TOSHIBA MK1652GSX - cannot access any LBA

[yco]

Hi Gurus!

Got some strange Toshiba drive. It came up ready, read ID and when I tried to access any LBA it gave CRC errors only.
Many times I got TOSHIBA drives that were acting the same when had problems with G-List.
To clear G-List it required terminal connection so i built adapter for PC3000. Saved all CPs but got one error. Then I cleared G-List and now it doesn't even return CRC errors but won't allow any access at all.

Could that be caused by erratic CP? Attaching screenshot.
DD is P-List, which one is G-List in here?
Is it safe to clear P-List on this drive?

Thanks, yco.

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[Russwinters]

If your performing data recovery, and not just HDD repair, clearing the P list is a terrible idea.

[pcimage]

Strange that the drive is ID'd correctly by the utility, but further down it's a MK3252GSX.

[Russwinters]

I noticed that as well.

I am guessing that because the translator is corrupted the drive may be reporting as a larger size, and maybe some sort of bug is occuring with pc3k where it assumes it must be a 320GB version of the drive..

i have seen this from time to time