How To Re-Read Timeout Sectors

[DataMedics]

In the latest version of DE there doesn't seem to be any way to make it re-read sectors that timeout (not error out, but timeout). I seem to recall being able to do it in previous versions of DE though.

Anyone know a method to force it to re-read sectors that timeout?

I've got an odd case here of a drive with firmware corruption (which can't be fixed) but that can read a few hundred sectors before getting stuck busy after each soft reset. The problem is, the first sector it tries to read each time stays red and isn't automatically re-read after the soft reset.

[d_d_recovery]

Doesn't the 'attempt' box to the right of the software reset do that?

[DataMedics]

You'd think, but it never seems to. I know the sectors aren't bad because on subsequent passes they do clear. It's just annoying that I can't get it to re-read that first sector on the initial pass. So I keep getting about 1000 green, 1 red, 1000 green, 1 red. Then on follow up passes, it get's one red then clears the next two. I'm just trying to avoid having to run 100 passes to clear all these reds.

[d_d_recovery]

Does 'reading with hardware reties' in 'command to read' help?

[northwind]

You need to uncheck 'single sector read' and 'skip sectors on read error' (or similar) I think

[DataMedics]

Source of the post You need to uncheck 'single sector read' and 'skip sectors on read error' (or similar) I think

Yes, I know that and have had those off from the start.

Source of the post Does 'reading with hardware reties' in 'command to read' help?

Unfortunately no, it's the same.

For now, I've just queued up a ton of re-read passes to deal with it. But it's just annoying.