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Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 26th, 2016, 13:58

Hello Gurus,

Seagate 1.5 TB Free play.
The comes Ready after a while ( approx. 1min ) all sectors are x(unc) from different LBA zones.

Terminal output:

Rst 0x10M
RW: Disc Ctlr Intialization Completed.
FAIL Op= 0165 Res P=0005
FAIL Op= 0055 Res P=0005
(P) SATA Reset
SIM Error 1009
RW Error 00000080

F3 T>

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 26th, 2016, 14:06

Module 17A is damaged. Here's a tutorial about how to fix it: http://ts.acelaboratory.com/index.php?/ ... a-sys-file

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 26th, 2016, 14:08

Thanks for reply.
I will try to fix it and post the results.

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 26th, 2016, 14:21

sys.file 17a is already damaged.

The one in the tutorial is no longer available.

Anyone have it?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 26th, 2016, 14:36

yes ,,,, just make a call :) :)

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 26th, 2016, 14:40

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 26th, 2016, 15:06

You can use any module 17A, just take one from another drive, zero fill it completely, and upload it. Only thing that matters is the size.

Edit: I just checked and the module downloads fine from the site. Perhaps you're just thrown off by the fact that it's blank.

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 26th, 2016, 15:24

Haa Haa ,
Tawfeek You Just Nailed Him Lol . BTW Unknown My Friend The Tool You Use Has a Option To Fix This Also .You will make good money with the fix from your client and keep that damaged sys file incase he refuses just put it back and let him enjoy

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 27th, 2016, 9:15

data-medics wrote:You can use any module 17A, just take one from another drive, zero fill it completely, and upload it. Only thing that matters is the size.

Yes sir, filled with zero's.

data-medics wrote:Edit: I just checked and the module downloads fine from the site. Perhaps you're just thrown off by the fact that it's blank.

I tried to download it yesterday but I get page error. Thank you very much.

Amarbir wrote:Haa Haa ,
Tawfeek You Just Nailed Him Lol . BTW Unknown My Friend The Tool You Use Has a Option To Fix This Also .You will make good money with the fix from your client and keep that damaged sys file incase he refuses just put it back and let him enjoy

:D
Yes sir, but I am using the online version and I didn't recharge yet. So, I am using the manual way ( Hyper Terminal ). :)

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 27th, 2016, 9:18

Amarbir wrote:Haa Haa ,
Tawfeek You Just Nailed Him Lol . BTW Unknown My Friend The Tool You Use Has a Option To Fix This Also .You will make good money with the fix from your client and keep that damaged sys file incase he refuses just put it back and let him enjoy


LoooooooooooooL

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 27th, 2016, 9:32

Data accessible now. Imaging now. :)

Thank you guys for the kind help, I do really appreciate your kind help Data-Medics.


Tawfeek come on the Skype now. :D

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 28th, 2016, 15:18

viewtopic.php?t=23819

Re: Seagate Free Agent Goflex

January 30th, 2016, 19:22

Yeah. Thank you my friend.
Case already solved. :)
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