Question MK1060GSC firmware change?

[Ksingh707]

Hello, does anyone know where I can get the latest firmware for a Toshiba MK1060GSC disk drive. I am not able to partition my toshiba drives. I have a few and I am hoping if I flash the firmware I can partition them. Thanks

 

[randyh121]

I doubt it is a firmware thing
That is a very very very old drive. Run HDDScan on it and post the results here (hddscan.com)

 

[USAFRet]

Any firmware would come directly from Toshiba.

What will be the theoretical use case for these old drives?

 

[Ksingh707]

I doubt it is a firmware thing
That is a very very very old drive. Run HDDScan on it and post the results here (hddscan.com)

I have ran seatools ssd test on them and they failed. Do you think these are not of use? they have less than 10 power on hours, Thats why I am confused why they are not working.

 

[Ksingh707]

Any firmware would come directly from Toshiba.

What will be the theoretical use case for these old drives?

I tried to find anything for this drive on toshiba and could not come up with any results

 

[USAFRet]

I have ran seatools ssd test on them and they failed. Do you think these are not of use? they have less than 10 power on hours, Thats why I am confused why they are not working.

"Seatools" are for Seagate drives.

I tried to find anything for this drive on toshiba and could not come up with any results

If Toshiba has nothing, there is nothing. Firmware doesn't come out of thin air.

What would you be using these old small drives for?

 

[fzabkar]

These are automotive grade HDDs:

Operating Temperature = -30C - 85C​

http://www.sdd.toshiba.com.tw/showfile.aspx?gmzPzv9w08tQfjgariUcMkyLY8qISNnItoOrILdli4DsomukBsjssXJ/NwXpIFr6vTGDUZUBPRvM0IkzJA8U+1iZ6b7cXKll

https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/content/dam/toshiba-ss-v3/master/en/storage/product-archive/Specialty_MKxx60GSC.pdf

If they were installed in some kind of automotive gear (GPS, head unit), then they may be security locked, in which case they would be either read-only or not accessible at all.

How does CrystalDiskInfo identify them?

Can you see sector 0 with a disc editor, eg DMDE or HxD (freeware)?

https://dmde.com/
https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

 

[USAFRet]

Also, where did you get them?

 

[Ksingh707]

These are automotive grade HDDs:

Operating Temperature = -30C - 85C​

http://www.sdd.toshiba.com.tw/showfile.aspx?gmzPzv9w08tQfjgariUcMkyLY8qISNnItoOrILdli4DsomukBsjssXJ/NwXpIFr6vTGDUZUBPRvM0IkzJA8U+1iZ6b7cXKll

https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/content/dam/toshiba-ss-v3/master/en/storage/product-archive/Specialty_MKxx60GSC.pdf

If they were installed in some kind of automotive gear (GPS, head unit), then they may be security locked, in which case they would be either read-only or not accessible at all.

How does CrystalDiskInfo identify them?

Can you see sector 0 with a disc editor, eg DMDE or HxD (freeware)?

https://dmde.com/
https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

on crystal disk the drives are showing up healthy with 1 power on hours. I dont have these programs you have listed, let me try running them and finding the results for sector 0. Thank you. I will keep you updated, Thanks for the info.

 

[fzabkar]

on crystal disk the drives are showing up healthy with 1 power on hours.

CDI also reports the security status. What is it? You can copy the SMART report in text format and paste it into your next post (CDI has an option to remove the serial number from the report).

BTW, we have done some work on similar HDDs at hddoracle.com.