Anyone seen this tool for Seagate drives? It's a chinese clone. Looks like it's more effective than the cloned PC-3000, but limited to Seagate drives only. Thoughts?

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Hi, when it come to ripped off China crap I have no thoughts

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I agree with this one. If you want good tools pay the price on them and get what you pay for.

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How very profound.......when the chinese can make our phones, televisions, blu-ray players, or appliances cheap and effective, every thinks it a great value. When the same is done for data recovery tools, it's a capital offense.

Perhaps my question was not worded well. I am wondering if anyone owns and has used this tool. If so, does it do what it claims to do? If you have used it and it is junk like other similar clones have been, let us know. It's foolish to just assume that everything made in china is crap.

I'm really not interested in opinions from people who don't own or have never used it.

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Please note that the products you talk about are typicaly foreign designed using foreign machinery and run by foreign managers ;o)

In the case of that SW it's Chinese designed, made and sold...so think about it. However please understand I have no ill feelings for friendly nice Chinese people

Your quote

"when the chinese can make our phones, televisions, blu-ray players, or appliances"

If you have an Apple device you may see ""Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in China"" :O)

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All went well until I plugged the drive in.

It would be really nice if you could buy it, use it and then report here on a quality and performance. After doing that, you can tell everyone how great that tool is and how Chinese can make excellent products.

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While your sarcasm is noted, I just may end up doing that. If it is indeed crap, I will report that.

While I know it is certainly looked down upon here, data recovery is not my main focus. I am a PC repair tech who has an interest and some knowledge of data recovery. It is a sideline for my business. I have and regularly use my Deepspar Imager. I can't justify the purchase of a PC-3000 because the number of drives I get that would need it is so small. It is easier for me to send those off somewhere or just advise the client to seek out a data recovery lab. However, if for a relatively small investment, I can deal with some of the Seagate issues that can be solved with this tool, then it makes my business more profitable.

I thank those of you who have posted constructive responses. I have yet to talk to anyone who has used this tool firsthand. I may just drop the cash and see how it works.

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How much does it cost?

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Most of the resellers I have seen are around $340.........they also have it listed on ebay for that amount.

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Yea i saw the Ebay thing.
It looks like a hybrid.. pc3k and sd cloned into one..
I wouldn't buy it.

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Interface is almost 100% the same as ACE.
Even the same icons.

Not very original, those chinese.

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It works ONLY via COM PORT AKA RS232

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All went well until I plugged the drive in.

If it's the feature for Seagate your after I suggest you to build a terminal/RS323 device your self...search for it here on the forum.
That along with some knowledge does 98% of what that Chinese tool does.

Bosse

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This is knowledge learned from fixing PC's? This knowledge will not get you anywhere. Real knowledge is made from research and experience and many many hours of dedicated DR, not as a sideline.

Also, if you really do have some DR knowledge, you will know just how complex it is, and for this no rip off tools, chinese or otherwise, should really be acceptable.

If you want to recover data from failed HDD's , you should know how to repair them at first place!
Only 5-10% of failed HDD's need tools like PC3000 for SA repair...

It is worthless tool and mega over priced. The company also does data recovery- I wonder what "tools" they really use...

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No I certainly realize that PC repair and data recovery are mutually exclusive fields. While I make no claims to be an expert, it's foolish to assume that just because someone's business is not dedicated to DR, that they have no knowledge of the topic. I have successfully recovered many client's data without "running SpinRite" or "sticking the drive in a freezer". I have also done successful headswaps and platter swaps and recovered data. I am under no illusions about my abilities, and will readily send a drive somewhere else if it is beyond my recovery capabilities.

I just have a problem with the theory that everything that is not "the original" is crap. I happen to own a mass-produced automobile. It was not made by the Ford Corporation. Does that make it any less effective at what it does?

Again, to look at the interface of something and declare it "crap" is shortsighted. Does anyone have any actual experience with this?

As far as the price, this basically seems to do what the SalvationData Doctor does, right? At a couple hundred dollars less? If nothing else, I would think the people here would be excited at the prospect of competition for SalvationData. This product is obviously not going to compete with PC-3000.

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This thing does a fraction of what SD Doctor does. Better invest in the Seagate doctor instead of that.

We tried comparing cars to DR in another thread.
We came to the conclusion that Space Rockets are more better comparison.


Not true in this case. Its a cheap knock of mate and nobody wants to touch it. If you know how the original ones work and how they look - one look at this is enough.

There is nothing there that is better than any of the other tools mentioned in this thread. Not one thing can be named.

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So I ammend my analogy to say instead that all of the United States Space missions were ineffective because they were not Sputnik-1 ("the original" space rocket)

At any rate, I don't wish for this to turn into a flame war. I enjoy the spirited and intelligent debate and thank all of you for your insights and opinions.

Respectfully,
Vito

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If I were you i would invest on SD doctor .