Flash firmware on Toshiba mk3265gsx

[dandu3]

I have one of these, which I extracted from a GoVault drive thing (it's an interchangable cartridge backup system) and it appears to be flashed with some kind of custom firmware.
When I plug it in, at boot, it detects the correct brand and model number but says that the SMART is bad, and in Windows, it detects it in a similar way (without the SMART shit) but it says it's not allocated (but has detected the correct size of 300GB).
When I try to allocate it, I get some kind of I/O error (my Windows is in french...) and in the end, it is not allocated.

[lcoughey]

If you want the data recovered, you will need the services of a data recovery pro, like me. If you don't care about the data, buy a new drive that you can trust.

[dandu3]

I can get the data back if I want to, but I don't want that data, I just want to use it as a normal HDD

[fzabkar]

Can you show us the SMART report? You could use a tool such as CrystalDiskInfo.

http://crystalmark.info/software/Crysta ... dex-e.html

Could you also show us the contents of sector 0? You could a disc editor such as DMDE (freeware).

http://dmde.com/

[dandu3]

After 10 minutes for the BIOS to stop trying to read it, and 2 minutes for Windows 7 to stop trying to access it, here is the CrystalDiskInfo report (In short: It's fine)

Code:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) TOSHIBA MK3265GSX
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Model : TOSHIBA MK3265GSX
        Firmware : GJ003A
   Serial Number : 2173D3UIB
       Disk Size : 320,0 GB (8,4/137,4/320,0/320,0)
     Buffer Size : 8192 KB
     Queue Depth : 32
    # of Sectors : 625142448
   Rotation Rate : 5400 RPM
       Interface : Serial ATA
   Major Version : ATA8-ACS
   Minor Version : ----
   Transfer Mode : SATA/150 | SATA/150
  Power On Hours : 733 hours
  Power On Count : 42 count
     Temperature : 25 C (77 F)
   Health Status : Good
        Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
       APM Level : 0080h [ON]
       AAM Level : ----

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 100 100 _50 000000000000 Read Error Rate
02 100 100 _50 000000000000 Throughput Performance
03 100 100 __1 000000000479 Spin-Up Time
04 100 100 __0 000000000091 Start/Stop Count
05 100 100 _50 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 100 100 _50 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
08 100 100 _50 000000000000 Seek Time Performance
09 _99 _99 __0 0000000002DD Power-On Hours
0A 102 100 _30 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0C 100 100 __0 00000000002A Power Cycle Count
BF 100 100 __0 000000000000 G-Sense Error Rate
C0 100 100 __0 000000000000 Power-off Retract Count
C1 100 100 __0 0000000001E8 Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 100 100 __0 002000160019 Temperature
C4 100 100 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 253 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count
DC 100 100 __0 00000000002D Disk Shift
DE 100 100 __0 000000000048 Loaded Hours
DF 100 100 __0 000000000000 Load/Unload Retry Count
E0 100 100 __0 000000000000 Load Friction
E2 100 100 __0 000000000143 Load 'In'-time
F0 100 100 __1 000000000000 Head Flying Hours

-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
        0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
000: 0040 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000
010: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2032 3137 3344 3355 4942
020: 0000 4000 0000 474A 3030 3341 2020 544F 5348 4942
030: 4120 4D4B 3332 3635 4753 5820 2020 2020 2020 2020
040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 0000 2F00
050: 4000 0200 0000 0007 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 0110
060: FFFF 0FFF 0007 0007 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0000
070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 0F02 0002 004C 0040
080: 01F8 0000 746B 7D09 6163 746B BC09 6163 043F 002B
090: 002B 0080 FFFE 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
100: EAB0 2542 0000 0000 0000 0000 4000 0000 5000 0393
110: 1A68 1C0F 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 4018
120: 4018 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0027 0000
130: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
140: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
150: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0003 0000
170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
180: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
190: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
200: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 003D 0000 0000 0000
210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1518 0000 0000
220: 0000 0000 101F 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0080 0000 0000 0000 0000
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 F2A5

-- SMART_READ_DATA ---------------------------------------------------------
     +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 10 00 01 0B 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 05
010: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 27 00 64 64 79
020: 04 00 00 00 00 00 04 32 00 64 64 91 00 00 00 00
030: 00 00 05 33 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 0B
040: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 05 00 64 64 00
050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 32 00 63 63 DD 02 00 00 00
060: 00 00 0A 33 00 66 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 32
070: 00 64 64 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 BF 32 00 64 64 00
080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00
090: 00 00 C1 32 00 64 64 E8 01 00 00 00 00 00 C2 22
0A0: 00 64 64 19 00 16 00 20 00 00 C4 32 00 64 64 00
0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C5 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00
0C0: 00 00 C6 30 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 32
0D0: 00 C8 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DC 02 00 64 64 2D
0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 DE 32 00 64 64 48 00 00 00 00
0F0: 00 00 DF 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E0 22
100: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E2 26 00 64 64 43
110: 01 00 00 00 00 00 F0 01 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00
120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 78 00 00 5B
170: 03 00 01 00 02 5A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E8

-- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ----------------------------------------------------
     +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 10 00 01 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 32
010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 01 00 00 00 00
020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
030: 00 00 05 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 32
040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 32 00 00 00 00
050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
060: 00 00 0A 1E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00
070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BF 00 00 00 00 00
080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
090: 00 00 C1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 00
0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C4 00 00 00 00 00
0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0C0: 00 00 C6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 00
0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DC 00 00 00 00 00
0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 DE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0F0: 00 00 DF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E0 00
100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E2 00 00 00 00 00
110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 F0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 36


and DMDE tells me this:
http://i.imgur.com/uyiM7D9.png

[dandu3]

A little bit of cheating has allowed me to see the sector 0.

(mod that reviews this, please edit my last post and add this part to it, to avoid double-posting.)

[fzabkar]

The SMART data look excellent, so on that basis there appears to be nothing wrong with your drive. However, that is not consistent with the I/O error in DMDE.

That said, your subsequent screenshot of LBA 0 shows a boot sector for an NTFS logical volume. It does not show a typical MBR and partition table.

The capacity of the volume is 0x2542E6AF sectors which corresponds to 320GB.

0x2542E6AF x 512 = 320 072 408 576

http://www.google.com/search?q=0x2542E6 ... in+decimal

Offset 0x1C has a value of 0 which means that the first sector of the NTFS volume coincides with the first sector of the physical drive. This explains why Windows is confused. That is, Windows is trying to interpret sector 0 as an MBR rather than as a boot sector, so of course it cannot make any sense of it.

If you want the data recovered, you will need to edit those bytes between 0x1BE - 0x1FD. This is a relatively simple thing to do, assuming that the drive doesn't have serious physical problems. Let me know if you wish to do this. Otherwise just zero-fill your drive and scan it with a tool such as MHDD.

Here is a typical Windows XP NTFS boot sector:
http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mb ... rHexEd.htm

... and here is an explanation of its structure:
http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/NTFSBR.htm

Here is a typical Windows XP MBR and an explanation of its structure:
http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/Win2kmbr.htm

[dandu3]

I can get the data, but as I said, I want this as a regular HDD instead of a "super floppy" as it is right now.

[fzabkar]

I can get the data, but as I said, I want this as a regular HDD instead of a "super floppy" as it is right now.

Then zero-fill your drive and scan it with a tool such as MHDD. This will identify any "slow" sectors.

[dandu3]

ok, whats the command to use in MHDD to zero fill the drive?

[dandu3]

So, I'm going to guess that it is the ERASE command, but I ran into a few problems: The first: my laptop at boot tells me that there is an ATA password, and when I do ERASE, the BUSY light is on, but no HDD activity. On my main PC, it's telling me that the HDD is bad and then it doesn't do anything. (using /DISABLEBIOS is the same.)

[hhddrec]

Is very strange is you can view secs, this means not password protected drive.

try ussing a windows or linux Hexadecimal tool to fill HDD zero fill

[jerovsek]

Hello,

I think, you will need to fix this with appropriate firmware, because you extract this drive from backup cartridge.
Try to work in this way

[hhddrec]

Hello,

I think, you will need to fix this with appropriate firmware, because you extract this drive from backup cartridge.
Try to work in this way

This way can be usefull. Maybe especial fw forma cardtidge hdd.

There es a guy héroe with experience un this area¿

[dandu3]

That's what I thought, because even 0ing it in the cartridge reader doesn't change it

[dandu3]

...anyone?