PC-3000 HDD

PC-3000 for HDD. Western Digital. How to solve a password issue if the password has never been set.

Posted on 02/08/2018 by ACELab team

Hello Friends! Recently we have faced a very interesting and unusual issue with Western Digital drives. It has appeared like the device was ATA password protected, but none of the Western Digital utility options couldn’t bypass this protection. In this … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Seagate F3. How to determine the Heads Preamp version

Posted on 01/26/2018 by ACELab team

During Seagate F3 drives data recovery process, engineers are often in need of donor heads. So how to find out the one compatible the most? There are different parameters that help to choose the correct donor head for a Head … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Western Digital. How to solve the SED problem in RAM

Posted on 01/18/2018 by ACELab team

Hello dear friends, In the past, we have already talked about solving SED problem on WD 2,5″ drives. All of you know that this solution should be applied only if at least one of system heads is able to write, … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Seagate F3. How to get a full data access on Rosewood family and why you have to make backup

Posted on 12/08/2017 by ACELab team

Hello Friends, Everybody knows, that Seagate F3 Rosewood drives are in many ways different from previous families. First and foremost these drives come with a Physical Security ID, which guarantees that: An access to encryption key is locked; An access … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Samsung. HDD initialization with head map changing in RAM.

Posted on 11/28/2017 by ACELab team

Hello, friends! One of the most common issues in any HDD is a damage to one of the heads. Due to this reason the drive can not initialize and is unable to provide an access to Service and User Areas. … Continue reading →

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Specific tools for HDD data recovery

Posted on 11/24/2017 by ACELab team

In previous articles we have already discussed: Best PC configuration for ACE Lab products Essential tools for your data recovery lab Consumables for your data recovery lab Now let’s talk about specific tools for HDD Data Recovery.

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PC-3000 for HDD. Seagate F3. Manual Translator recovery procedure. Track Defects.

Posted on 11/16/2017 by ACELab team

As you may know, Seagate F3 drives use different Defect-lists to hide defected sectors. These are single defect records and track-defect records. On how to hide single defects you can read in this article. In the current article, we will … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 HDD. Western Digital. Step-by-step guide on how to decrypt hardware encrypted data.

Posted on 11/02/2017 by ACELab team

Hello, friends! At ACE Lab support we get a lot of questions concerning the decryption of Western Digital drives. A typical ticket looks like this:  USB WD drive, changed the connection type to SATA  as per this article, can’t see … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. SSHD drives. What it is and how does it work.

Posted on 10/17/2017 by ACELab team

Technology does not stand still. More and more new drives of all types with new features appear every year. And they all do break just as well. Let’s talk about SSHD – the most popular device in data recovery branch. … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 for HDD. Seagate F3. The easier way to fix Init SMART Fail error

Posted on 09/21/2017 by ACELab team

Hello dear PC-3000 users! SMART has proven to be the powerful method for monitoring the state of the drive in need of repair. This system detects and reports on various indicators.is system detects and reports on various indicators. However, SMART is … Continue reading →

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