Hello ,
I have done selfscan on 50 seagate ALPINE drive 40 of them were successfull but in the remaining 10 drives selfscan stopped at a point and in some i completed successfully but after restart the drive showed :
Error reading reserved track defect list .

What part of the firmware should i write to fix this problem ?

I have backed up APP code , cert code , cert table and Overlay before selfscan .

Thanks in advance .

Hi rameez

If the head(s) are ok , hot swap with an identical drive(same fw at least) helped me to resolve this problem.....but only if the heads are ok....

Rgds

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i need to repair the hdd should i use hot swap ?

Of course. Hot swap option is only for repairing....after hot swap u need to play with adaptives and other options. So if u need the data u got to use another solution. Btw did u try using loader from pc3k pci?...

Rgds

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Yes i tried loading the loader but the drive wont accept it . I will try hot swap and let u know the results .