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Re: WD20EARS not recognized - any hope?

January 7th, 2024, 14:07

Spildit wrote:I can't help you any further without checking the drive myself

This is not about the broken drive, I cannot even get the functioning donor drive into a proper kernel mode that is detectable by WDMarvel. As you said, I am doing something wrong but what? Anything in particular I need to do on the PC I am working with - SATA controller/ BIOS etc.? E.g. I cannot disable individual SATA Ports, can that be an issue?

Re: WD20EARS not recognized - any hope?

January 7th, 2024, 17:34

Spildit wrote:Regards and good luck.

Understood - thanks a lot for all your help and explanations! Have a great 2024!

Re: WD20EARS not recognized - any hope?

February 3rd, 2024, 10:52

The disks of the Sadle_G6 family are well restored by the TREX program.
From the official 1TB, you can get 2TB or 1.5TB, depending on the condition of the plates and heads.
But the "extra" heads there may be present in the disabled state.
I think the manufacturer did it for marketing purposes).
Good luck!

Re: WD20EARS not recognized - any hope?

February 5th, 2024, 10:54

There is only one place where they will share with you selflessly. Can you guess? Good luck!
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