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 Post subject: Help for beginner in repair Seagate ST320005EXD101-RK
PostPosted: January 9th, 2012, 16:34 
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Hi everyone. Sorry for bad english...
I have external HDD, which consist of Seagate ST320005EXD101-RK and USB-to-SATA controller. HDD was dropped while working (height=0.5m). After diagnostics in Atola Insight become clear, that one of the heads (sixth) was broken. Then I scan whole surface using other heads (heads 0 to 5), and saw only a few BAD's.
Is it possible to disable broken head? Will the the HDD can use only heads 0...5? Will it work normaly (usually it used as big flash card, no OS installed)?
Also I have HD200HJ and HDT722516DLAT80 (as donors), can I use their magnetic heads for repair this disk.


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 Post subject: Re: Help for beginner in repair Seagate ST320005EXD101-RK
PostPosted: January 9th, 2012, 22:21 
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kt368 wrote:
Is it possible to disable broken head? Will the the HDD can use only heads 0...5? Will it work normaly (usually it used as big flash card, no OS installed)?

It depends on the tool. I forget if Atola can image by heads, yet.
kt368 wrote:

Also I have HD200HJ and HDT722516DLAT80 (as donors), can I use their magnetic heads for repair this disk.

No, because they are not compatible.

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 Post subject: Re: Help for beginner in repair Seagate ST320005EXD101-RK
PostPosted: January 10th, 2012, 1:56 
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labtech wrote:
It depends on the tool. I forget if Atola can image by heads, yet.

Atola can image by heads, but Dmitry Postrigan said, that Atola's products can't disable for ever some head. But DiskSense USB have RS-232 output, which may somehow connect to Seagate HDD. Can I repair HDD (disable head) using this feature?


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 Post subject: Re: Help for beginner in repair Seagate ST320005EXD101-RK
PostPosted: January 10th, 2012, 2:23 
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Temporarily or permanently disabling a faulty head does not mean that the hdd is repaired. It is still faulty. There is no way around it unless the heads are replaced and drive refurbished for normal operation.

Best thing to do is to RMA the hdd if still under warranty.

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