Q: I have Seagate Barracuda 7.7200 40Gb, when i scan it in mhdd almost all surface looks perfect, but drive have 1 bad block(or little bit more) in first sectors. What i can do with this drive to fix the problem?

A:

First rule: if data is important you must save it first, before do any "repair" or you can loose you data in this drive at any moment.

Now, then data saved we can start drive diagnostic. If drive have few bad blocks we can divide situation to the following case:

Universal:

a) software bads - this is actually not bads, but sectors with incorrect ECC info, simply rewrite sectors to remove trouble.(MHDD erase waits will help)

b) actual bads - well sometimes surface can be worn and we have actual bads. If we have not very much bads that we can try remap them. Try simple rewrite bad sector ( most drives perform remap on write ) or use mhdd remap on etc. ( then bad sector remapped SMART Reallocated sector count attibute increased )

Seagate 7.7200:

c) head problem - drive firmware detect head problem and switch to "read only" mode. This can be diagnosed by following symptoms:

1. after drive power on, it take long time to become ready (BSY status cleared)

2. drive don't write if you run mhdd "erase" (not fast erase, but normal erase) everithing stopped after mhdd write 765 sectors. (really nothing writed at all, if you try writing disk sectors with diskeditor, you see what nothing changed)

Such troubles most likely can't be fixed, because they caused by bad head
We can "enable" write for such drive, but it died again quickly...

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Nice info.. I haven't run into a seagate problem for a while - too many WD1200 drives laying around...

Have you actually scoped the bad heads to see exactly what the issue is?

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Introduce, hi Vi. I am Along from Indonesia.
i have problem with my hdd
after fdisk + format c: my hdd unable to write boot
any idea, how to fix this...??

thanks b4...

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HDD is a COMPUTER...

Along:

Zero-fill the drive, either by using the manufacturer's zero-fill utility or by MHDD ERASE.

hey along,

use clrmbr from mhdd, or baktrak to wipe track 0 from maxllf.

http://www.yudiharddisk.com

I have disk Seagate Barracuda 7.7200 80GB
from Acer notebook....

It is password locked.....

Does anybody knows master password for it?

i know it...

PM me...

hi alll,

friend i have a U5 20G HDD OF SEAGATE WITH FEW BAD SECTOR......

MEANS A PARTICULAR LOCTATION MHDD SHOW TIME OUT AT 0.2% IN READ VERIFY COMMAND AND AFTER IT DRIVE IS IN OK CONDITION .NO BAD SECTOR AND NO SLOW SECTORS.
IF I CHECK WITH VICTORIA WITH READ VERIFY COMMAND , SAME IT SHOW S AS MHDD.AND IF I CHECK WITH READ COMMAND BOTH(MHDD,VICTORIA) DON,T SHOW ANY PROBLEM ON WHOLE DISK.
I TRIED ERASE WAIT , REMAP ,ERASE ,FASTERASE(THOUGH SECURITY COMMAND) OF MHDD.(AFTER THESE COMMAND CONDITION IS SAME).
THEN I TRIED ALL REMAP TECHNIQES OF VICTORIA .ALL THIS FAIL.
ALL SHOWS REMAPS EVERY TIME IT CHECKED.BUT NOTHING WORKS.

THEN I USE HDDL 2.0 FOR REMAP .THE STATUS THEM SAME AS ALL SHOWS.
WHAT IS PROBLEM, CAN ANYBODY TELL?
IT IS VERY SHORT AREA OF HDD WHICH CAUSING PROBLEM ON VERIFING BUT NOT ON READING.

THANKS

have disk Seagate Barracuda 7.7200 80GB
from Acer notebook....

It is password locked.....

Does anybody knows master password for it?

hi gsimon,

check PM.
hope your problem will be solved..


thank

Problem is solved....

friend!!!!
Thanks a lot...

hi vi, this problem(c:7200.7) you said sometime can repaired by command in level T. one cause is SA is bad, other cause is head already polluted.if someone like talk about seagate diagnostic command with me,
please ICQ me:204677907.

Anybody know the Master Password for 160GB ST3160023A?

Had this drive in my xbox and my xbox motherboard smoked. I would like to re-use this drive in my new xbox...

my hard drive is in read-only mode.i have two partitions and i know that one of them is bad.i just need to get it back into read/write mode so i can use it again..can you tell me how please?

Hi wawalab

I have the same problem with an seagate 7200.7 hdd(40G)....in terminal "Failed sys sector write"....can u tell me how to resolve this error in level T mode?

Thanks
Rgds

to fix"Failed sys sector write
Rewrite Ata #1 Module
to fix Hdd Seagate very good Salvationdata Seagate Firmware Pro

hi Alef

Thanks for your answer...yes i know that program and i try to repair the hdd with it but when i press the "Read-Only Repair" button the program starts to do something but never ends....i let it to run about 1 hour but with no success, the hdd is in the same "read only" mode.
I'll try with the rewrite module...hope to be more lucky...

Thanks

hi

i think u rewrite other version firmware module

check comport
write module #1
then repair firmware module
reload
then check FW
and reload again

good luck

Hi Alef

I've searched on the net but only found fw. resource for PC3000 PCI witch i don't have, too expensive to me.
Can u be so kind to help me with those modules?...or at least the #1 module witch i have to write but in a format that i could write it in terminal or in seagate firmware repair .
Here is the hdd: ST340014A, fw.3.06, S/N:5JX5AXST
If u can help me i will be very thankfull to you..

Thanks
Rgds

Please check firmware version ST340014A 3.06 03-20-06 or other and put in this board i need this info

My be u rewrite other #1 module firmware version differnt and broker the hdd