we need some features

[waleed]

thanks for evereybody here in technical support

i think we need some features in wd
- format SA and Sa track to fix clicking drive
- lba to chs and chs to lba converter
-zone cut or disable from wd utility
-arco online and offline

thanks for support and i wait for your reply

[Maxim_TS]

Dear Waleed,

Format SA and tracks can be performed with self-test.
The procedure is described in Marvell_en.pdf manual.
Unfortunately if drive is clicking, it has a problems with a reading, and I don't think that SA format will help if heads or surface are bad.

ACE developers are working on ARCO and ZONE features. They can't promise it will be added into next software release.
But they have some achievments in this area. Hopefully it will be added in one of next releases.

[waleed]

thanks for reply
i mean if drive fail and click with firmware issue
i can make sa format and rewrite firmware back then it will be stable


actually i mean that i need to do this process as a Separate process

second features is LBA 2 CHS and CHS 2 LBA converter

and we wait for this features next updates
thank you

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Source of the post thanks for reply
i mean if drive fail and click with firmware issue
i can make sa format and rewrite firmware back then it will be stable


actually i mean that i need to do this process as a Separate process

second features is LBA 2 CHS and CHS 2 LBA converter

and we wait for this features next updates
thank you

Well,
SA Format Observation is Wrong Why Well SA Format Will Only Remove Bad And Unstable Sectors if And Only if Its a Correctable Bad Sector Not a Physical Bad Sector .For Physical Bad Sector You Have The Liberty To Migrate a Module To a Working Section

[waleed]

can i post firmware repair for clicking drive with another tool by formating sa??

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Source of the post can i post firmware repair for clicking drive with another tool by formating sa??

Sure ,
Go Ahead And Then Wait for My comment ,I Will Possibly Blow Your Argument To Pieces ,Of Course What You Say Works But not for Physical Defects In SA

[waleed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p2mMPc-NjU




so we need another tools if technical support can add it
split (convert) tracks to modules and modules to track

[Maxim_TS]

After this video watching I have some questions.. As far as I understood, Dir, and maybe some another important modules like T-List, for example, were bad. Drive was clicking because of that. Drive was forced into a kernel mode, Service Area was erased in Kernel. Then they wrote new Dir, then wrote all other modules.

Why they erased the SA (if they really erased ), if it was enough to start a drive with a donor Dir and loader in RAM, write a new Dir, then write necessary modules after restart?
Too much actions.. What if heads were bad, they just "brick" the drive and all surface could be lost.. PC-3000 can operate with Dir and loader in RAM, which is much more safe for surface.

Dear waleed, if you have a real clicking cases, despite in most clicking cases the problem is in heads\surface, please be free to contact us at ts.acelab.eu.com , we will do the best to save the drive and data.

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Source of the post After this video watching I have some questions.. As far as I understood, Dir, and maybe some another important modules like T-List, for example, were bad. Drive was clicking because of that. Drive was forced into a kernel mode, Service Area was erased in Kernel. Then they wrote new Dir, then wrote all other modules.

Why they erased the SA (if they really erased ), if it was enough to start a drive with a donor Dir and loader in RAM, write a new Dir, then write necessary modules after restart?
Too much actions.. What if heads were bad, they just "brick" the drive and all surface could be lost.. PC-3000 can operate with Dir and loader in RAM, which is much more safe for surface.

Dear waleed, if you have a real clicking cases, despite in most clicking cases the problem is in heads\surface, please be free to contact us at ts.acelab.eu.com , we will do the best to save the drive and data.

Dimitry ,
Just Wait For My Reply To The Gentlemen ,It Would Not Be That Bad BTW