by Digby Saunders | Aug 19, 2017 | Data Recovery, firmware corruption, Hard Drive Firmware
Here at Data Recovery Perth we have been using DFL Firmware Repair tools for approx 2 years now and I have found this tool essential in the repair of hard drive firmware and data recovery in general for Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung and Hitachi drives. My goal in...
by Digby Saunders | Nov 4, 2014 | Data Recovery, Hard Drive Electronics, Hard Drive Firmware
Diagnosis of a damaged PCB One of the first steps in Data Recovery is assessing the health of the electronics of a hard drive and a replacement of the PCB should occur if The PCB appears damaged If the hard drive does not spin up then it is usually due to a damaged...
by Digby Saunders | Apr 23, 2014 | Data Recovery, firmware corruption, Hard Drive Electronics, Hard Drive Firmware
I use data recovery tools from Salvation Data which are specifically designed for Western Digital and Seagate hard drives and they are essential in my daily work when assessing the health of a hard drive. These tools allow you to do the following tasks; Diagnose...
by Digby Saunders | Mar 24, 2014 | Data Recovery, Hard Drive Electronics, Hard Drive Firmware
It is quite common to encounter firmware corruption on Seagate Hard Drives of all their models but the latest Seagate drives the 7200.14 have added a new twist. The Seagate 7200.11 and 7200.12 drives had the familiar busy error where the drive does not show up in you...
by Digby Saunders | Jul 17, 2013 | Data Recovery, Hard Drive Firmware
OK we have got our hard drive with all it’s parts working properly what else can go wrong? Well as explained previously the data is contained on the magnetic surface of the drive and this surface can fail. In addition the data written to it can be corrupted and...
