Recovering Data from Fujitsu Hard Drives

Fujitsu’s reputation has certainly improved since they admitted a few years ago that they had released 4.9 million potentially defective drives from their MPG and MPF series into the market with faulty chips.

These days, hard disk drives from Fujitsu (including 3.5″, 2.5″ and 1.8″ notebook format) generally perform with higher than average reliability than is available from other manufacturers.

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Physical failure is rare, but when Fujitsu hard disk drives do crash it is often because of corrupt firmware. Often the drive will lose track of information pertaining to its capacity and will be shown incorrectly in the BIOS or start clicking.

Fortunately, in most cases, data recovery or even full repair of the unit is possible as long as it is not operated while faulty for extended periods.

Common symptoms of failed Fujitsu hard drives are:

  • Failure to be recognized by the BIOS
  • Even when recognized by the BIOS the description is incorrect or indecipherable
  • Sudden failure of the hard disk drive
  • The drive is inaccessible but remains functioning physically
  • The BIOS recognizes the drive but a fail error still appears

Fujitsu MPG and MPF series drives that still exhibit problems are:

10GB; MPG3102AT, MPF3102AT, MPG3102AH and MPF3102AH
20GB; MPG3204AT, MPF3204AT, MPG3204AH and MPG3204AT
30GB; MPG3307AT, MPF3307AT, MPG3307AH and MPF3307AH
40GB; MPG3409AT, MPF3409AT, MPG3409AH and MPF3409AH


Data Recovery from Fujitsu hard disk drives

While failed Fujitsu drives are often repairable, it is essential that you do not attempt to replace a faulty controller board with one from a working drive. Information on the board is specific to the drive it has been attached to and it will not function anywhere else. What’s worse is that a different controller board can cause mechanical failure and dramatically increasing the risk of rendering your data unrecoverable.

As soon as you suspect your Fujitsu drive may be about to malfunction, turn the drive off and remove it from the system as soon as possible. The sooner you power down the drive the better your chances of recovering lost data once you send the drive to us for diagnosis.

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Data Detect provides data recovery on all Fujitsu Drive Models – as shown.

MODELS

IDE / 3.5″ PC DRIVE
10317
20201
1001578
1001656
1004373
1004408
1004798
1005693
1011171
1013228
1014639
1019236
1020104
1023832
1024778
1025139
1026402
1029504
1032898
1034120
1037798
1038235
1041343
1048213
1078765
1094466
1100022
1116792
1117807
1161078
1185687
1218404
1244799
1355252
1563623
1631045
2011140
3074254
3145909
3148303
3166794
5000566
5005447
5011158
5013386
5016899
5016961
5023859
5025716
5026186
5030345
5030353
5032829
5044419
5069562
5083119
5105574
5110888
5119413
5132185
5145402
5169621
5216892
5223408
5246748
5312929
5336427
5343210
5343566
5344621
5374056
5397011
5400563
5508161
5766488
6004581
6162975
7072335
7209388
7231154
7503792
7571785
8047012
8493608
8502284
8658079
8712322
33052166
33062434
50023835
3ECOHWQE
CA01742B661
CA01758B020
CA01758B040
CA05177B321
CA05177B331
CA05177B341
CA05177B351
CA05177B361
CA05177B381
CA05177B99200U
CA05177B99400UW
CA05177B99600U
M1603S
M1603T
M1606S
M1606T
M1612
M1614T
M1623T
M1624T
M1636T
M1638T
M222xD2
M2611S
M2611SA
M2611SB
M2611TD
M2612ET
M2612T
M2613ET
M2613T
M2614T
M2616ES
M2616ESA
M2616ESB
M2616ET
M2616S
M2617T
M2618T
M2622F
M2622H
M2622S
M2623F
M2623H
M2623S
M2624F
M2624H
M2624S
M2681S
M2681T
M2681TAU
M26825AU
M2682S
M2682T
M2684S
M2684T
M2684TAU
M2691H
M2691S
M2692H
M2692S
M2693H
M2693S
M2694EH
M2694EQ
M2694ES
M2694H
M2694S
M3017T
M3026T
M3032T
M3035T
M3043T
M3052T
M3064T
MHS2020ATED
MHS2030ATED
MHS2060ATED
MPA3022AT
MPB3052AT
MPB3064AT
MPC3011AH
MPC3022AH
MPC3032AT
MPC3034AH
MPC3043AT
MPC3045AH
MPC3057AH
MPC3064AT
MPC3065AH
MPC3084AT
MPC3096AT
MPC3102AT
MPD3023AH
MPD3043AT
MPD3045AH
MPD3064AT
MPD3068AH
MPD3084AT
MPD3084AT20PK
MPD3091AH
MPD3102AH
MPD3102AT
MPD3108AT
MPD3130AT
MPD3136AT
MPD3137AH
MPD3144AH
MPD3170AT
MPD3173AT
MPD3182AH
MPD3403AT
MPE3032AT
MPE3034AH
MPE3043AE
MPE3054AE
MPE3064AT
MPE3068AH
MPE3084AE
MPE3102AH
MPE3102AT
MPE3130AE
MPE3136AH
MPE3136AT
MPE3170AH
MPE3170AT
MPE3173AE
MPE3204AH
MPE3204AT
MPE3216AE
MPE3224AT
MPE3239AH
MPE3260AE
MPE3273AH
MPE3273AT
MPE3303AE
MPE3346AE
MPF3051AH
MPF3102AH
MPF3102AT
MPF3153AH
MPF3153AT
MPF3172AT
MPF3204AH
MPF3204AT
MPF3256AH
MPF3307AH
MPF3357AH
MPF3409AH
MPG3064AT
MPG3102AH
MPG3102AT
MPG3153AH
MPG3153AT
MPG3204AH
MPG3204AH-E
MPG3204AT
MPG3307AH
MPG3307AH-E
MPG3307AT
MPG3409AH
MPG3409AT
MPG409AH-E
VG11T09011R8
VG27T0900D6U
VH00P1204TB2
VH00T1206CC3
VH01P170UNVE
VH01T1304AMT
VH06T110347D
VH17T190DEBP
VH20T0B02B5Y
VH20T0C04KC6
VH20T1207N24
VH21T1202AAP
VH21T1605HEM
VH22T0B6H2V4
VH22T0C6K0SY
VH64P1100Y48
VH64P1101E3K
VH64T13014HF
VH64T13015HP
VH64T13016E2
VH64T13018KC
VH64T13019HM
VH64T1301TJM
VH64T13037GU
VH64T13038FC
VH65P0C02CRO
VH65P110330W
VH65P11033LF
VH65P11033VJ
VH65P12053S6
VH65P1509VOR
VH65T1802WY8
VH65T18032NC
VH72P1203PTV
VH72P1203YBM
VH72P1204080
VH72P14061L7
VH72T1200PFL
VH73P1303EOV
VH73P1506E1J
VH73P1709051
VH74T1401SLY
VH74T1401UPW
VH74T1401VHS
VH75P0C6FRD5
VH75P0C6FT59
VH75T126FLL8
VJ08T0B01F63
VJ09T0B02F3J
VJ09T0B03SYU
VL00T1906C1H
VL00T19077TY
VL00T1907PCD
VL00T1AOASPS
VL00T1B0AWW9
VL02T1701G2P
VL03T1702VD2
VL03T1904YM6
VL03T1904YNM
VL03T190593J
VL03T19059MJ
VL03T1905B36
VL10T1501Y2R
VL10T1502M4F
VL10T1604HOU
VLOOT1907DMS
VM00P138MECJ
VM03P13ATDRN
MOBILE / LAPTOP / NOTEBOOK / 2.5″ DRIVE
1000924
1001725
1003043
1009132
1011239
1012089
1016696
1025933
1029104
1042439
1048033
1050025
1087202
1101003
1105352
1116812
1126125
1133631
1147031
1157186
1159213
1160643
1169823
1171761
1172559
1213753
1218234
1225588
1228488
1267833
1365386
2073258
5019554
5160201
6014295
CA01757B060
CA01758B040
CA06062B022E
CA06272B042
CA06297B022
CA06297B034
CA06297B046
CG01000429101
M2635S
M2635T
M2636S
M2636T
M2637S
M2637T
M2704S
M2705S
M2706S
M2713T
M2714T
M2714TAM
M2722TAM
M2723T
M2724T
M2724TAM
MHA2021AT
MHA2032AT
MHC2032AT
MHC2040AT
MHD2021AT
MHD2032AT
MHE2043AT
MHE2064AT
MHF2021AT
MHF2043AT
MHG2102AT
MHH2032AT
MHH2048AT
MHH2064AT
MHJ2181AT
MHK2048AT
MHK2050AT
MHK2060AT
MHK2090AT
MHK2120AT
MHL2300AT
MHM2050AT
MHM2060AT
MHM2100AT
MHM2150AT
MHM2200AT
MHN2100AT
MHN2150AT
MHN2200AT
MHN2300AT
MHR2010AT
MHR2020AT
MHR2030AT
MHR2040AT
MHS2020AT
MHS2020AT20PK
MHS2020AT50PK
MHS2030AT
MHS2030AT50PK
MHS2040AT
MHS2040AT50PK
MHS2040ATED20PK
MHS2060AT
MHS2060AT20PK
MHS2060AT50PK
MHT2020AT
MHT2020AT50PK
MHT2030AT
MHT2030AT20PK
MHT2030AT50PK
MHT2040AH
MHT2040AT
MHT2040AT20PK
MHT2040AT50PK
MHT2040BH
MHT2043AT
MHT2060AH
MHT2060AT
MHT2060AT20PK
MHT2060AT50PK
MHT2060BH
MHT2080AH
MHT2080AT
MHT2080AT20PK
MHT2080AT50PK
MHT2080BH
MHT2300AT
MHU2100AT
MHV2040AH
MHV2040AT
MHV2040BH
MHV2060AH
MHV2060AT
MHV2060BH
MHV2080AH
MHV2080AT
MHV2080BH
MHV2100AH
MHV2100AT
MHV2100BH
MHV2120AT
MHV2120BH
MHV2160BT
NH09T1B1978F
NH10T1A15VF9
NH10T1A15VK7
NH10T2118PES
NH10T2118RYE
NH53T195DTL6
NHCOT1C15JYK
NJ16T2212R48
NJ16T25161NK
NJ39T2613KBV
NJA2T29161VV
NJC2T2B13H4M
VH64T1200L5Y
VL03T1905F21
2.5″ & 3.5″ EXTERNAL MOBILE USB & FIREWIRE
CG01000464101
CG01000464201
CG01000483201
CG01000483301
FSC2-00163
FSC2-00402
SERIAL ATA / SATA / SERVER / RAID / NAS / SAN
M1603TAU
M1606TAU
M1612TAU
M1614TAU
M1623TAU
M1624TAU
M1636TAU
M1638TAU
MPA-3017AT
MPA-3026AT
MPA-3035AT
MPA-3043AT
MPA-3052AT
MPB-3021AT
MPB-3032AT
MPB-3043AT
MPB-3052AT
MPB-3064AT
MPC-3032AT
MPC-3043AT
MPC-3064AT
MPC-3084AT
MPC-3096AT
MPD-3043AT PB13
MPD-3064AT PB13
MPD-3084AT
MPD-3108AT
MPD-3130AT
MPD-3173AT
SCSI / SERVER / RAID / NAS / SAN
2244SA
CA01407B763
CA01606B322
CA01606B362
CA01606B522
CA01606B562
CA01682B322
CA01682B362
CA01682B522
CA01682B562
CA01776B320
CA01776B350
CA01776B520
CA01776B550
CA01776B920
CA01776B950
CA05348B220
CA05348B250
CA05348B420
CA05348B450
CA05668B220
CA05668B550
CA05904B400
CA06102B460
CA06200B100
CA06200B160
CA06200B200
CA06200B20020PK
CA06200B260
CA06200B26020PK
CA06200B400
CA06200B460
CA06227B100
CA06227B160
CA06227B200
CA06227B260
CA06227B400
CA06227B460
CAO1606B922
CAO1606B962
CG01000431201
CG01000490901
M1603SAU
M1606SAU
M2244SA
M2245SA
M2246SA
M2247S
M2247SA
M2247SB
M2248S
M2248SA
M2248SB
M2249S
M2249SA
M2249SB
M2261H
M2261S
M2262H
M2262S
M2263H
M2263HA
M2263S
M2263SA
M2266H
M2266HA
M2266S
M2266SA
M2266SB
M2344KS
M2613SA
M2614ESA
M2614SA
M2622FA
M2622SA
M2623FA
M2623SA
M2624FA Eaglet
M2624HA
M2624SA
M2651HA
M2651SA
M2652H
M2652HA
M2652S
M2652SA
M2653
M2654H
M2654HA
M2654HB
M2654HD
M2654S
M2654SA
M2681
M2682
M2682SAU
M2684
M2684SAU
M2691EHA
M2691ESA
M2694EHA
M2694ESA
M2694SA
M2903
M2903SGM
M2909
M2915
M2927HA
M2927SA
M2932SA
M2932x
M2934
M2934CUU
M2934SAU
M2934X
M2949EUP
M2949Q
M2949S
M2949X
M2952
M2952EUP
M2952S
M2952W
M2952X
M2954
M2954Q
M2954S
M2954X
M3045SP
M3091SP
MAA-3182FC
MAA3182SC
MAA3182SP
MAA3182SPN
MAB-3045
MAB3045SC
MAB3045SP
MAB-3091FC
MAB3091SC
MAB3091SP
MAC3045SC
MAC3045SP
MAC3091SC
MAC3091SP
MAE3091LC 5L
MAE3091LC AL5
MAE3091LC
MAE3091LP
MAE3091LP AL5
MAE-3091LP-CMPQ
MAE3182LC
MAE3182LP
MAE3182LE
MAE3182LP
MAE3182LP AL5
MAF3364LC
MAF3364LC AL5E
MAF3364LP
MAF3364LP 5LE
MAF3364LP AL5E
MAG3091FC
MAG3091LC
MAG3091LC AL5
MAG3091LP
MAG3091LP AL5
MAG3091MC
MAG3091MP
MAG309LC
MAG3182FC
MAG3182LC
MAG3182LC 5LE
MAG3182LC AL5E
MAG3182LP
MAG3182MC
MAG3182MP
MAH3091MC
MAH3091MP
MAH3182MC
MAH3182MP
MAJ3091MC
MAJ3091MP
MAJ3091MP12PK
MAJ3182MC
MAJ3182MP
MAJ3364MC
MAJ3364MP
MAM3184MC
MAM3184MP
MAM3367MC
MAM3367MP
MAN3184MC
MAN3184MP
MAN3367FC
MAN3367MC
MAN3367MP
MAN3735FC
MAN3735MC
MAN3735MP
MAP3147NC
MAP3147NC20PK
MAP3147NP
MAP3147NP20PK
MAP3367NC
MAP3367NC20PK
MAP3367NP
MAP3367NP20PK
MAP3735NC
MAP3735NC20PK
MAP3735NP
MAP3735NP20PK
MAS3184NC
MAS3184NC20PK
MAS3184NP
MAS3367NC
MAS3367NC20PK
MAS3367NP
MAS3735NC
MAS3735NP
MAT3073NC
MAT3073NP
MAT3147NC
MAT3147NP
MAT3300NC
MAT3300NP
MAU3036NC
MAU3036NP
MAU3073NC
MAU3073NP
MAU3147NC
MAU3147NP
MAV2036RC
MAV2073RC
MAW3073NC
MAW3073NP
MAW3147NC
MAW3147NP
MAW3300NC
MAW3300NP
MAX3036NC
MAX3036NP
MAX3073NC
MAX3073NP
MAX3147NC
MAX3147NP
S26361F2266L173
S26361F2336L173
S26361F2336L518
S26361F2336L536
S26361F2824L136
SYF2336L118P
PARALLEL TRANSFER SMD
M2350A M2360A
SMD
B03B-4745-B002A
B03B-4885-B002A
B03B-4965-B002A
B03B-7015-B002A
B03B-8595-B002A
M2380A
M2382K
M2392K
M2312K
M2322K
M2333K
M2344K
M2294NU
M2298K
M2372K
SL IDE AT
M2611T M2616T-ET
SUPER EAGLE SMD
M2361A
ST-506
2230AS
2233AS
2234AS
2235AS
2241AS
ST-506 RLL
M2225DR
EIDE
CA01675B331000
EAGLE SMD
M2351A
ESDI
2244E 2245E M2249
FC
MAP3147FC
MAP3147FC20PK
MAP3735FC
MAP3735FC20PK
S26361F2435L173
FHT MFM ST412
M2230AS
M2233AS
M2234AS
M2235AS
M2241AS
FHT MFM ST506
M2241AS2
M2242AS
M2242AS2
M2243AS
M2243AS2
FHT ESDI
M2244E
M2245E
M2246E
M2247E
M2248E
M2249E
M2261E
M2263E
FHT IPI-2
M2652P M2671P
HHT MFM ST412
M2225D2 M2226D2
HHT MFM ST506
M2227D2 M2227DW2 M2243T
HHT RLL ST412
M2226DR M2227DR
HHT RLL ST506
M2243R
HHT IDE AT
M2612T-ET
M2613T-ET
M2614-ET
M2614T-ET
M2622T
M2623T
M2624T

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