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Title: Data Recovery on LS-500GL (Bad Controller?)
Post by: phcaptjim on January 04, 2013, 01:15:13 PM

A few weeks ago my LS-500GL had a problem and after many steps with the Buffalo Tech Support the final analysis was a bad controller. One suggestion from the TECH was a USB controller to read the disc as the data should be intact. I ordered a USB enclosure from Amazon and was very surprised with the results.

I took out the WD disc from my linkstation and attached to the USB enclosure. The device was then hooked up to my Windows 8 desktop.

The software I used to get recover my data was UFS Explorer v3.12 and I was able to browse my folders and retreive all of my data. It took about 12 hours to save about 300gb of data to my Windows 8 machine.

Is there anything I can do with my linkstation? Is it trash? What about this disc? I guess I can format the disc to NTFS and use it as a 500gb USB drive. Is it worth trying to format the drive and seeing if the Buffalo drive would work? I would love to hear any ideas or thoughts on this subject.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Data Recovery on LS-500GL (Bad Controller?)
Post by: Harib on August 24, 2021, 08:29:20 AM

hey try this link https://www.mysysadmintips.com/windows/clients/409-reinstall-buffalo-linkstation-ls-gl-firmware-after-hdd-replacement

Title: Re: Data Recovery on LS-500GL (Bad Controller?)
Post by: davo on August 24, 2021, 02:28:28 PM

Quote from: Harib on August 24, 2021, 08:29:20 AM
hey try this link https://www.mysysadmintips.com/windows/clients/409-reinstall-buffalo-linkstation-ls-gl-firmware-after-hdd-replacement

I think after 8 years he sorted it out one way or the other.

Title: Re: Data Recovery on LS-500GL (Bad Controller?)
Post by: Harib on August 25, 2021, 07:49:35 AM

davo agreed lol might as well delete it

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