Toshiba MQ01ABD100 Data Recovery

Zero Alpha offers professional data recovery for Toshiba MQ01ABD100 hard drives, commonly found in laptops and portable systems. This 2.5" HDD model is typically available in 1TB capacity and is used for everyday storage of documents, photos, and operating systems. Users often encounter issues such as clicking sounds, the drive not being detected, slow access, or sudden file loss after a drop or power event. We accept mail in jobs from Australia and worldwide.

Toshiba MQ01ABD100 Common Problems

• Hard drive not detected by the computer or BIOS
• Clicking or repetitive ticking noises indicating internal damage
• Very slow performance or frequent system freezing
• Drive spins up then powers down unexpectedly
• Bad sectors causing file corruption or read errors
• Failure after physical shock or laptop drop

Toshiba MQ01ABD100 Models

• MQ01ABD100
• MQ01ABD100V
• MQ01ABD100H

MQ01ABD100 Data Recovery Caselog

22NOV23:  This hard drive was removed from an Acer laptop which had an error message saying that no boot drive was detected. The laptop was taken to a computer shop where it was diagnosed with having a clicking problem. Zero Alpha was able to recover all the valuable important files.

Model : TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
Firmware : AX1P5J
Capacity : 1 000 GB (1 953 525 168)

Logical scan
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Initial LBA............................. : 0
Final LBA............................... : 1 953 525 167
Data exchange mode...................... : UDMA100
Surface verification.................... : Yes
Random read............................. : No
Writing................................. : No
Reading................................. : No
HDD cache RAM test...................... : No
Scan direction.......................... : Forward
Pass count.............................. : 1
Save defects............................ : No
Don`t search sector where error occured. : No
HDD timeout............................. : 200 ms.
One LBA commands timeout................ : 30 ms.
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Pass.................................... : 1
 
Test.................................... : Surface verification
Status.................................. : Skip
 
Test execution has been interrupted
 
Duration................................ : 0:01:16

Clicking Toshiba MQ01ABD100 Data Recovery Caselog

4JUN24:The drive was making scratching sounds. Top lid above motor was scratched, top head was missing. No debrie inside the drive. MHA Swap. Clicked once, ID. MRB. Built heads map.

Model : TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
Firmware : AX001UA9
Capacity : 1 000 GB (1 953 525 168)

Techno On............................... : HDD Redynes timeout (10000)
 
Zone table.............................. : Ok
Cyl num................................. : 221 518
Head num................................ : 4
Vendor.................................. : TOSHIBA 
Model................................... : MQ01ABD100
Microcode............................... : AX001UA9
 
 
Defects in G-List....................... : 71
 
CP Avalable............................. : 123
 
Resource master copy creation in DB
Reading CP
Into DB folder.......................... : /TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 AX001UA9 54MFS5D8S/CP
CP 0033................................. : Ok
CP 0034................................. : Ok
CP 0044................................. : Ok
CP 0056................................. : Ok
CP 0092................................. : Ok
CP 0095................................. : Ok
CP 0098................................. : Ok
CP 009A................................. : Ok
CP 009C................................. : Ok
CP 00A2................................. : Ok
CP 00A5................................. : Ok
CP 00A7................................. : Ok
CP 00A8................................. : Ok
CP 00A9................................. : Ok
CP 00AA................................. : Ok
CP 00AD................................. : Ok
CP 00AE................................. : Ok
CP 00B1................................. : Ok
CP 00B3................................. : Ok
CP 00BF................................. : Ok
CP 00C1................................. : Ok
CP 00C5................................. : Ok
CP 00C6................................. : Ok
CP 00C7................................. : Ok
CP 00C8................................. : Ok
CP 00C9................................. : Ok
CP 00CB................................. : Ok
CP 00CD................................. : Ok
CP 00D0................................. : Ok
CP 00D1................................. : Ok
CP 00D3................................. : Ok
CP 00D4................................. : Ok
CP 00D6................................. : Ok
CP 00D7................................. : Ok
CP 00D9................................. : Ok
CP 00DA................................. : Ok
CP 00DB................................. : Ok
CP 00DC................................. : Ok
CP 00EF................................. : Ok
CP 00F1................................. : Ok
CP 00F3................................. : Ok
CP 00F4................................. : Ok
CP 00F7................................. : Ok
CP 00F8................................. : Ok
CP 00FA................................. : Ok
CP 00FB................................. : Ok
CP 00FC................................. : Ok
CP 00FF................................. : Ok
CP 0101................................. : Ok
CP 0102................................. : Ok
CP 0103................................. : Ok
CP 0105................................. : Ok
CP 0106................................. : Ok
CP 0107................................. : Ok
CP 0108................................. : Ok
CP 0109................................. : Ok
CP 010A................................. : Ok
CP 010B................................. : Ok
CP 0200................................. : Ok
CP 0201................................. : Ok
CP 0202................................. : Ok
CP 0203................................. : Ok
CP 0204................................. : Ok
CP 0205................................. : Ok
CP 0220................................. : Ok
CP 0221................................. : Ok
CP 0222................................. : Ok
CP 0223................................. : Ok
CP 0224................................. : Ok
CP 0225................................. : Ok
CP 0230................................. : Ok
CP 0231................................. : Ok
CP 0232................................. : Ok
CP 0233................................. : Ok
CP 0234................................. : Ok
CP 0235................................. : Ok
CP 0240................................. : Ok
CP 0241................................. : Ok
CP 0242................................. : Ok
CP 0243................................. : Ok
CP 0244................................. : Ok
CP 0245................................. : Ok
CP 0250................................. : Ok
CP 0251................................. : Ok
CP 0252................................. : Ok
CP 0253................................. : Ok
CP 0254................................. : Ok
CP 0255................................. : Ok
CP 8033................................. : Ok
CP 80AA................................. : Ok
CP 80BF................................. : Ok
CP 80C9................................. : Ok
CP 80D3................................. : Ok
CP 80D4................................. : Ok
CP 80F8................................. : Ok
CP 80FC................................. : Ok
CP 80FF................................. : Ok
CP 8200................................. : Ok
CP 8201................................. : Ok
CP 8202................................. : Ok
CP 8203................................. : Ok
CP 8204................................. : Ok
CP 8205................................. : Ok
CP 8230................................. : Ok
CP 8231................................. : Ok
CP 8232................................. : Ok
CP 8233................................. : Ok
CP 8234................................. : Ok
CP 8235................................. : Ok
CP 8240................................. : Ok
CP 8241................................. : Ok
CP 8242................................. : Ok
CP 8243................................. : Ok
CP 8244................................. : Ok
CP 8245................................. : Ok
CP 8250................................. : Ok
CP 8251................................. : Ok
CP 8252................................. : Ok
CP 8253................................. : Ok
CP 8254................................. : Ok
CP 8255................................. : Ok
CP 00DD................................. : Ok
CP 00BB................................. : Ok
Resource master copy creation completed

Toshiba HDTP110AK3AA with MQ01ABD100 1TB Hard Drive Data Recovery Caselog

30NOV2023: Drive was freezing up the system with usb connector. It is is sata drive with usb connector. Drive had hardware issues. First sector which contained file system was damaged. We had to mount the drive and scan it in another program to get file system and folders. PCB G003235C

Scratching sounds hard drive MQ01ABD100 Data Recovery Caselog 

20JAN2026: The customer brought in the hard drive that was making scratching and clicking sounds. The customer was not aware if the hard drive was dropped. PCB G003235C.
MHA SWAP. The hard drive has the same symptoms.