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Seagate 7200.11 unknown parameter and IO error

November 1st, 2015, 7:28

Hello guys,
thank you for any help.

So my hdd Seagate 7200.11 1 TB died recently and i admit i must have screwed it up.
Now im using a UART connection to repair/refurbish it.
Let's assume that data is not important.
What could be the best way to proceed? I dont want to spend money on it possibly.

Re: Seagate 7200.11 unknown parameter and IO error

November 1st, 2015, 8:25

Some actual details of what you did that "screwed the drive up" would be helpful.

Re: Seagate 7200.11 unknown parameter and IO error

November 1st, 2015, 8:31

I pretty much tried every single command,

1.I cleared the smart (N1, i4,1,22)
2.Spin up and down works
3.I followed the LBA0 guide (not BSY since when i use the paper to isolate the chip i can't communicate it seems)
4.I then used the hard format m0,8 .... but at 3% i receive bad sectors errors everywhere

My firmware is still CC1H and not SBD15 or similar
HDDGuru Low level format tool gives I/O error 1117
I haven't tried mhhd yet

I think that everything has been generated by HDD Generator, i think it screwed everything up when i tried to repair sectors since the hdd was really unresponsive with lots of dead time (stuck at 100% usage)

Re: Seagate 7200.11 unknown parameter and IO error

November 1st, 2015, 9:16

So is the constant read error associated with a broken drive's heads?
That's strange because some sectors are read correctly

Re: Seagate 7200.11 unknown parameter and IO error

November 1st, 2015, 9:33

HDD Regenerator = HDD Destroyer. It's not for data recovery, even their own disclaimer says that. It's for refurbishing drives with a few bad sectors. Drive is toast, toss it.

Re: Seagate 7200.11 unknown parameter and IO error

November 1st, 2015, 9:46

Ok so last question, could you link me an explanation about the structure of the low level sw (in general), like what is F3>/1 /2, the overall design behind an HDD.. Is the F3 Arch a standard?

Thank you for your help,
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