Seagate ST2000LM010 Data Recovery

Zero Alpha offers professional data recovery for ST2000LM010. This Seagate hard drive can fail from bad sectors, firmware issues, head damage, PCB faults, or being dropped while powered on. We accept mail in jobs from Australia and worldwide.

Seagate ST2000LM010 Common Problems

• Drive not detected in BIOS or operating system
• Clicking, beeping, or repeated spin-up sounds
• Slow access caused by bad sectors or weak heads
• Firmware faults preventing normal drive readiness
• PCB damage from power surge or incorrect power supply
• Accidental deletion, formatting, or partition damage

ST2000LM010-1RA174 Data Recovery Case Log

19March2025: Drive comes ready with full ID and capacity. Can view SMART - some G-sense errors but otherwise ok. No access to data area through normal ATA commands, the drive status goes to ABRT error. Encrypted sectors can be viewed when read via utility. Data is accessible after restoring copy 0 of SED config system file 1D2 from copy 1.

Initially attempted to restore 1D2 from 1D1. This allowed data area access, but did not decrypt the data! The only difference was a single bit flip at byte offset 0x1BE0. This differed in both original copies of 1D2, and was the only difference from the working 1D2 used (apart from checksum word obviously).