New at this, I come across large amount of different brand HDs, What's the best way to backup the firmware for backup or sharing?

Its hardware combined with software:

according to price:

1. HD Doctor Suite - for about US$ 2.200,- . . from Salvation Data, China:
limited to Seagate, Hitachi/IBM, Maxtor and WD
http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recov ... doctor.htm

2. Atola Insight - for US$ 6990,- (USB-Version) . . from Atola, Ukraine
list of supported hdd on their homepage
http://atola.com/products/insight

3. PC3000 UDMA + Data Extractor - for about US $ 10.000,- (depends where
you are located / on your country) . . from ACE Laboratory, Russia
http://www.acelaboratory.com/pc3000.udma.php

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Oh, and don't get confused by the dots between the figures, it's commas..

It is Respectively, Twenty Two Hundred, Six Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Nine and Ten Thousand..

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