1R8174-Busy-Inaccess-Data-Area-HDD-Repair-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST2000LM007-1R8174-Full-Disk-Red-Blocks-HDD-Repair-Data-Recovery.7z
ST2000LM007-1R8174-Janus-AF-Family-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST2000LM007-1R8174-Seagate-Rosewood-Portable-HDD-Partial-Sector-Access-Data-Recovery.7z
ST2000LM007-1R8174-WDZCVF7K-Partial-Sector-Access-HDD-Repair-and-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST2000LM007-SP-Regen-FAIL-Update-Mask-Data-Recovery-Steps_.7z
ST5000DM000-1FK178-HDD-Firmware-Repair-and-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST5000LM000-2AN170-Hard-Drive-Firmware-Access-and-Repair.7z
ST8000DM004-2CX188-Busy-Undetected-HDD-Data-Recovery-Steps.7z
ST8000NM0105-Unlock-Video.7z
More data recovery videos are coming…
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ST2000LM007-1R8174 HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps from DFL User in Malaysia

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This Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 faulty hard drive was capacity 0 detected and after initial firmware repair there’re many bad sectors by logical scan.

Patient HDD ID:

Model : ST2000LM007-1R8174
Serial : WDZKYE4W
Firmware : EB01
Capacity : 3907029168 (1863.02GB)
Sector size : 4096
Heads number : 4

FW info : Obtained
FW version : R1AEA069E.SDM4.AA4901.EB01
FW package P/N : 100849195
FW ID : 00305567
FW creation date : 2019/01/22
FW creation time : 20:23:31
CFW version : R1AEA069E.SDM4.AA4901.01618036.0
SFW1 version : 0305567.EB01

Modules list : Obtained
Modules number : 57

Patient HDD Failure Symptoms:

Undetected/wrongly detected/Many bad sectors

Required HDD repair tools and Data Recovery Tools to recover lost data:

DFL Seagate HDD Repair Tool
DFL DDP Data Recovery Equipment

HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps:

1, Backup ROM;
2, Generate unlock ROM and write unlock ROM;
3, Power off and on and send unlock key;
4, Backup important sys files;
5, Clear g-list, clear smart;
6, Initialize ID (ATA), clear media cache, disable vacant active, etc.

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WDC WD5000LPVX-80V0TT0 HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps

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This is one successful Western Digital hard drive firmware repair and data recovery case study for one Dolphin user in Peru.

Patient HDD ID:

WDC WD5000LPVX-80V0TT0
WD-WXQ1E34CLXH4
465 GB(976773168)
SPT: 1437
Family: HUBBLELT

Patient HDD Failure Symptoms:

Inaccessible data area, full disk bad sectors

Required HDD repair tools and data recovery tools to fix the faulty hard drive:

DFL-WD hdd repair tool
DFL-DDP data recovery equipment

Patient HDD repair and data recovery steps:

1, Backup ROM and key firmware modules;
2, Slow fix;
3, Test firmware modules and found the module 32 was corrupted and couldn’t be read;
4, Wrote donor module 32;
5, Right click on module 32 and clear the module;
6, Restart firmware;
7, Open DFL-DDP data recovery equipment and the lost partition and folders and files were all recovered.

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WDC WD20NPVZ-00WFZT0 Hard Drive Repair and Data Recovery Steps

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This is one successful western digital undetected hard drive firmware repair and data recovery case study from one DFL user in India.

Patient HDD ID:

Model number: WDC WD20NPVZ-00WFZT0
Serial Number: WD-WXN1A776ZHTN
Capacity: 1863GB
Head number: 8
SPT: 1480
Family: SHREKLT

Patient HDD Failure Symptoms:

Undetected/data inaccessbile

Hard Drive Firmware Repair Tools and Data Recovery Hardware Tools Required:

DFL Western Digital HDD Repair Tool
DFL DDP Data Recovery Equipment

Hard Drive Firmware Repair and Data Recovery Steps:

Backup ROM;
Disable 411 and restart firmware;
Refresh hdd ID;
Backup hard drive firmware modules (important modules);
Slow fix-mode 1;
Enable 411 and restart firmware;
Refresh hdd ID;
Open DFL-DDP data recovery equipment and software;
Set up head map and image good heads and good sectors and then weak heads and sectors;
Finally all lost data was recovered from the faulty WD hard drive.

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ST1000VX005-2EZ102 HDD Repair and Data Recovery Steps

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This is one nice data recovery case study from one DFL user in India, the patient drive is firmware locked and the data area is not accessed.

Model : ST1000VX005-2EZ102
Serial : Z9CC69D2
Firmware : CV11
Capacity : 1953525168 (931.51GB)
Sector size : 4096
Heads number : 2

Rst 0x40M
2Sync:01 0E

EDAC Value = 00000000FFFFFFF5

EDAC Value = 00000000FFFFFFF5
Retry delay

EDAC Value = 00000000FFFFFFF5

EDAC Value = 00000000FFFFFFF5
Retry delay
LD: Size:00000028 HBlocks:0000 Size:002BD17F HBlocks:0032 Size:00282A49 HBlocks:0032 FlashRestore 00000000 00000028 ECBD
PP: Size:0000B400 HBlocks:0000 FlashRestore
PVTSize: 000150C8 CompSize: 000002B2 DeCompSize: 000150C8 00000000 000002B2 9E03
2Sync:00 04
DSP022B
No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags 0002A1A1
2Sync:01 0C
Boot 0x40M

SpinUp
RECOV Servo Op=0100 Resp=0005
RECOV Servo Op=0055 Resp=0005[LBA=0x00006B6F]N[LBA=0x00006C28]N0[LBA=0x00006D5D]N0[LBA=0x000070A1]N0[LBA=0x000070C2]N0[LBA=0x0000737C]N0[LBA=0x000073EB]N0[LBA=0x000074EE]N0[LBA=0x00007500]N0[LBA=0x0000775C]N0

Trans
Rst 0x40M
2Sync:01 0E
2Sync:01 0E
2Sync:01 0E
2Sync:01 0E
2Sync:01 0E

(P) SATA Reset

LD: Size:00000028 HBlocks:0000 Size:002BD17F HBlocks:0032 Size:00282A49 HBlocks:0032 DiscRestore 00000000 00000028 04ED
PP: Size:0000B400 HBlocks:0000 DiscRestore
PVTSize: 000150C8 CompSize: 000002B2 DeCompSize: 000150C8 00000000 000002B2 9E03
2Sync:00 04
DSP022C^c

ASCII Diag mode

F3 T>^l

Diagnostic Port Locked

To fix above patient drive, the user used DFL Seagate hdd repair tool to backup rom, generate unlock rom, write unlock ROM, power off and on, send unlock key, backup important SYS files, clear g-list, regenerate translator, etc.

After fixing the firmware area, the users tested the data area and found there’re some bad sectors in the front, the middle and ending parts of data areas were accessible.

The user set up head map, edited the LBA range to image the patient hdd by heads within DFL-DDP data recovery equipment and finally most data was recovered, only some system files were missing which are not important at all.

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New Software Upgrade for DFL all-in-one Data Recovery Hardware Tools

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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;
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Seagate Rosewood HDD Slow Firmware Backup Idle Error Fix

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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.

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Undetected LED ST1000LM035 1RK172 HDD Firmware Repair and Data Recovery Steps

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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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