Journal egork's Journal: Fix too frequent WD Green Caviar Head Parking
Get FreeDOS image http://www.finnix.org/files/balder10.img
and the utility http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=609&sid=113&lang=en
Add to the
menuentry "FreeDOS (WesternDigital Idle3 tool)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd6,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set PUT_HERE_UUID_OF_YOUR_DRIVE
linux16
insmod ext2
set root=(hd6,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set PUT_HERE_UUID_OF_YOUR_DRIVE
initrd16
}
Get this part from
set root=(hd6,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set PUT_HERE_UUID_OF_YOUR_DRIVE
Create FAT partition with Disc Utility from Gnome and formate with mkfs.vfat (fat32)
Reboot into the mode 3 in FreeDOS (wait until system asks you, it can take a few seconds) and with C: you will get to the utility.
Disabling of the timer
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Fix too frequent WD Green Caviar Head Parking
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