Basic principles of HDD repair using PC-3000 ISA:

The PC-3000 software package is a menu-driven set of utilities where every available HDD operation is presented as a menu item, resulting either in some specific actions or acquiring some status information. Primary HDD diagnostics are completed by using the universal utility "PC-3000 АТ". Diagnostic results are displayed on the screen and can either be saved as a file or printed. The recovery procedure itself is performed by using utilities that are specific to each HDD family. The entire recovery/repair process can be divided into the following optional steps:

• HDD controller board & interface diagnostics;
• Flash memory / NV-RAM firmware review/reload;
• Forced HDD boot up procedure by using an external loader from PC (in cases where the HDD cannot boot up by itself);
• Disk system area (maintenance track) read/write test;
• Disk system area (maintenance track) firmware modules integrity test;
• Fixing/reloading damaged firmware modules (RAM or disk);
• G-List & P-List defects tables and S.M.A.R.T. attributes review/clear;
• Replacement of defective sectors or tracks by assign, reallocation or skipping defects;
• Restoration/editing of the disk ID module (disk logical parameters, model, S/N, etc.);
• Servo test and concealment of tracks with damaged servos;
• Translator regeneration (Physical Head/Cylinder/Sector into LBA translation recovery);
• HDD reconfiguration by skipping defective areas of disk surface or turning off defective heads;
• Low-level formatting;
• Media scan - search for defective sectors and their concealment by assign, reallocation or skipping defects. The concealment is achieved by using the drive's reserved area which is specifically assigned for this purpose.
• Security sub-system operations.
• Launch and monitoring of the HDD self-test procedure;
• and more.

Using only the PC-3000 software recovery procedure, the user is able to fix up to 50% of all defective HDDs. This increases up to 80% for users that are able to repair hardware and turn off defective read/write heads. We provide a detailed technical documentation for the PC-3000, and a range of other first class customer support services.

With PC-3000 purchase you receive:

• Fully configured and functional computer with the actual PC-3000 PRO card (see the details below).
• PC-3000 PRO Workstation
  PC P4/up to 2.8GHz/512Mb/120Gb/DVD/CD-RW (w/o monitor)
  Windows XP Home Edition
  Windows 98 with preinstalled PC-3000 Pro utilities
  Includes: 1 year warranty with 7 business days turnaround Technical support for 3 months after delivery
  Supports: 3.5" ATA HDDs up to 120Gb in size
• Comprehensive and explicit 400 pages user manual. This manual has the information about almost every hard drive model. This information is unique and therefore cannot be found elsewhere.
• Full technical support for three months, which is enough for the user to easily master the PC-3000 workstation.
• We will lead you through the entire process or hard drive repair after the system purchase.
• Access to the online forum. This is a closed type forum designed for ACEDRE customers only. This forum has step by step procedures for repairing certain hard drive models as well as other tips and tricks. This forum is also used for information exchange and for requests of new firmware modules or loaders for different HDD models.
• Access to the FTP. ACEDRE FTP has valuable information for PC-3000 users. It took us years to build the library of the firmware modules and loaders for each hard drive. As a customer of ACE Data Recovery Engineering you have the luxury of using these modules for hard drive repair.

ACE Data Recovery Engineering Inc offers various financing options to better accommodate your budget.

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