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However, I can not write anything to the drive even format it: the same error. I would like to know if there is a chance to restore the drive without a special service? You could try running "ATA Secure Erase" via hdparm to request the disk forget all its contents, including hopefully the whole SMR internal metadata. hdparm --security-set-pass foo /dev/sdz hdparm --security-erase[-enhanced] foo /dev/sdz As the name suggests, this will erase any data you haven't yet recovered. ( hdparm works through USB adapters. Yes, you have to set an ATA password on the disk; it gets automatically removed after an erase, though note that the erase will take ~2h or more. If the disk is directly...
Full answer by grawity: https://superuser.stackexchange.com/a/1940349 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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