Western Digital 2060-701424-007 REV A PCB

Swap Western Digital  PCB 2060-701424-007 REV A(Printed Circuit Boards) to recover your data from damaged HDD due to PCB failure. 2060-701424-007 REV A is the board number on this PCB. If your HDD’s PCB has problems, the drive usually cannot boot up or there may be an inaccurate display in the BIOS of the hard drive’s information. Also power may not get to the hard drive and as a result it will not spin up.

Western Digital 2060-701424-007 REV A PCB Board Details:

Board Number: 2060-701424-007 REV A
Main Controller IC: 88i6545-TFJ1
HDD Motor Combo IC: L6284 2.2
Manufacturer: Western Digital

Note: Hard drive failures are NOT always caused by circuit board failure.

Possibilities of WD circuit board failures:

  1. Hard disk doesn’t spin up. Either no sound or a short, quiet tickling sound can be heard.
  2. Hard disk does not spin up. Buzzing sound can be heard.
  3. Hard drive spins up fine, but is not recognized in device manager or in BIOS. Hard drive recognized with default manufacturer value (like 0GB capacity, wrong SN or Model).
  4. There is a burning smell can be sensed coming from a hard drive or pcb circuit board.
  5. You can see a burned component on the circuit board.
  6. Hard drive makes a clicking sound.
  7. Extremely slow reading.
  8. Hard drive, after some time disappears from Device Manager and from the system. May also be running very hot.

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Western Digital 2060-701424-007 REV A PCB

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Limitations of FAT32 File System

FAT32 File System The following limitations exist using the FAT32 file system with Windows operating systems:

  • Clusters cannot be 64 kilobytes (KB) or larger. If clusters were 64 KB or larger, some programs (such as Setup programs) might calculate disk space incorrectly.
  • A volume must contain at least 65,527 clusters to use the FAT32 file system. You cannot increase the cluster size on a volume using the FAT32 file system so that it ends up with less than 65,527 clusters.
  • The maximum possible number of clusters on a volume using the FAT32 file system is 268,435,445. With a maximum of 32 KB per cluster with space for the file allocation table (FAT), this equates to a maximum disk size of approximately 8 terabytes (TB).
  • The ScanDisk tool included with Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98 is a 16-bit program. Such programs have a single memory block maximum allocation size of 16 MB less 64 KB. Therefore, The Windows 95 or Windows 98 ScanDisk tool cannot process volumes using the FAT32 file system that have a FAT larger than 16 MB less 64 KB in size. A FAT entry on a volume using the FAT32 file system uses 4 bytes, so ScanDisk cannot process the FAT on a volume using the FAT32 file system that defines more than 4,177,920 clusters (including the two reserved clusters). Including the FATs themselves, this works out, at the maximum of 32 KB per cluster, to a volume size of 127.53 gigabytes (GB).
  • You cannot decrease the cluster size on a volume using the FAT32 file system so that the FAT ends up larger than 16 MB less 64 KB in size.
  • You cannot format a volume larger than 32 GB in size using the FAT32 file system in Windows 2000. The Windows 2000 FastFAT driver can mount and support volumes larger than 32 GB that use the FAT32 file system (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create one using the Format tool. This behavior is by design. If you need to create a volume larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system instead.

NOTE: When attempting to format a FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB, the format fails near the end of the process with the following error:

Logical Disk Manager: Volume size too big.

FAT32 offers the best compatibility for PC and Mac operating systems, including cross-platform compatibility with the MAC OS X. However, FAT32 has inherent limitations in regards to file size, partition size, and performance.

Limitations under Windows, Mac OS 9, and Mac X:

  • A file cannot be transferred to a FAT32 partition if the file is larger than 4GB.
  • Apple’s Time Machine backup utility will not store data on FAT32 partitions.

Limitations under Windows 2000/XP/Vista:

  • A FAT32 partition cannot be created that is larger than 32GB.
  • A file cannot be transferred to a FAT32 partition if the file is larger than 4GB.
  • FAT32 file system performs more slowly than NTFS (Windows) or Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus, Mac).
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Does Seagate Perform Or Provide Data Recovery Services?

Data on a disk drive may become inaccessible either by simple corruption or by physical damage.  In the case of data corruption, the disk drive hardware is in perfect working order and is as reliable as it should be.  However, the data has become corrupted by a fault usually caused by the system memory, or the operating system or even improper shut down.  In the case of physical damage to the disk drive, this can be caused by some extreme conditions like floods or fire, damage to the electronics from a power surge, or abuse from being dropped or mishandled, or failure of the drive, itself.

In these situations, the data may be recoverable through extraordinary means offered through a specialized data recovery service.

Please see the following link for more information:

Seagate Recovery Services

Seagate Recovery Services are a pay-per-use service and not covered by a drive’s warranty.

If your drive is still under warranty and you intend to pursue data recovery, you must do the data recovery before exchanging the drive.  Once a drive has been returned for warranty exchange, any data on the drive is forfeited and lost.

Seagate now offers Do-It-Yourself Data Recovery software:

File Recovery for Windows

Please remember, you should always keep current backups of your critical data.  Seagate is not responsible for lost user data.

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Glossary of Hard Disk Drive Terminology (Letter I)

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)
A type of drive where the interface controller electronics are incorporated into the design of the hard drive rather than as a separate controller.

Index Pulse Signal
A digital pulse signal indicating the beginning of a disk revolution. An embedded servo pattern or other prerecorded information is present on the disk following index.

Initiator
A device in control of the SCSI bus that sends commands to a target. Most SCSI devices have a fixed role as an initiator or a target; however, some devices can assume both roles.

Initialization
See low-level formatting.

Input
The incoming data that the computer processes, such as commands issued by the user.

Input/output (I/O)
An operation or device that allows input and output.

Interface
A hardware or software protocol that handles the exchange of data between the device and the computer; the most common ones are AT (also known as IDE) and SCSI. (See AT and SCSI.)

Interface controller
The chip or circuit that translates computer data and commands into a form suitable for use by the hard drive and controls the transfer of data between the buffer and the host. (See disk controller and disk drive controller.)

Interleave
The arrangement of sectors on a track.

Interrupt
A signal sent by a subsystem to the CPU that signifies a process has either completed or could not be completed.

ISA
Industry Standard Architecture. The standard 16-bit AT bus designed by IBM for the PC/AT system. ISA was the only industry standard bus for PCs until the recent release of MCA (MicroChannel Architecture), EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture), and PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect).

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Online Backup Services

Online Backup Services Where’s the best place to back up your data? Somewhere far, far away. These online backup services will keep your data safe no matter what sort of disaster strikes your local computers.

  • Mozy
    Offers automatic online hard drive back up. Backup a few files for free or more for a fee. Site features product info, news, and press.
    www.mozy.com
  • FilesAnywhere
    Providing online backup file storage with a blend of advanced and easy-to-use features, file sharing, version control, and drive mapping.
    www.filesanywhere.com
  • MyOtherDrive
    Provides online backup, file sharing, and media entertainment.
    www.myotherdrive.com
  • Connected Corporation
    Provides online data protection and management services, and real-time recovery solutions. Product line includes enterprise, small business, and individual options.
    www.connected.com
  • VaultLogix Secure Online Backup Services
    Provides secure online backup services with monitoring equipment, security systems, redundant air conditioning and power systems, emergency generators, state-of-the-art fire detection and suppression systems, and multiple high-speed Internet connections.
    www.dataprotection.com
  • CrashPlan
    Cross-platform and web-enabled backup software and service plan. Avoid monthly fees by storing encrypted backups on multiple computers.
    www.crashplan.com
  • Backup.com
    Online protection system that automatically backs up small businesses data to an off-site location and secures it through encryption. A service of SykDesk.
    www.backup.com
  • Global Data Vault
    Offers online data backup and recovery.
    www.globaldatavault.com
  • Amerivault
    Providing online backups, data recovery, electronic vaulting, information management, and disaster recovery services.
    www.amerivault.com
  • Backup Technology
    Specialises in secure automated offsite data backup for SMEs and enterprises.
    www.backup-technology.com
  • i365
    Offers online backup and recovery solutions which allow users to automatically store critical data in secure, off-site vaults, and make that data available for quick recovery.
    www.i365.com
  • Ahsay Online Backup Limited
    Provides online backup services with backup software to backup users’ data automatically everyday.
    www.ahsay.com
  • Logicube, Inc.
    Manufacturers of hard disk drive duplication and diagnostic products.
    www.logicube.com
  • BackupRight
    Online backup solution designed for personal and business use.
    www.backupright.com
  • SecuriData Online Backup
    Online data backup for servers and network computers. SecuriData provides remote and secure online data backup for U.S. and U.K. businesses.
    www.securidata.co.uk
  • Data Rebound
    Secure online data backup services provider that offers a pay-per-restore fee structure. Provides customers complete disaster recovery services as well.
    www.datarebound.com
  • bigVAULT Storage Technologies, Inc.
    Providing private online file storage and offsite backup for individuals and businesses.
    www.bigvault.com
  • U.S. Data Trust
    Online data backup and recovery for PC servers that archives data in a secure off-site data center and makes it immediately available for recovery.
    www.usdatatrust.com
  • BackJack
    Automated, secure Macintosh data backup and recovery service via the Internet.
    www.backjack.com
  • FilesX
    Provides next generation data protection and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical applications and remote and branch offices.
    www.filesx.com
  • SecureBackup
    Provides secure online backup services with U.S. government grade encryption.
    www.securebackup.com
  • BackUp Solutions, Inc.
    Offers online backup services for large and small size businesses. Features include remote backup, storage, retrieval, and IHeal recovery.
    www.backupsolutions.com
  • Capsure
    Offers online data backup, storage, and recovery service for small to medium sized businesses.
    www.capsure.com
  • Backup2Net
    Free software for automated online and hard drive backup, storage, and restore solution.
    www.backup2net.com
  • Data Vault Corp.
    Provides online backups to recover files lost due to human error, viruses, hardware failure, or theft.
    www.datavaultcorp.com
  • NetMass Incorporated
    Offers automated backup, disaster recovery, and offsite data storage.
    www.netmass.com
  • SyncWeb Data Backup Service
    Providing automated offsite data storage and data backup services for servers and PCs.
    www.syncweb.net
  • DataFort
    Offers secure backup of critical files and data offsite.
    www.datafort.co.uk
  • Backup My Info [SPONSOR]
    Microsoft certified online data backup and recovery solution for PCs and servers.
    www.backupmyinfo.com
  • BackupUSA, LLC.
    Offers online storage to protect your data files.
    www.backupusa.com
  • Iron Mountain Data Protection
    Provides IT solutions including an offsite data storage, disaster recovery plan management, and consultancy services.
    www.digiguard.com.au
  • DataHEALTH
    Offers online data backup services.
    www.datahealthusa.com
  • Intelliwire
    Intelliwire offers web hosting, offsite backup, online backup, computer backup, online data storage, and co-location rackspace.
    www.intelliwire.net
  • Move My Data
    Public effort to ensure your online videos, photos, blogs, and connections on sites like Flickr, MySpace, and YouTube will remain in your possession.
    www.movemydata.org
  • RenovoData
    Provides online backup and disaster recovery solutions to protect businesses data.
    www.renovodata.com
  • SmartPick Backup
    Provides secure online data backup and disaster recovery services.
    www.smartpick.com
  • Backup 4 Less
    Offers easy to use online backup services with advanced encryption technology.
    www.backup4less.com
  • Offsite Backups
    Offsite Backups provides online and offsite data backup services and data storage services for the medical industry, financial data, and the oil and gas industry.
    www.offsitebackups.com
  • TY Systems, Inc.
    Offering WebackUup, a remote data backup service for businesses of any size.
    www.webackuup.com
  • NationalBackup.com
    Provides off-site backup service to business and individual end-users through resellers.
    www.nationalbackup.com
  • StoreMyPC
    Online data backup and full disaster recovery services for PCs, notebooks, and servers.
    www.storemypc.com
  • CDI Vaults
    Document and data storage facility, offering confidential shredding, storage, micro filming, on-site data back-up, computer data support, and disaster recovery planning.
    www.cdivaults.com
  • Secure Off-Site Data Safe
    Provides encrypted data storage for information protection.
    www.sosds.com
  • Plan B Disaster Recovery
    Offers a fully managed disaster recovery service that is tested every day, and will give you back your working systems within 30 minutes, running on our virtual servers.
    www.planbdr.co.uk
  • Memory Deposit, The
    Provides a range of disaster recovery services for individuals. The Memory Deposit offers virtual safety deposit boxes for electronic documents and an emergency contact system.
    www.thememorydeposit.com
  • Backup2000
    Providing online backup of irreplaceable files and data.
    www.backup2000.com
  • Backup 24/7
    Offers reliable backup soltuions for businesses. Protecting valuable data through online backup.
    www.backup247.com.au
  • NextAdvisor.com: Online Backup Service Comparison
    Compare online backup services and read reviews at NextAdvisor.com.
    www.nextadvisor.com/online_backup_services/index.php
  • Level2 Storage
    Providing businesses with secure and customized online backup, remote backup, and offsite data protection services.
    www.level2storage.com
  • iSyncData.com
    Offering automatic backup and synchronization services for individuals and small businesses to solve their disaster recovery issues.
    www.iSyncData.com
  • Xitec Technology Ltd (HK)
    Storage, backup, and paperless office systems.
    www.xitec.com.hk
  • DataLock Remote Data Services
    Fully automated, completely secure, off-site backup system. Designed and priced for small and medium sized businesses.
    datalock.com
  • Akron Archives Online Backup Services
    Akron provides companies with online backup services. Get secure, offsite encrypted file protection of computer data.
    www.akronbackups.com
  • 1stForData
    Pan-european company providing home office workers and small to medium sized businesses with data backup and storage protection.
    www.1stfordatabackup.co.uk
  • DataSaver Online Backup Service
    Send copies of your critical data to our off-site data storage facility every night automatically.
    datasaver.com
  • LiveOffice Mail Archive
    On-demand email archiving solution designed for email storage management, legal discovery, and regulatory compliance.
    www.mailarchiving.com
  • BlueEye Technologies
    Detects, records, transmits, and stores bytes of changed data for each file.
    www.blueeyetechnologies.com
  • Exacep Offsite Backup
    Secure offsite backup for medical professionals, financial accountants and small to medium sized businesses.
    www.exacep.com
  • Vindico IT
    Using award winning backup software Vindico IT provide fast, effective, personalised backup and disaster recovery services. Free 30 day trial available, safeguard your data now. 2012-12-12
    www.vindicoit.com.au

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Hard Drive Data Recovery Software

  • Hard Drive Data Recovery Software Stellar Information Systems [SPONSOR]
    Provides data recovery software, services, and solutions for operating systems and storage media.
    www.stellarinfo.com
  • Runtime Software
    Offers data recovery software and a variety of file system utilities.
    www.runtime.org
  • Recover My Files Data Recovery Software
    Offers data recovery software to recover files emptied from the recycle bin or deleted during a hard drive format.
    www.recovermyfiles.com
  • Undelete Plus
    Retrieve accidentally deleted files, files removed from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from a network drive, or from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down. Must be installed on CD or floppy, not the hard drive.
    www.undelete-plus.com
  • PC Inspector File Recovery
    Data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems.
    www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
  • OfficeRecovery
    Data recovery software for corrupted Office files, including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, Access and SQL Server databases, and Exchange mailboxes.
    www.officerecovery.com
  • Disk Doctors
    Data recovery software utility to recover deleted, formatted, and corrupted files, e-mails, and photos.
    www.diskdoctors.net
  • EaseUs Data Recovery Software
    Data recovery software solutions for almost any data loss situation covering a range of storage media, operating systems, and file types.
    www.easeus.com
  • NTFS.com
    Offers detailed specifications of NTFS and FAT file systems and hard disk drive basics in addition to data recovery software.
    www.ntfs.com
  • SalvageData Recovery Service Lab
    Offers data recovery business solutions and consultancy to recover data from hard drives lost due to RAID failure, fire and water damage, software failure, power outage, and human error.
    www.salvagedata.com
  • Active@UNDELETE [SPONSOR]
    Data recovery software designed to recover lost, deleted, and formatted data from hard drives, floppy disks, dynamic volumes, and hardware or software RAIDs.
    www.active-undelete.com
  • OE-Mail Recovery
    Offers tools for repairing Outlook Express folders and recovering deleted messages as well as recovering contacts from a Windows Address Book.
    www.oemailrecovery.com
  • Nucleus Data Recovery Software
    Professional data recovery and file repair software tools to recover lost data and rebuild corrupt files.
    www.nucleustechnologies.com
  • Handy Recovery
    File undelete and data recovery utility that recovers files from deleted partitions and creates disk images for deferred recovery.
    www.handyrecovery.com
  • EASEUS
    Offers Partition Table Doctor, software for hard disk partition recovery after a drive error occurs. Works with MS-DOS, FreeDOS, and multiple versions of Windows.
    www.ptdd.com
  • Double-Take Software
    Data replication and application recovery software. Double-Take Software products and services enable customers to protect and recover business-critical data and applications to support disaster recovery, high availability, and centralized backup.
    www.doubletake.com
  • Ontrack Data International
    Specializing in retrieving lost data from tapes and hard disk drives. Offers software and emergency, on-site, and remote data recovery services.
    www.ontrackdatarecovery.com
  • Neverfail
    Neverfail offers high availability and disaster recovery solutions to prevent outages of your important business applications.
    www.neverfailgroup.com
  • Cimaware Software
    Offers OfficeFix, an MS Office data recovery program that repairs damaged spreadsheets and files.
    www.cimaware.com
  • Media Recover
    Offers software for data recovery and digital photo recovery.
    www.mediarecover.com
  • DiskInternals
    DiskInternals provides utilities for recovering data from any storage media. Get software to recover RAID arrays, hard drives, photos, email, and office documents.
    www.diskinternals.com
  • DataNumen, Inc.
    Provides data recovery software, services, and solutions for corrupt or damaged MS Office files, databases, emails, compressed archives, documents, and image files.
    www.datanumen.com
  • QueTek Consulting Corporation
    Provides software utilities to undelete files and recover data.
    www.quetek.com
  • Active@ Password Changer
    Password recovery solution designed for resetting local administrator and user passwords on Windows XP/2003/2000/NT systems.
    www.password-changer.com
  • Digital Photo Recovery
    Offers software to recover lost digital pictures, files, and data from from any type of digital media.
    www.photosrecovery.com
  • Final Data Inc.
    Provides hard drive and disk data recovery software, an undelete utility, and e-mail recovery tools.
    www.finaldata.com
  • SalvationDATA Technology
    Hardware-software complex equipment for data recovery from damaged hard drive. SalvationDATA offers solutions, products, training, and support to data recovery professional.
    www.salvationdata.com
  • Alpine Snow
    Offers password recovery software and spying tools.
    www.alpinesnow.com
  • RecoverPlus Photo & Media Recovery
    Recovers lost, deleted, and formatted digital photos and files from all types of media and cards.
    www.arcksoft.com
  • Persystent Software
    Helps enforce compliance, reduce help desk calls, eliminate image backups, and improve IT deployment.
    www.persystent.com
  • ARAX Disk Doctor
    All-in-one data recovery toolset that can undelete files, recover deleted partitions, reconstruct damaged RAID arrays, and create/restore hard drive images.
    www.disk-doctor.com
  • Safe Evault
    SafeEvault provides data recovery solutions for small to mid-sized businesses.
    www.safeevault.com
  • BadCopy Pro
    Automatic data recovery software for damaged floppy disk recovery and repair and CD-ROM/CDR data rescue.
    www.jufsoft.com/badcopy
  • Continuity Software
    Data protection and disaster recovery software solutions from Continuity Software. Detects risks and infrastructure vulnerabilities in disaster recovery systems, and ensures that critical business data is truly protected.
    www.continuitysoftware.com
  • DuoCor, Inc.
    Offers data protection and restoration utility.
    www.duocor.com
  • DBF Doctor
    Software tool that recovers damaged DBF files and repairs corrupted DBF data from FoxPro, dBase, Clipper, and other popular formats.
    www.dbfdoctor.com
  • WizardRecovery.com
    Specializes in software for recovery of deleted data, fixing corrupted partitions, and repairing damaged files and folders.
    www.wizardrecovery.com
  • Doctor Recovery
    Specializing in data recovery of damaged or corrupted Microsoft Office files.
    www.doctorrecovery.com
  • ConfigSafe
    Used for tracking, comparing, and restoring configuration and registry information on the PC.
    www.configsafe.com
  • Restorer2000
    Saves files deleted accidentally in NTFS partitions and reconstructs formatted and corrupted drives.
    www.bitmart.net/undelete.htm
  • Recovery Solutions
    Provides automated backup and retrieval software.
    www.electronicvaulting.com
  • CrocWare
    Developers of software which undeletes files emptied from recycle bins.
    www.undelete.com.au
  • R-tools Technology Inc.
    Offers data recovering and undelete utilities.
    www.r-tt.com
  • Passware
    Offers password recovery tools for Word, Excel, Outlook, Schedule, VBA, Access, and more.
    www.lostpassword.com
  • Data Recovery Experts
    Provides secure data recovery tools including a free online picture recovery tool, free software, software coupons, and articles.
    www.recovermypc.com

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