Tools for hard drive diagnostics, repair, and data recovery
January 14th, 2009, 15:01
I have a Seagate 250GB hard drive and using Media Tools professional for Cloning, but the drive gets stuck in various areas and the timer jumps up in the time remaing 120HRs + and takes long to go through the errors. Is there another software that can get through the problem areas faster to complete a full clone of the failing drive?
Thank you
January 14th, 2009, 15:08
Hello,
On Seagate, the error recovery part in the SA have some problem some times, and freeze the drive out.
You need to send a software reset immediately if the read gets too much time, before the code reach the bad part.
Try another, smarter software...
Regards,
Janos
January 14th, 2009, 15:45
Media Tools is ok, but for a drive like this, you'll need a hardware based solution that can power on/off the drive. Not sure what your goals are here but there are plenty of recommendations on this forum for various different devices. Personally, I prefer the Deepspar but there are other units on the market. A software app won't work for you here, unless you've got a long time for the drive to image. You also risk killing it if its got a weak head.
January 22nd, 2009, 11:12
Thanks for the answers..
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