So, did someone tried this one yet ?
If so, what is the general feeling about this tool ?
Cheap alternative to Seagate firmware tools.

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I tried to read the rom from a 7200.10 Galaxy 2D drive (64 KB).
Stcom rom reading is much faster then STR-3000

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Can you compare the MD5 of the 2 ROM files (STR and STCom) and see if they dump the same ?

What about dumping firmware tracks/modules ? Is STCom faster ?
Are you using the same version of STCom as on picture (10-5-2013) ?

Thanks.

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Ohhh .... Stcom sets the read/write rate to 115200 while STR doesn't. You have to change it manualy on STR otherwise it will read very slooowwwwllllyyy. The same when reading firmware tracks.

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Did someone try the F3 options on STCom to fix F3 arch drives ?
Does it provide a reasonable sollution for the Non Resident G-List issue ?

Did someone try the "After Bad Repair" and Fix 12 ? Are those efective to solve translator issues on 7200.12 drives and later without the NRG-List issue ?

Regards.

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If someone tells you this App. (am not referring to this) can fix things is one or few clicks

the Question is: HOW RELIABLE IS THIS SOMEONE?

don`t believe everything Written, and also don`t believe anyone Specially: UNKNOWN SOURCE

good luck

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It looks like the Internet is now full of "free" data recovery tools. Things can only get better.

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OP said cheap not free

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Sorry to be stupid
but where can we get these STcom and STR-3000 tools ?

As I'm interested in thinks that can read/examine rom/module stuff
so I can learn more about it

i can send you it for free
add me to your skype
tawfeek_mokhtar

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But spyware is embedded in MOST (99%) of them, and some are false. So please be careful.

But i agree to the fact the tools market is getting better and that will force the costly tool manufacturer to reduce their prices. The benefit of these tools are that "Firmware" are provided with tools.

I hope that we can have more choices about the tools ! there are a very few numbers of providers !

I am not convinced of this. The titans do not seem to stumble much...

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Even the demo versions of China HDD Union tools are flagged as having malware by VirusTotal. That said, Kaspersky always says they're clean, so I suspect that at least some of them are false positives. Even SeDiv is affected, but AIUI the software incorporates code that attempts to defeat reverse engineering, so perhaps this is what confuses the antivirus software.

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I don't understand why you would want companies like ACE Laboratories to drop their prices to compete with the garbage that calls themselves competition? Should you drop your service pricing because their is a kid in the neighbourhood servicing computers for $1/hour? Yes, I'd be happy to pay $2000 for my next PC3000 system, but not at the expense of cheaper hardware, less support and less updates.

I also don't understand why it is wrong for data recovery companies to want to make a profit. Do you go to work without wanting a pay cheque that gives you more than enough to pay your rent?

I see the cheap and free tools for those who don't really care about their success rates and just want to look like they are professionals. If you are a professional, you will just get the right tools to do the job right the first time and charge a reasonable fee.

Edit: let me add that playing with these tools to supplement what you already do is not a bad thing. Just trying to say that you wouldn't want to go the dentist known for buying the cheapest equipment on the market, would you?

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Cheap tools could empower a knowledgeable DIY-er, or they could provide a cheap introduction to professional data recovery. I doubt that Ace Labs would feel threatened in any way. Even at $10K, professionals could recoup their investment within a handful of jobs. In fact I expect that Ace Labs might ultimately benefit from the influx of new professionals who cut their teeth on cheap tools, make some money, and then trade up to the more professional tools. AISI, the prices of tools may not fall, but prices for data recovery will probably face considerable downward pressure.

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Just more orders from professionals will be killed with the data from these tools.
Repair of this utility Hard disk's basically useless.

The utility only creates an illusion for beginners that data recovery is simple.
Only after five years of work with professional equipment, you begin to understand it.

the programs do not have any malware or virus

the reason why it gets flagged as this the company who own it would pay the anti virus companys money to flag it as a virus
its down the signature its uses same as a virus or malware.

also its been reverse engineer to be used no dongle

also has anyone seen the software that looks 100% like to pc3000 udma ?????
i think it data extractor same program

Any software anytime can have malware. You don't know until you scan it. Legitimate downloads from the company's' own servers included.

Sheer FUD, do you have an example of this? I highly doubt this as the first time this type of thing came to light would be the end of the AV companys credibility.

Would you work with a software company that made wiping tools and tell everyone that if the tools were pirated it would damage the disk during use because they paid you to? It would want to be a huge sum, more than what they would lose from piracy to take the credibility gamble.


Cracked software is notorious for containing malware. Just because you might be lucky in the few you download, it still is true.

Using cracked software/hardware means you're stealing someone else's hard work...

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