Seagate Desktop SSHD & FireCuda 3.5" SSHD: specifications & data recovery
Model numbers, technical details and data recovery for Seagate Desktop SSHD & FireCuda 3.5" SSHD hard drives sold 2013–2020. Fixed quote and a list of recoverable files before you pay.
About the Desktop SSHD & FireCuda 3.5" SSHD
Hybrid drives combine a spinning disk with a small flash cache. Recovery is usually a hard-drive job, but the flash layer must be accounted for when firmware has failed.
Not sure which model you have? The model or part number is printed on the drive’s top label, for example ST2000DM008 or WD40EFRX.
Model numbers in this family
These are the most common model and part numbers in the Desktop SSHD & FireCuda 3.5" SSHD family. Other capacities and variants are covered too.
- ST1000DX001
- ST2000DX001
- ST4000DX001
- ST1000DX002
- ST2000DX002
How we recover Desktop SSHD & FireCuda 3.5" SSHD data
Mechanical faults are repaired with matched donor parts in a clean-air environment; firmware faults are corrected at service-area level. Every recovery works from an image, never the original.
See also Internal Hard Drives data recovery and other Seagate hard drives.
Common questions
Can you recover data from a failed Seagate Desktop SSHD & FireCuda 3.5" SSHD?
In most cases, yes. We image the drive with hardware that copes with weak heads and bad sectors, replacing heads or motors in clean-room conditions when needed, then rebuild the file system from the copy.
Where do I find my hard drive model number?
The model or part number is printed on the drive’s top label, for example ST2000DM008 or WD40EFRX.
Is my data kept private?
Yes. We access it only for the recovery and securely delete our copies afterwards.
Related pages
- Barracuda 7200.112007–2009 · 160GB–1.5TB
- Barracuda 7200.122009–2011 · 160GB–1TB
- Barracuda LP & Barracuda Green2009–2012 · 1TB–2TB
- Barracuda XT2009–2012 · 2TB–3TB
- Barracuda 7200.142011–2016 · 250GB–3TB
- BarraCuda (2016–2018, CMR)2016–2018 · 500GB–4TB
- BarraCuda (SMR)2017–2026 · 2TB–8TB
- BarraCuda Pro2016–2021 · 2TB–14TB
- Momentus 5400 & 7200 (laptop)2008–2012 · 80GB–750GB
- Momentus XT (SSHD)2010–2013 · 250GB–750GB
- Momentus Thin & Laptop Thin2011–2015 · 250GB–500GB
- Spinpoint M8 & ST1000LM0242011–2016 · 500GB–1TB
- Laptop SSHD2013–2016 · 500GB–1TB
- BarraCuda 2.5" & Mobile HDD2016–2026 · 500GB–5TB
- FireCuda 2.5" SSHD2016–2020 · 500GB–2TB
- NAS HDD2013–2016 · 1TB–6TB
- IronWolf2016–2026 · 1TB–12TB
- IronWolf Pro2016–2026 · 2TB–24TB
- SV35 & SkyHawk (surveillance)2011–2026 · 1TB–24TB
- Constellation ES, ES.2 & ES.32009–2016 · 500GB–4TB
- Enterprise Capacity 3.5 (v4–v7)2014–2018 · 2TB–10TB
- Exos X10–X162017–2021 · 10TB–16TB
- Exos X18–X24 & Mozaic2020–2026 · 16TB–30TB+
- 10K & 15K SAS (Cheetah, Savvio, Enterprise Performance)2008–2020 · 146GB–2.4TB
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