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Hi,

I have a WD2500JB-00REA0 hdd which was inside an external box : Memup Kwest.

It didn't reconized anymore in disk management, only in device management.

I plugged it on IDE and i have the same pb.

It is reconized in bios but all diagnostic tool i tried can't read any sectors ! All appairs to be bad (HDtune, HDD scan,DFT Hitachi, MHDD, HDAT, DLG DIag). There is no failure sounds.

I found exactly the same drive and try to swap PCB : it didn't work, drive isn't reconized in bios.

My PCB:
on paper: 2060-701292-C00
on PCB: 2060-701292-002

PCB with worked HDD:
on paper: 2060-701292-C00
on PCB: 2060-701292-001

I swap U12 firmware from my PCB to new PCB and plug this new PCB on my HDD : It works ...but ......:

I have the same pb: HDD is only listed in bios and device manager , not in disk manager, so i can't read partition from it

Now i'm sure the pb isn't on my PCB, except the firmware, maybe it can be corrupted ?

Can you help me, i would like recover my data : a lot of pictures from many years

Can i test, read, update the firmware ?
What pb could it be ?

Thank you very much

See you later