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
October 24th, 2026, 22:24
WD Blue 6 TB (WD60EZRZ), slowly failing. Read errors are getting worse with each read, likely a weak head. Partial clone done, but critical files are missing. Considering Blizzard Data Recovery or Rossmann Group. Any experience with either for head swaps?
October 25th, 2026, 5:33
Both will be fine - If it's still reading it may not even need replacing. Rossmann has a longer turn around time if I recall , especially at the moment. Blizzard is also likely to be cheaper if that's a concern.
October 25th, 2026, 21:10
Lardman wrote:Both will be fine - If it's still reading it may not even need replacing. Rossmann has a longer turn around time if I recall , especially at the moment. Blizzard is also likely to be cheaper if that's a concern.
Thank you for a quick reply. They do have cost and processing time listed. What I am trying to get is the sense of lab capability if mechanical issues need to be mitigated. Could not find much info online.
October 26th, 2026, 8:38
I suppose it's a such a common operation, it's a bit like asking which garage does the best tire change. It's kind of a nonsense question.
October 26th, 2026, 19:45
I found WD blue hard disks to be rather flakey at best. Some Seagate barracuda disks are equally dismal
I turned to enterprise class disks which have lasted
October 26th, 2026, 23:55
Hardcore Games wrote:I found WD blue hard disks to be rather flakey at best. Some Seagate barracuda disks are equally dismal
I turned to enterprise class disks which have lasted
Which enterprise disks?
what is the definition of "flakey"?
How long did your enterprise disks last?
did you run Seatools on them? as it would have fixed them
October 27th, 2026, 9:07
Arch Stanton wrote:I suppose it's a such a common operation, it's a bit like asking which garage does the best tire change. It's kind of a nonsense question.
Sure. It is so common, that my cat does 2 head replacements before breakfast. Thank you for valuable information. It really helped.
October 29th, 2026, 8:39
DrZ wrote:Arch Stanton wrote:I suppose it's a such a common operation, it's a bit like asking which garage does the best tire change. It's kind of a nonsense question.
Sure. It is so common, that my cat does 2 head replacements before breakfast. Thank you for valuable information. It really helped.
Rossmann has a months long queue at the moment.
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