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core2kid
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_ 		2. August 2008 @ 17:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a 40GB Western Digital hard drive that has firmware corruption to the extent where:
Windows and the BIOS knows the model number of the drive
The drive spins up
Windows/Linux/PS3 will not see the drive though in Disk Management.

Is there any utility I can use to reflash the firmware on the drive?

Here are firmware files for my HD, how do I flash these?
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ddp
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_ 		2. August 2008 @ 21:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have you checked the wd site?
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core2kid
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_ 		2. August 2008 @ 21:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes and I found nothing.
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ddp
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_ 		2. August 2008 @ 22:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you didn't post the firmware files.
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core2kid
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_ 		2. August 2008 @ 22:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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_ 		2. August 2008 @ 22:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what file(s) do you get when you open the rar file?
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core2kid
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_ 		2. August 2008 @ 22:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
.MO1 to .M29 files.
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