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MANDR
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WD Starling Head Disabling

January 30th, 2009, 9:47

I have a WD2500JB-00REA0 that clicks several times and powers down. I have entered Kernel mode and disabled head 5. disk now enters ready and can be identified. I have removed defects by head from appropriate head, cleared glist and recalculated translator based on plist alone, but disk still is not accessible.

Data is not important to me, I simply want to get the disk accessible again.

Am I missing something here?


Thanks
Zorb
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Re: WD Starling Head Disabling

February 2nd, 2009, 0:46

It's a $40 drive. If you just want a working drive, that should still be under warranty.
sempre

Re: WD Starling Head Disabling

February 3rd, 2009, 7:33

MANDR wrote:I have a WD2500JB-00REA0 that clicks several times and powers down. I have entered Kernel mode and disabled head 5. disk now enters ready and can be identified. I have removed defects by head from appropriate head, cleared glist and recalculated translator based on plist alone, but disk still is not accessible.

Data is not important to me, I simply want to get the disk accessible again.

Am I missing something here?


Thanks


Hi! :mrgreen:
Used which tool and version? :?:
:idea:
Starling
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Re: WD Starling Head Disabling

February 3rd, 2009, 11:53

This method won't work if zone table is different between heads. Sabres are OK. Hawks are not. Not sure about Starlings.
You can view Zone table in PC3000.
MANDR
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Re: WD Starling Head Disabling

February 12th, 2009, 5:18

When vieweing Zone Table what am I looking for? Also can I modify this zone table to correspond with new head mapping of heads is disabled?
Zorb
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Re: WD Starling Head Disabling

February 12th, 2009, 8:27

Why fix this drive? It's a WD, therefore a paperweight.
cryoborgofthevenus

Re: WD Starling Head Disabling

February 12th, 2009, 8:37

Starling wrote:This method won't work if zone table is different between heads. Sabres are OK. Hawks are not. Not sure about Starlings.
You can view Zone table in PC3000.

Starling vs "Starlings" :D
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Re: WD Starling Head Disabling

February 12th, 2009, 9:47

Starling wrote:This method won't work if zone table is different between heads. Sabres are OK. Hawks are not. Not sure about Starlings.
You can view Zone table in PC3000.

Mr. Starling I suggest you do not repeat stuff after AceLab guys. It may turn they are not right
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Re: WD Starling Head Disabling

February 12th, 2009, 15:29

Have you formatted it with P-List?

I would rather do that myself
Starling
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Re: WD Starling Head Disabling

February 23rd, 2009, 12:57

Doomer wrote:Mr. Starling I suggest you do not repeat stuff after AceLab guys. It may turn they are not right

What's your point?
You mean to say that Acelab guys are not sometimes wrong? I know that.
You mean to say that zone table is the same between the heads on all WD families? I know it's different on the newer families.
Or you mean to say this method of disabling heads does work on all WD drives? I think it does not.
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