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.
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 |