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 Post subject: western digital troubles
PostPosted: February 10th, 2017, 4:25 
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having mega problem with my hddhackr
have a western digital drive thats already been messed with and serial and firmware been messed with
my problem is the drive is starting to fail and i need to make a clone and copy with firmware and serial etc passed over

hddhackr keeps coming up with wrong sector (---) and cant make the dump of sector 16-20 to rewright the hex

any help would be amazing

thanks in advance


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 Post subject: Re: western digital troubles
PostPosted: March 18th, 2017, 7:45 
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Exactly what model is this WD HD? Also, when it was working, before alterations to it were made, was DriveLock active [with or without user password]?

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 Post subject: Re: western digital troubles
PostPosted: March 18th, 2017, 21:08 
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what does it have to do with research and development?

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 Post subject: Re: western digital troubles
PostPosted: March 18th, 2017, 22:30 
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pepe, you're probably right as rain! Perhaps an admin or mod can move this thread into the proper forum.

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