Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
December 16th, 2006, 9:59
Hi all!
A little advice please?
Got a Toshiba MK6025GAS, spins up OK, and becomes ready.
Will start to image, but gets to LBA 145272 or so and will not read any further.
I sent it to a DR company and they said it was heads. I am a bit doubtful as it reads that far.
Any views?
Data is very important.
Thanks in advance
Pcimage
December 16th, 2006, 12:38
Looks like heads to me...
December 16th, 2006, 13:30
OK, thanks for your help.
Do youknow why it read read a little bit and then stop at the same place each time?
There are two heads in the drive, does one head read a bit and then the other?
What do I need to match from a donor drive for head swap?
TIA
Pcimage
December 16th, 2006, 15:43
Hi,
as far as I know this drive has 4 heads, and H2 looks defective.
(H0 is the first)
pepe
December 17th, 2006, 10:43
It only has two heads, so I guess H1 must be defective then?
Thanks guys, for your help.
Will try head swap tomorrow.
Cheers
December 18th, 2006, 9:50
I stand corrected, it has indeed got 4 heads.
Sorry
December 18th, 2006, 15:10
Hi,
thanks for the correction, I have almost disassembled one and checked again
pepe
December 23rd, 2006, 9:25
Thanks for help
Heads swapped and drive reading again.
Cheers
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