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HD crash - "Firmware Module Corrupted"
Have a dead Western Digital WD800. Spins up - no weird noises - but it isn't
recognized. Actually the bios as well as Windows device manager (installed as a second drive) knows enough to tell me what kind of drive it is, but otherwise it isn't recognized in explorer, disk manager, etc. Spinrite doesn't like it either. Anyway, although I have a backup of the most important stuff, there are some miscellaneous files that fell through the backup cracks which I'd really like to recover. Took it to Disk Doctors who looked at it and came back with a "Firmware Module Corrupted" analysis. They also want $2000 to recover files (another firm quoted me $1500 as an average.) Well, I don't want the stuff THAT badly! Does anyone know what a "Firmware Module Corrupted" repair entails? Should I buy another WD800 and swap the controller? Or does the drive have to be opened up in which case I'm SOL? Thanks for any clues... jon -- |
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JonW wrote
Have a dead Western Digital WD800. Spins up - no weird noises - but it isn't recognized. Actually the bios as well as Windows device manager (installed as a second drive) knows enough to tell me what kind of drive it is, but otherwise it isn't recognized in explorer, disk manager, etc. Spinrite doesn't like it either. Anyway, although I have a backup of the most important stuff, there are some miscellaneous files that fell through the backup cracks which I'd really like to recover. Took it to Disk Doctors who looked at it and came back with a "Firmware Module Corrupted" analysis. They also want $2000 to recover files (another firm quoted me $1500 as an average.) Well, I don't want the stuff THAT badly! Does anyone know what a "Firmware Module Corrupted" repair entails? Swapping the logic card. Should I buy another WD800 and swap the controller? Unlikely to work. Or does the drive have to be opened up Nope. in which case I'm SOL? You are anyway. Thanks for any clues... |
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"JonW" wrote in message
Have a dead Western Digital WD800. Spins up - no weird noises - but it isn't recognized. Actually the bios as well as Windows device manager (installed as a second drive) knows enough to tell me what kind of drive it is, but otherwise it isn't recognized in explorer, disk manager, etc. Spinrite doesn't like it either. Anyway, although I have a backup of the most important stuff, there are some miscellaneous files that fell through the backup cracks which I'd really like to recover. Took it to Disk Doctors who looked at it and came back with a "Firmware Module Corrupted" analysis. They also want $2000 to recover files (another firm quoted me $1500 as an average.) Well, I don't want the stuff THAT badly! Does anyone know what a "Firmware Module Corrupted" repair entails? Could be that the firmware part on the platters is dead. If that area is bad a FW flash may fail to get it back. Then it needs a proprietry controller to access the disk. Should I buy another WD800 and swap the controller? Or does the drive have to be opened up in which case I'm SOL? Thanks for any clues... jon |
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:16:24 GMT, JonW
wrote: Anyway, although I have a backup of the most important stuff, there are some miscellaneous files that fell through the backup cracks which I'd really like to recover. Took it to Disk Doctors who looked at it and came back with a "Firmware Module Corrupted" analysis. They also want $2000 to recover files (another firm quoted me $1500 as an average.) Well, I don't want the stuff THAT badly! I know it's of no use to you but a UK firm Data Clinic would fix that type of problem for around $700. They have recently done 2 of these for me maybe you need to shop around a bit. Does anyone know what a "Firmware Module Corrupted" repair entails? Should I buy another WD800 and swap the controller? Or does the drive have to be opened up in which case I'm SOL? Probably the best bet from what I can see just make sure its the same firmware if possible. Thanks for any clues... jon |
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