Fix Seagate 7200.11 LBA=0 in the terminal

As is known to us all,the firmware bug is the Achilles’ heel for the Seagate 7200.11 drives.It will cause the the drives become undetectable by a computer.On the HD doctor for Seagate,the hdd status will keep busy and cannot get ready any more.

With HD doctor for Seagate,you can easily fix this problem by following the user manual.But for some drives,the LBA value can’t be restored by the one-click repair button.

Here is a case study.

The popup window shows the LBA=0 repair is completed.

Power off and on the console,but the LBA value is still 0,nothing changed.One-click repair failed.

Get into terminal,Press Ctrl+Z for T level.Then Input the command

m,2,,,,,22

Attention:CaSe InSeNsItIvE m not M

This command is used for re-calculating the checksum value of the p-list.The reason that LBA=0 is that there is something wrong with that.

Wait for the re-calculate procedure.

Power off and on the console again after it’s finished.

The LBA value has been restored and data on the drive can be accessed normally.

The bug affects a significant portion of not only Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.11 drives, but Barracuda ES.2 SATA and Maxtor DiamondMax 22 drives. Forums across the Internet have been filled with warnings not to buy drives that feature the SD15 revision of firmware; however, Seagate’s own documentation shows that SD16, SD17, SD18, and SD19 are also affected within certain model numbers.

The affected drives are listed below.