Accessing Hard Drive Firmware

Today I tested out accessing a Seagate hard drive’s serial console.

Here is the general setup.
HDwithUSBTTL

 

One problem I had was figuring out how the cables connected, here is a top closeup view
HDwireorientation

Its cool because once it connects you can run commands and look at the status of the hard drive.

putty console

Did a relatively easy workout today, ran 35 minutes on the treadmill, I sure do sweat a lot.

 

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