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Congratulations to those clients who have been using DFL data recovery toolsDFL-DE data recovery tool, DFL-WDII hdd repair tool and DFL-DDP USB3.0 data recovery equipment.

With these tools, we receive almost each day happy feedback from our clients and they are repairing and recovering hard drive cases other data recovery tools cannot do: customers’ feedback and review on DFL data recovery tools here.

On average, users with our tools can fix two more cases each day and within one month, users can fix 60 more hdd repair or data recovery cases. If each case helps users earn USD200 on average and users can earn USD12000 more each month. Read more

Undetected hdds can be caused by many reasons such as ROM damage, SA module damage,  incompatible SA and ROM, head damage, etc. This case study is to teach the ROM and SA must match by having the same microcode.

Download PDF of this case study here

The hdd was undetected due to ROM damage and let’s now analyze and follow some steps to fix it.

The first thing we could think was to backup the firmware modules when it’s possible, because whether it’s hdd repair or data recovery, we may use the modules in the operations later. Read more

Dolphin Data Lab is one group of data recovery engineers who really concern about its users and partners and resellers.

We value all your feedback and suggestions and we keep writing good detailed manuals,case studies and other technique documents, answering all enquiries within 24 hours, answering all forum posts fast, replying all emails fast, developing new functions and tools fast. We are always there when clients need us.

Within our user-only forum, users can find the following information:

PCB, Head And Platter Swap Section

  • Flash Programmer Pro. Manual;
  • WD USB to SATA conversion – new PCB’S;
  • ROYL HDD Head Repair;
  • Hitachi PCB Swap Case Study;
  • Seagate Short Connect Head Contacts On The PCB;
  • How To Find Out If It’s PCB Malfunction Of One HDD; Read more

This HDD ID:

Model: WDC WD1600BB-55RDA0    Family: Starling MicroCode: 20AB
This hdd was received as one dead hdd without any response when the user tried to powered on the hdd.

After initial diagnosis to the hdd, it was due to the burnt PCB causing the death. The user found one compatible PCB of the same PCB number and swaped the PCB.

After swapping the PCB, powered on the HDD, the hdd reached readiness but not detected. Read more

This is another hdd repair bad sector repair case study, it’s one WD10EARS 1TB hdd. We wrote this case study not showing how powerful our tool is, but the most important is to demo how to diagnose one hdd in different methods and how to find out the solutions. A right way of thinking makes you more successful.

The user tried to use format with P-list to remove the bad sectors but after the format and scanned the hdd, there’re still a lot of bad sectors, full of green and read blocks. Read more

DFL-WD II hdd repair tool offers the users options to repair WD USB hard disk drives.

This article gives you the general idea of what functions are available with USB hdds.
DFL-WDII offers two channels: ATA and USB channel. For WD USB HDDs, users need to select USB channel. For USB hdds which can be detected and become ready in DFL-WDII, for WD USB hdds which have had PCB swap from USB interface to SATA interface or which have been converted from USB interface to SATA interface. Read more

With DFL-WDII hdd repair tool, users can repair the bad sectors caused by bad heads, it’s easy to find out the damaged heads and cut the damaged heads so that the patient hdds can work again.

The following case study is to tell how to find out the bad heads and cut them.

Scan the hdd and users can find the intensive bad sectors;

Write Down the LBA value of the bad sectors, the starting LBA and ending LBA of the bad sectors;

Go to Menu Common–>CHS LBA Translate; Read more

It’s one very common hdd repair case that the PCB is burnt but we require important data from the hard drives.

Is it as simple as swapping with one good PCB to the burnt hard drives to recover the lost data? The answer is ‘No’!

If users want to recover data from WD hard drives with Burnt PCB, users need firstly to find one donor PCB with the same PCB number, detailed PCB swap guides and tips are available here within Dolphin Data Lab user-only forums. Read more

DFL-WDII Format and Translator Regeneration, Selfscan and Servo Calibration Looking Inside.

Servo Calibration is used to generate module 49 and 4A, it is used only when the 49 or 4A is damaged. When 49 and 4A are damaged, users may get full disk bad sectors when scanning the hdd. Read more

Dolphin Data Lab is now offering a limited time offer during November 17th-December 17th and all new interests and potential clients can now take this opportunity to get some really working and excellent data recovery tools and hdd repair tools at the best rate and conditions. Read more