Firstchip Fc1178 Fc1179 | Mptools V1052 Best

First, confirm your hardware compatibility. Do not guess your controller model based on the exterior casing of the USB drive. Use a hardware identification utility like ChipGenius or Flash Drive Information Extractor. Plug in your corrupted drive and run the utility to verify that the "Controller Part Number" explicitly reads FirstChip FC1178, FC1179, or a direct variant.

| Controller | MPTools Version | Common in | |------------|----------------|------------| | FC1178 | v1052 (old) | Older USB 2.0 drives | | FC1179 | v1052 or v1072 | USB 3.0/3.1 drives | | FC1178BC | v1072+ | Modern cheap drives | firstchip fc1178 fc1179 mptools v1052 best