Maxtor Calypso damaged firmware

[helpless]

Hi,
I have an old 6Y080L0422011-YAR41BW0 drive which has the following modules damaged:
02AA0032, 01930001, 01940001, 01950002.
The hdd is properly detected in bios, windows loads with a few minutes delay and only device manager can see it.
Is it possible to restore drive's functionality and restore data?

[data-medics]

Does it show proper capacity? And if so, have you tried imaging using ddrescue?

[helpless]

Thanks for your reply, I guess capacity is correct, as it shows 82Gb in BIOS. I haven't tried imaging at all, because I thought imaging software wouldn't see the drive either (just like Windows disk management doesn't see it). I am more comfortable with DOS programs like Prosoft or copyr.dma, might give them a try. My idea was to repair the drive's firmware first and then proceed to DR. What are the above mentioned modules and are they replaceable by same modules from a similar drive? Or is it not the right way to follow? Or problem may be something quite different than a few unreadable modules?

[labtech]

How are you reading the firmware? With what tool?

[helpless]

PC3K ISA (Poker v2.1)

[labtech]

Man, those were a lot of work.

My suggestion in general for data recovery is this: don't fix something that does not need fixing!
This goes particularly for Maxtor. Playing with firmware on a unstable Maxtor drive is like asking for trouble.
So, test your drive for data access, run some tests, then if all good, image it. Then worry about fixing and such.

[helpless]

Tried copyr, shows all errors. In MHDD ERR and HPA is lit (in addition to DRSC and DRDY).
In the meantime I found some answers to my questions: the damaged modules are SMART and G-list. I cannot clear, nor overwrite G-list, which - according to the docs I found - is necessary for normal work. I think it lies on a physically damaged sector. Is there a way to relocate G-list?

[BlackST]

In the meantime I found some answers to my questions: the damaged modules are SMART and G-list. I cannot clear, nor overwrite G-list, which - according to the docs I found - is necessary for normal work. I think it lies on a physically damaged sector. Is there a way to relocate G-list?

Using wrong tool the wrong way....

P.S. SMART is not exactly mandatory on Calypso, neither G list. And if you have a real bad U (not a corrupted module) in that position the drive should click at start. The fact there is HPA on means there is also something else AND / OR someone played hard with the drive firmware.
There are also other things to consider...