Hello Everyone ....

Please Help Me To repair This Hard Dick :

Type : HDD Seagate
Size : 160GB
( I am Not Care About Data I Want Just Fix It )



---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------



---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------

I Was Try This Method :

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/96 ... ssword-zu/

But It Is Failed

In The Last Step I See " UNLOCK NOT DONE " ??? I Don't Know way !!!



(This Image Number 3 Not From My Computer It Is Just From Site )

If Any Other Way Please Please Please Tell Me ( I am Not Care About Data I Want Just Fix It )









.

It's a really old drive. They were released in 2009. Surely you can afford a few quid for a new one if you don't want to recover data from it?

Why 2009 How Do You Know That ??

The size dates it to some extent and a quick look online will confirm a rough idea of when it was introduced. You can find a more accurate date by entering the date code on the drive into thie website

https://www.bugaco.com/calculators/seag ... e_code.php

Thank You So Much Fro Replay ♥♥♥

Are The 2009 Just Date To Released Not The Age Of This Disk !!!

Ok Ok Now I can Fixed This hard Disk Or Not ??

you could send SECURITY_ERASE_PREPARE and SECURITY_ERASE commands which would erase the data and the pwd. These are std ata commands, i think they are available in MHDD.

pepe

_________________
Adatmentés - Data recovery

OOOOOOOk Bro Thank You So Much For Replay ♥♥♥ .... I Will Try Now And Go Back To Tell You Result

Is This Good Bro ??

Continue Or Stop ?? Please Tell Me

I believe these commands require the user to supply a known password, either a user password (which is unknown) or a master password (which is hopefully still the default).

_________________
A backup a day keeps DR away.

So What Do you Thinking !!! .... What Is The Right Solution ???

Unless you are just doing this to improve your knowledge of hard drives it's not a sensible thing to try and get this drive working again. It's small, very old and can be replaced by a small SSD or SATA drive for not much money.

I'm Doing This Because I want Learning More About Hard Disk And Secondly This Hard Disk Not Mine It's His to My Brother ... So Really Really I Want Repair It

Fair enough...

Thank You ♥ ... So What Now

Have you looked at the SMART data? I don't know if that drive will have SMART enabled given its age but give it a go in Victoria. Reallocated Sector Count and Current Pending Sector are particularly important indicators.

Is This ??

Looks like it can't read the SMART status. I don't know if that is just because that disk doesn't support it or because it's password protected. You could try CrystalDisk to see if that shows the data. You can download it here..

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

Is This ??

I never trust a disk with reallocated sectors count above zero. The drive is failing and will only get worse. I would never put any data on it even if you get it working. It will soon fail.

This link explains it..

https://harddrivegeek.com/reallocated-sector-count/

So Look This Is My Hard Disk ... Look At The Reallocated Sectors Count And Power On Hours