Samsung hard drive recovery in Temecula
Samsung stopped making hard drives in 2011, when it sold the business to Seagate. Every Samsung hard drive still in use is therefore old, and many hold the only copy of family photos or business archives from that era. Age-related head wear and firmware faults are common, and spare parts are no longer made, so a lab with its own donor stock matters.
Today the Samsung name in storage means flash. See Samsung SSD recovery, Samsung portable drive recovery and memory card recovery.
Samsung drives we recover
- SpinPoint F1, F3 and F4
- 3.5-inch desktop drives.
- SpinPoint M7, M8 and M9T
- 2.5-inch laptop drives. The M8 and M9T designs carried on for years under the Seagate name.
- EcoGreen and SpinPoint T and P series
- Low-power and earlier desktop drives on SATA and IDE.
- Samsung-branded externals
- M3 Portable, D3 Station, S2 and Story Station.
Faults typical of Samsung hard drives
- Worn or failed heads
- Clicking, or a drive that spins up and down repeatedly.
- Firmware faults
- The drive is detected with no capacity or freezes during use. Some SpinPoint families had well-known firmware weaknesses.
- Circuit board failure
- The drive is completely dead with no spin and no sound.
- Bad sectors
- Slow reading and file errors as the platters degrade with age.
- Logical faults
- Deleted or formatted data, lost partitions and file system corruption.
Samsung models we recover
These ranges were sold between 2007 and 2017 and many are still in service. The model numbers below are the ones we see most often. On a Samsung SpinPoint the model number is printed on the top label after "Model:", for example HD103SJ or HN-M101MBB; Seagate-era labels also show an ST number such as ST1000LM024.
| Years | Range | Model numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 2007–2010 | SpinPoint F1, 3.5-inch | HD502IJ, HD753LJ, HD103UJ |
| 2008–2011 | EcoGreen F2 / F3, 3.5-inch 5400rpm | HD103SI, HD154UI, HD153WI, HD203WI |
| 2009–2011 | SpinPoint M7 / M7E laptop, 2.5-inch | HM500JI, HM321HI, HM641JI |
| 2009–2013 | SpinPoint F3, 3.5-inch 7200rpmST numbers are Seagate-labelled versions | HD502HJ, HD103SJ, ST500DM005, ST1000DM005 |
| 2010–2013 | SpinPoint F4 / EcoGreen F4, 3.5-inch | HD322GJ, HD155UI, HD204UI, ST2000DL004 |
| 2011–2016 | SpinPoint M8 laptop, 2.5-inchSold as Seagate Samsung after 2011 | HN-M500MBB, HN-M750MBB, HN-M101MBB, ST500LM012, ST750LM022, ST1000LM024 |
| 2013–2017 | SpinPoint M9T laptop, 2.5-inch 9.5mmBuilt by Seagate; common inside 2TB portable drives | HN-M151RAD, HN-M201RAD, ST1500LM006, ST2000LM003 |
Not listed? These are examples, not limits. If your model is missing we almost certainly still recover it. Give us the number when you start a case.
Recovering your Samsung data
Because these drives are old, the first power-up in the lab is planned carefully. We check the electronics and heads before the drive is allowed to spin, repair what is needed with matched donor parts, and image the drive on equipment that reads around weak areas. Files are then rebuilt from the image.
Call RMLD on (951) 595-8065 to discuss your Samsung drive, or start a case online.