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Old May 25, 2022 | 04:40 AM
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Broken Command Hard drive replacement

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i have a sedan w205 2017 on which i installed 2018 model head unit (big screen) and was working perfectly well for years . I suddenly started to hear

ticking sound and since the sound started media including usb and bluetooth have stopped working. The inspection revealed that the hard drive in the command box is faulty and hence must be replaced.

the question is will an empty new hard drive with similar specs solve the issue or there need to transfer data into the new hard drive? And if yes where i can get these data given that the original hard drive is faulty? Technician suggested replacing the wole command box with new one which i am not convinced with and costly.

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Old May 31, 2023 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by sultaN w205
Hello all

i have a sedan w205 2017 on which i installed 2018 model head unit (big screen) and was working perfectly well for years . I suddenly started to hear

ticking sound and since the sound started media including usb and bluetooth have stopped working. The inspection revealed that the hard drive in the command box is faulty and hence must be replaced.

the question is will an empty new hard drive with similar specs solve the issue or there need to transfer data into the new hard drive? And if yes where i can get these data given that the original hard drive is faulty? Technician suggested replacing the wole command box with new one which i am not convinced with and costly.
How did you solve this?
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Old Jun 2, 2023 | 05:55 PM
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You need to transfer the data over, if you can somehow get the old hard drive to read on a different device, it might be possible to clone it.
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