Recent content by ForgivenCreation

I was able to slip the broken pin back in its little holding spot on the chip the question is is it making contact with the micro wire. I took some pictures but cant post them:/ If I am able to get the chip to work I read you can copy the BIOS data off the chip, how does one do that? Also this...

So Clonezilla needs a working BIOS to function. Also is there anyway to wipe the firmware and download a fresh install without wiping the drive. I also looked at my original read write heads with a 25x lens and I could see the chips really well and they look really clean which supports the fact...

Thankfully I wore gloves and did not touch the platters so no fingerprints. After doing some more research I have come across a couple programs I have questions about. It seems as though when a BIOS chip is wrong the drive doesn't turn on? My drive will spin up and do a search on the platter...

No thankfully nothing major major. I mean Major for myself but nothing like real serious. I have a lot of the drive backed up to a WD 2TB passport but I couldn't get everything. I also have 10X specialty glasses along with compressed air in a can. Worked amazing except the chip breaking which is...

Hello, I did not expect to be posting to this forum or any forum however I have encountered some unfortunate circumstances. Recently my Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB drive got the click of death. I ordered another drive of the same model only a year newer. 2016 vs 2017. I replaced my read write head...