Western Digital Caviar Blue & Caviar Black: specifications & data recovery

Model numbers, technical details and data recovery for Western Digital Caviar Blue & Caviar Black hard drives sold 2008–2013. Fixed quote and a list of recoverable files before you pay.

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Western Digital Caviar Blue & Caviar Black: specifications & data recovery

About the Caviar Blue & Caviar Black

The Caviar name was dropped around 2013. These drives are still common in older desktops and recover well unless the platters have been scored.

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 Caviar Blue & Caviar Black family. Other capacities and variants are covered too.

WD5000AAKS
WD6400AAKS
WD10EALX
WD1001FALS
WD1002FAEX
WD2001FASS
WD2002FAEX

How we recover Caviar Blue & Caviar Black data

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.

Common questions

Can you recover data from a failed Western Digital Caviar Blue & Caviar Black?

In most cases, yes. 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.

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.

Get a price from a technician

Tell us the make, the model and what has gone wrong. A technician replies with a price and the quickest way to sort it – normally the same working day.

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