Hi All,

I'm using MHDD(very nice tool!) to scan a WD3200JB-00KFA0 that recignizes as 19.5GB(supposed to be 320GB). Is there a table of error descriptions for MHDD? I searched the forums but found nothing.

First, I limited the scan from LBA 0 to 1000 and got four errors(69, 69, 325, 581), then I limited it from 0 to 100 and got error 69 consistently.

Here is the log:

1.09.2007 15:39:21 MHDD>SCAN
1.09.2007 15:40:24 Scan started
1.09.2007 15:40:24 MODE: IDE
1.09.2007 15:40:24 Device: WDC ROM MODEL-BUCCANER-
1.09.2007 15:40:24 F/W: 08.05J08
1.09.2007 15:40:24 SN: WDC-ROM SN# XYZ----
1.09.2007 15:40:24 -------------------------------
1.09.2007 15:40:24 Lap : 1
1.09.2007 15:40:24 LBA scan: 0 to 1000
1.09.2007 15:40:25 þ LBA Error: 69
1.09.2007 15:40:25 þ LBA Error: 69
1.09.2007 15:40:25 þ LBA Error: 325
1.09.2007 15:40:25 þ LBA Error: 581
1.09.2007 15:40:25 Time spent: 00:00:00
1.09.2007 15:40:25 Blocks < 3ms = 0
1.09.2007 15:40:25 Blocks < 10ms = 0
1.09.2007 15:40:25 Blocks < 50ms = 0
1.09.2007 15:40:25 Blocks < 150ms = 0
1.09.2007 15:40:25 Blocks < 500ms = 0
1.09.2007 15:40:25 Blocks > 500ms = 0
1.09.2007 15:40:25 Errors: 4, Warnings: 0
1.09.2007 15:40:25 Done
1.09.2007 15:41:58
1.09.2007 15:41:58 MHDD>PORT
1.09.2007 15:42:04 Changing mode to: IDE
1.09.2007 15:42:04 Device selected: 3
1.09.2007 15:42:09
1.09.2007 15:42:09 MHDD>I
1.09.2007 15:42:24 WDC ROM MODEL-BUCCANER- LBA: 38,153,809
1.09.2007 15:42:24 SN: WDC-ROM SN# XYZ---- FW: 08.05J08
1.09.2007 15:42:41
1.09.2007 15:42:41 MHDD>SCAN
1.09.2007 15:43:09 Scan started
1.09.2007 15:43:09 MODE: IDE
1.09.2007 15:43:09 Device: WDC ROM MODEL-BUCCANER-
1.09.2007 15:43:09 F/W: 08.05J08
1.09.2007 15:43:09 SN: WDC-ROM SN# XYZ----
1.09.2007 15:43:09 -------------------------------
1.09.2007 15:43:09 Lap : 1
1.09.2007 15:43:09 LBA scan: 0 to 100
1.09.2007 15:43:10 þ LBA Error: 69
1.09.2007 15:43:10 -------------------------------
1.09.2007 15:43:10 Lap : 2
1.09.2007 15:43:10 LBA scan: 0 to 100
1.09.2007 15:43:11 þ LBA Error: 69
... Lap 3, Lap 4, same thing blah, blah blah ...


Thanks for any help, comments or ideas!

A

Your drive is in safe mode.

It has not read the SA properly.

Either SA corruption, PCB or head failure.

Is it making any knocking noises?

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Thanks for the reply pcimage. Yes, it's clicking. I swapped the heads and I think it went pretty well, but I can write to the SA(write errors). Am I screwed? I've heard about rewriting modules to different "spare" tracks. Is this a decent option?

Thanks ahead for any comments.

A

I meant "can not" write, of course.