Data Recovery on LS-500GL (Bad Controller?)

[phcaptjim]

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!

[Harib]

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

[davo]

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.

[Harib]

davo agreed lol might as well delete it