Toshiba MQ01ABD

[Josh256]

hi
i have a Toshiba MQ01ABD that suddenly stopped detecting to windows. it spins no clicking sound and connect to MRT shows HDD information: serial and model...etc.

Selected family:MQ01ABD
Model:TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100H

Load Zones : .........................:OK
Cyl Num : ............................:232110
Head Num : ...........................:4
Vendor : .............................:TOSHIBA
Model : ..............................:MQ01ABD100H
Microcode : ..........................:ALF07M0F

Defects in G-List : ..................1225

CP list:33,34,44,56,92,95,98,9A,9C,A2,A5,A7,A8,A9,AA,AD,AE,B1,B3,BB,BF,C1,C5,C6,C7,C8,C9,CB,CD,D0,D1,D3,D4,D6,D7,D9,DA,DB,DC,DD,EF,F1,F3,F4,F7,F8,FA,FB,FC,FF

i tried to clear SMART and Glist but still in Data Explorer it fails and cannot open the files or read the data and these errors appears:

19:25:15 Read Failed SourceLBA = 0 DestnLBA = 0
19:25:15 Read Failed SourceLBA = 0 DestnLBA = 0
19:25:15 Parse node failed! Node path = MRT ATA0 - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100H - 931.51 GB
19:25:15 Read Failed SourceLBA = 0 DestnLBA = 0

also when i go to copy data and it starts reading he sectors all the sectors are red.

when i try to Backup Rom i get this error:

Saving ROM......
Save to the target file:C:\UserDataFile\Toshiba\MQ01ABD\TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100H-ALF07M0F-13P6C7WLT\Data\ROM\0-7FFFF.bin
Address : ............................:0x0
Length : .............................:0x80000
Error in reading ROM!

any help would be appreciated

[labtech]

It is a hybrid drive.
Probably problem is with NAND component.

[Josh256]

It is a hybrid drive.
Probably problem is with NAND component.

Thank you for your reply, is there anyway to confirm? if the NAND is defective and i replace the motherboard and swap the ROM chip would it fix the problem?

[MasterT]

Toshiba SSHD (Hybrid drives)

You have to issue >NVA command in terminal and Restart Drive.

This will disable NAND on the drive.

After that check if you can read the drive.

[thakurasr]

pls pay attention on Techno off
and then reidetify hdd. and check sechora are readable?

[Josh256]

pls pay attention on Techno off
and then reidetify hdd. and check sechora are readable?

thank you for your reply. tried Techno off but unfortunately it didn't work

[Josh256]

Toshiba SSHD (Hybrid drives)

You have to issue >NVA command in terminal and Restart Drive.

This will disable NAND on the drive.

After that check if you can read the drive.

Thank you, i don't know how to send commands. i read on data_medics and hddoracle to press entre and it will show > prompt. i connected the terminal port (by USB) but i don't know where to press entre? should i press entre when i get into Toshiba utility?

[ccc]

No. The Toshiba utility doesn't have a Terminal tab....You'll have to use another utility which have terminal tab (Seagate for ex.) and correct baud rate set or a separate software in windows.

Rgds

[Josh256]

No. The Toshiba utility doesn't have a Terminal tab....You'll have to use another utility which have terminal tab (Seagate for ex.) and correct baud rate set or a separate software in windows.

Rgds

Thank you, i followed your instructions and it fixed the problem so i imaged the whole drive to another also i tried to connect the faulty Toshiba hdd directly to windows to see if i would work now and it did work and all the files and data are accessible. thanks everyone for helping me out

[kor.srg]

No. The Toshiba utility doesn't have a Terminal tab....You'll have to use another utility which have terminal tab (Seagate for ex.) and correct baud rate set or a separate software in windows.

Rgds

Thank you, i followed your instructions and it fixed the problem so i imaged the whole drive to another also i tried to connect the faulty Toshiba hdd directly to windows to see if i would work now and it did work and all the files and data are accessible. thanks everyone for helping me out

I have the same problem with Toshiba MQ01ABD.
Please tell, what tool did you use. I can't find a terminal tab in SeaTools for DOS 1.12

[labtech]

Is your drive a hybrid model, too? If it is not, then the problem is different.

[kor.srg]

Is your drive a hybrid model, too? If it is not, then the problem is different.

Yes, I have a hybrid model.
I've bougth a usb->com convertor and connected to the HDD with putty terminal.
NVA command solved my problem.
Thanks everyone for the tips