Hi,

I have a WD2500JB-00REA0 hdd which was inside an external box : Memup Kwest.

It didn't reconized anymore in disk management, only in device management.

I plugged it on IDE and i have the same pb.

It is reconized in bios but all diagnostic tool i tried can't read any sectors ! All appairs to be bad (HDtune, HDD scan,DFT Hitachi, MHDD, HDAT, DLG DIag). There is no failure sounds.

I found exactly the same drive and try to swap PCB : it didn't work, drive isn't reconized in bios.

My PCB:
on paper: 2060-701292-C00
on PCB: 2060-701292-002

PCB with worked HDD:
on paper: 2060-701292-C00
on PCB: 2060-701292-001

I swap U12 firmware from my PCB to new PCB and plug this new PCB on my HDD : It works ...but ......:

I have the same pb: HDD is only listed in bios and device manager , not in disk manager, so i can't read partition from it

Now i'm sure the pb isn't on my PCB, except the firmware, maybe it can be corrupted ?

Can you help me, i would like recover my data : a lot of pictures from many years

Can i test, read, update the firmware ?
What pb could it be ?

Thank you very much

See you later

Hi Nonob,

I think it is an SA problem.
That can only be solved with expensive tools and a lot of knowledge.

I think you best bring this disk to a professional data recovery company.

Best regards,

dobre

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Hi,

What is an SA pb ?

thanks

you have a problem with the service area of your hard drive ( the boot code) so it doesn't know where any of the sectors are. Do a search on this site and there are a lot of explanations for it.

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Hi,

Ok, so it is a pb on the disk . and do you know if i can try to restore my data ? With or without my second disk ?

Also, i found these software :

http://www.nazyura.newmail.ru/000006.htm

Could it help me ?

thanks

What kind of errors do you get in MHDD and HDDScan when trying to scan the user area(for example: ABRT, IDNF, UNC...)?

Hi



I don't found how to scan "abrt" "idnf" or "unc" but when i do a scan from LBA0 to max ,

with MHDD, i have that :

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ..Etc....

I don't know if it is important But i can change max lba.

With HDDscan, under windows :

I have BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB..etc...

But i saw something maybe important, i compared scan (verify or read) of My system HDD and scan of my "bad" HDD :

The difference is that the number "current LBA" change with my good HDD (increase) but NOT with my bad HDD,
but the bitrate KBytes/s is changing with the 2 HDD.

Maybe a tracking pb ?

Thank you

up

! - is ABRT error and it could mean either firmware or head problem. But it's definitely not a PCB issue and it's not something you can fix on your own, sorry. You need to have someone with PC3000 or Salvation data to check the firmware.

Hi,

Thanks for your answer. If somebody can help me .....

See you soon