‘Sticktion’ – the head-assembly is stuck on the platter surface. A common fault in the failed HDDs that CDR receives. The customer reports that the HDD is making a buzzing …
Seagate ST3500418AS – Recovery of the Day
Friday night Pharaoh (Seagate 7200.12 500GB) To finish the week. Work replacing the failed head assembly in a Seagate 500GB ST3500418AS. This is a Barracuda 7200.12. The engineering name is …
Head-assembly swap: Seagate ST31000528AS
21/2/2019 – Seagate 1000GB 7200.12 Barracuda A desktop HDD provided by an IT Support company on behalf of their customer. The HDD was making a distinctive clicking sound. Quickly it …
ST2000LM007 / ST1000LM035 – Is this the worst HDD ever made?
Repair of Seagate ST2000LM007 and ST1000LM035 During quarter three of 2016, Seagate started to manufacture a new generation of 2.5-inch hard disk drive. For the previous 4 years to this …
Seagate 2TB Backup Plus – not detected
23/8/2017 – Seagate 2000GB external HDD – not detected by any computer A Manchester city centre-based Landscape and Ecology consultancy had a considerable number of design files for clients on …
Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB damaged platter
30/6/2017 – ST4000DM000 – Contamination inside the disk A Seagate ST4000DM000 hard disk drive was received from a Manchester-based media company. The HDD was from an external “Backup Plus Hub” …
HDD Failure: Seagate “DM001” Grenada series
Seagate “DM001” Grenada Data Recovery Methods CDR – Manchester Data Recovery Services – has noticed a high incidence of failure in the following Seagate 3.5″ desktop drives: ST1000DM003-1CH162 ST1000DM003-9YN162 ST1000DX001-1CM162 …
Seagate donor parts (PCB and heads) listed
Seagate hard disk donor parts stock list Details of some of the stock which CDR – Manchester Data Recovery Services – holds is now listed here: Seagate Donor Parts Stock. …
Hard disk failure of the month – Samsung / Seagate ST1000LM024
High Failure Rate HDD – Motor Seizure – ST1000LM024 / ST1000LM025 Over recent weeks CDR – Manchester Data Recovery Services – have seen a high incidence of failure in the …
No more Seagate Barracuda. I’ll miss the silly names.
Seagate HDD name changes. For more years than I care to remember it has always been the Seagate Barracuda range. You knew what you were getting, a 3.5″ desktop hard …