Help please with Maxtor N40P

[pcimage]

Hi all,

A little help?

Maxtor 40Gb 6E040L0..........

Seen in BIOS, but f/w version wrong (ending in Z)...

So, enter Safe Mode.... Load LDR... check modules, all OK.

Run module recovery...

Now drive ID's OK, but all LBA is bad (every single one)

Run translator regen, (97k+ defects), still same.

Any suggestions?

PC3000 manual says to delete G-List, did that (saved copy 1st), still same.

Help!!

[Starling]

What are the errors in the LBAs?
UNC/AMNF?

[pcimage]

Thanks for reply Starling...

Error is "HDD Readiness timeout"

Any help?

[rameez]

The hdd must be showing N40P NAr6159Z this is a normal thing the "Z" letter indicates that something wrong with SA do one thing if this is the problem Load only modules in normal mode from loader the Check SA and post results here .

[pcimage]

Thanks for the reply Remeez,

Drive is showing correct NAR61EA0 now, all modules check out OK.

Just EVERY single sector of user area is "HDD Readiness timeout"

[beto]

Show BSY? can u heard the recalibration sound??


Best Regards

Sinceraly

Alberto

[rameez]

no its not showing BSY all hdd filled with bad sectors .
Do u need data ?

[pcimage]

Yes, i need data.

[rameez]

did u regenerate translator for this problem ?

[pcimage]

Yes

[pcimage]

A bit more light to shed on this case.

Drive will read data now, but very, very slowly. And with quite a few bad sectors near the beginning.

Took one hour to image 4,000 sectors, so the 40Gb will take 2,000 hours

SA reading is normal speed.

Any suggestions?

Sean

[Starling]

It seems like media is degrading...
Try smart hot swap to read the data.

[pcimage]

Starling.. Thx for reply my friend...

Forgive me but what is a "smart" hot swap?

You mean to copy the defect tables and translator modules to donor, start then hot swap?

[Starling]

Yes, exactly.

[rameez]

u mean rewrite the Smart table and defect table from donor hdd ?

[Shortscurcuits]

write smart & translator modules from HDD you need to recover data from to the HDD you will start the hot swap process with. Start good drive, let it initialize put to sleep with command, then move PCB still connected to recovery drive & try to copy data