Recent content by napalm_atx

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    SAS drive medium format corrupted

    Yes, i also launch smart long self-test if it completes without error - drive is in good state
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    SAS drive medium format corrupted

    I never used badblocks, i just using dd read to null, and if grown defect list non zero, i using wdckit with --merge option to merge g-list to p-list.
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    How to reformat HDD & SSD to 512B Sector Size

    I think i found something, i guess BPGNB957 is for generic ssd's. I can try to download it to your ssd
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    SAS drive medium format corrupted

    Just use wdckit with --fastformat option, and download to drive lastest fw LDGNC400
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    How to reformat HDD & SSD to 512B Sector Size

    Sorry guys, i dont have fw for ssd's. And you can't download generic fw ti IBM branded drive
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    Updating the HGST HDD & SSD firmware

    It mus be possible, or can you extract HITACHI_7K6000_A907.bin from system and download it to new drive
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    Updating the HGST HDD & SSD firmware

    HITACHI_7K6000_A907.bin is fw file stored in your system? And it's file can be downloaded to all drives?
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    Updating the HGST HDD & SSD firmware

    It's strange, fw shouldn't affect recognizig drive
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    Updating the HGST HDD & SSD firmware

    Just update it to AD05 version, it's latest one https://files.hddguru.com/download/Firmware%20updates/Hitachi/APGNAD05.zip
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    Updating the HGST HDD & SSD firmware

    D05 is latest version, A, B, C, D is for sas drives, T, W, X for sata drives
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    Updating the HGST HDD & SSD firmware

    Here you can find it https://files.hddguru.com/download/Firmware%20updates/Hitachi
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    Updating the HGST HDD & SSD firmware

    No, its not possible, why you want OEM firmware? Dell fw have some problems?
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    Updating the HGST HDD & SSD firmware

    No, you want't lose data