Case notes from the bench

Write-ups of real faults that came through the workshop — firmware failures, head crashes, NAS rebuilds and what it actually took to get the data back.

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Dolphin Data Labs Firmware Repair Tool

August 19, 2017 No Comments

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

Swapping ROMs when a Hard Drive PCB is replaced

November 4, 2014 No Comments

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

Data Recovery Tools for only Ten Dollars

April 23, 2014 No Comments

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

Firmware Corruption – Seagate 7200.14

March 24, 2014 No Comments

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

Data Recovery – The System Area

July 17, 2013 No Comments

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