Restoring SCSI HDD

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Universal and Specialized Utilities

Image creation

Wide possibilities of copying

Sector editor

Visualization

Maximum speed of work

For advanced users

Profiles

Universal Utility Possibilities:

1. Running of elementary tests (readiness check, recalibration, self-diagnostics, drive ID reading, spindle stop/start).
2. Surface verification
3. Read test
4. Write test
5. Search test
6. Complex HDD test including all of the above
7. Reading of PLIST and GLIST defect tables
8. Seek and assign of surface defects
9. Switching on/off the automatic reassignment of defects at reading and writing, changing of hardware quantity of reading attempts and writing of bad sectors
10. SMART parameters indication and clearance of error logs
11. HPA changing
12. Low-level HDD format with possibility of defect relocation and erasing GLIST.
13. Launch of short HDD self-test
14. Replication (image creation) of HDD - copying data from one HDD to any quantity of HDD connected to the system.
15. Other possibilities are described in the user manuals.

• Added possibility of simultaneous and independent operation with all HDDs connected to the standard ports ATA and SATA in Win2K and Windows XP operating systems. Available test operations - read, write, verification, replication (copying information from one HDD to any number of connected HDDs). At HDD replication it is possible to copy from SCSI/SAS to SCSI/SAS, from SCSI/SAS to ATA/SATA, from ATA/SATA to SCSI/SAS, from ATA/SATA to ATA/SATA, i. e. any combinations.
  
  
• Added possibility of using the command of "long" reading instead of the command of standard reading into reading and image creation. It could be applied in some data recovery cases at the damaged translator or unstable reading.
  
  
• Added possibility to choose the quantity of LBA read data by one command into HDD replication. It's vital for HDDs with unstable reading.
  
  
• In formatting command we added possibility to load defect table in LBA format.
  
  
• Added indication of LBA-PCHS and PCHS-LBA conversion to investigate the operation of the translator.
  
  
• Added possibility to form soft BAD-sector by "long" writing.
  
  
• Added menu "HDD configuration" in which the following possibilities are realized:
  • indication of physical parameters - quantity of cylinders, heads, speed of rotation. Zone distribution table identification, hardware quantity of attempts of reading, writing, verification on bad sectors.
    
  • In mode select command it is possible to permit/inhibit automatic defect relocation at reading and writing, change of hardware quantity of attempts of reading and writing of BAD sectors and time limit of processing these sectors.
    
  • Permitting/inhibiting of data cashing in read-write operations.
    
  
  
  
• Added Log sense command by which a list of supported configuration pages and their content is indicated. Here we also give decoding of many actual parameters: date of HDD manufacturing, number of start-stop cycles, HDD temperature, total number of read, written sectors and also SMART parameters - number of mistakes in data processing and codes of SMART state. Here you can also clear error logs.
  
  
• Added possibility of HPA change (HDD capacity) and setting the capacity on default (maximum capacity).
  
  
• Added button in toolbar by which we implemented rapid access to the elementary operations - check of readiness, recalibration, start/stop. This same button is available in all specialized utilities.
  
  

Features:

1. Service area surface checking
2. Service information structure checking
3. Service information module reading
4. Service information module writing
5. NV-RAM and RAM reading
6. Zone distribution table viewing
7. Self-tests IBM launching information testing and recovery

What's new in IBM utility?

1. Changed procedure of entrance into the utility at loading the module table from file or database.
2. Added physical head test
3. Implemented defect relocation from G-List into P-List with translator regeneration
4. There is a possibility to set up the option "Format degraded disable" in HDD configuration which enables to get access to the user data in HDD with the error "Medium Format Corrupted" or the similar ones connected with the format error
5. Added possibility to read modules by ignoring the error and by the composition method
6. Updated list of additional codes of errors which detail the defect cause. This list helps in many cases to define exactly the cause of HDD damage

Features:

1. Service information structure check
2. Service information module reading/writing
3. SA track reading/writing
4. Reading CP (Config Pages), writing CP into memory
5. Loading of microcode into service area and memory
6. Reading/writing on physical parameters
7. LBA-CHS conversion indication

What's new in Maxtor-Quantum utility?

1. Changed procedure of the utility initialization at loading the resources necessary for utility loading, from file or database
2. Added physical head test
3. Added saving of offline-resources into files or database
4. Added check of service area surface
5. Added possibility to read modules by ignoring the error and by the composition method
6. In reading on physical parameters we added the possibility to read in LBA logical sequence (i. e. in that one in which data were written by the user) and considering P-List with the possibility of writing the read information into the file
7. In reading on logical parameters we added the possibility of "long" reading with the possibility to write the read information into file
8. In writing on logical parameters we added the possibility of writing from early saved files with the read user data to another good HDD.

Features:

1. Regeneration of damaged translator. The user data are saved
2. Reading-writing of SA tracks including both methods: by error ignoring and by compositional method
3. Service area surface checking
4. Reading on physical parameters, also in LBA logical sequence (i. e. in that one in which data were written by the user) and considering P-list with the possibility of writing the read information into the file
5. In reading on logical parameters we added the possibility of "long" reading with the possibility to write the read information into file
6. Writing on logical and physical parameters, also from early saved files with the read user data to another good HDD
7. Head and surface testing on physical parameters
8. Editing of HDD serial number.

The documentation for the utility describes the features in detail, thus you can determine the damage of the translator (that is often the reason why Seagate HDD does not work) and the methods of its restoration while user data are saved. We analyzed the methods of reading the information on physical parameters into file in case when HDD can't read on logical parameters.


Features:

1. Reading-writing of service tracks
2. Reading-writing of service information modules
3. Reading-writing of config pages
4. Reading on logical parameters including long reading with possibility to write the read information into file
5. Reading-writing on physical parameters
6. Testing of heads and surface on physical parameters
7. HDD serial number editing
8. S.M.A.R.T. data reading
9. Extended diagnostics.

The documentation for the utility describes the features in detail according to which you can determine the damage of the translator (that is often the reason of HDD Seagate non-operation) and the methods of its restoration while user data is saved. We analyzed the methodologies of reading the information on physical parameters into file in case when HDD can't read on logical parameters.


Features:

1. Reading-writing of service area
2. Reading-writing of CP
3. Reading-writing of modules
4. Reading-writing of processor memory and RAM
5. Reading on logical parameters, including long reading when you can write the read data to file
6. Physical reading mode based on physical parameters, with considering logical sector sequence, PList and ability of saving the read data to file.
7. Writing on logical and physical parameters, also from early saved file with user data read to another good HDD
8. Defect transfer to GList to PList.