Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 fix procedure

[gravity]

Cool! I will try that tomorrow and if BSY issue I will pack it up for posting

Cheers!

G.

You can also try a test to confirm if it's really the BSY bug.

Download MHDD from here :

http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

- Create boot drive and place MHDD there, or use the iso on the download links.
- If you have something like Hirens boot cd it will have MHDD included.
- Plug a good drive to the sata port and run from the boot drive containing mhdd. Run mhdd and note the port number for the good drive.
- Shut down the pc and plug the drive that you suspect to have bsy bug on that same sata port.
- Run MHDD and put the port number on it (same that you figured out with a good drive)
- Look at status register. If BSY status stays GREEN then you have BSY problem and i can fix that.

[gravity]

Excellent!



G.

Cool! I will try that tomorrow and if BSY issue I will pack it up for posting

Cheers!

G.

No problem. If it's not BSY but the drive it's detected with 0 MB capacity on MHDD that is the other popular firmware problem and i can fix that too.

Best regards.

[hddvic]

Hi all

Coming back to this thread.

- disk connected to SATA port
- disk spinning
- disk not detected in the bios
- MHDD doesn't see any HD (even with /enableprimary and SATA IDE Mode in the BIOS)
- terminal log: just

LED:000000CC FAddr:0024A051

Thanks for feedback.

[poehere]

OK I ask you this one. When you give me terminal log is your drive connected to the SATA port and the terminal COM port at same time? You need to see diagram that is here and all over Internet on how to connect the HDD direct to the COM port to read terminal. Please try this one and then post terminal logs on this.

I might like to suggest if you are having some problems on this one please stop now before you brick this drive. I am no being mean on this I am just worried that you will brick the drive trying to do what you are diong. I would like again to suggest that you contact pcimage here on this forum and really consider to send him your drive.

[hddvic]

Hi all,

OK, this was a BSY bug. Fixed it and disk is back in the BIOS and Windows/Linux. Didn"t do the G-List
regeneration though (Gradius said it's optional). I also used this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsf-5iiDEE

After booting on Windows, it says it's a FAT32 partition which needs to be fixed. I didn't do it.
Disk is very little used (442 GB free for a total of 465 GB). I copied almost all files. Strange noise, probably
heads clicks. But almost all files are there, but sometimes hangs for the remaining files needed.

Attached is are the smart data which probably confirms that.

As I do not own expensive data backup software and no such big disks, and the disk is so very little used, I there a way
of copying only sectors containing files, according to the FAT (or fixed FAT) because everything else is useless right?

Thanks for your experience.

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[flood]

sorry if this is a noob question, but if a disk is clicking on startup, does that rule out the BSY or 0LBA issues? Or is it possible that the BSY is causing the clicking?

I have a 7200.11 Seagate Barracuda from an external Iomega case - disk no longer working. When in the case and powered on, there is a soft clicking. When connected to the mobo via SATA the disk spins up, clicks, then spins down, does not repeat this process (ie just spins up, clicks, and then spins down once), and is not recognised in BIOS. I've booted using SeaTools for DOS and it detects the disk, but it fails all the tests. Is it possible that this is BSY?

thanks

[flood]

MHDD does not look good

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MHDD

[flood]

I'm a noob so if anyone can opine on what that MHDD output suggests I would be most grateful. Thanks

[pcimage]

Not "BSY bug"

99% certainly gonna be bad heads

Not DIY I'm afraid

[flood]

Not "BSY bug"

99% certainly gonna be bad heads

Not DIY I'm afraid

Thanks. I feared as much, but was hoping it was not the case...!

Are you able to suggest an approximate ballpark cost for head replacement? There is no urgency, it doesn't matter if it takes several weeks