toshiba MK1656GSY strange behaviour

[raven4d]

good evening ;

i have got this toshiba drive , when trying to image using ddi4 , drive gets ready and identify with the correct serial and capacity ,
trying to do head map , will result in drive stuck at BSY
sending "drive preconfiguration" will complete after ~50 secs with no smart errors
trying to test media will start , but will take foreever

i could image the first 8% of it at ~55000 KB/SEC, but then the drive just freeze at BSY , no abnormal sounds , or anything ,

the drive just behaive very similar to the pending bug for seagates ..

now , drive , stopped imaging at all , and freezes at BSY when trying to image ..

any ideas ?

thank you

[jono-ats]

Use the PC3000 instead, which has several features for working with Toshiba drives with G-List problems, etc.

[labtech]

Yeah, agree with Jono. Have to check on that g-list.

[thatdellguy]

PC3K is great at recovering Toshiba drives with g-list problems.

[raven4d]

thank you for your help ..

so this is 100% a g-list problem .

unfortunately , i donut have PC3K , any way i can extract some portions of the disk , or just have to outsource it ?

[labtech]

Not 100%, but assume as likely one of the main issues. Again, this is remote suggestion as we do not have the drive in our hands.

[laptokowiec]

have you tried reverse cloning ?

[pcimage]

thank you for your help ..

so this is 100% a g-list problem .

unfortunately , i donut have PC3K , any way i can extract some portions of the disk , or just have to outsource it ?

Not 100%, but see many Toshiba with this issue.

Without PC3K, you are going to struggle, BIG TIME