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    Crystal Disk - Caution

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Laptopz, Dec 18, 2012.

  1. Laptopz

    Laptopz Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,
    So I've never run any of these types of tools before, but thought I would give it a go.. and one of my hard drives came up as "caution" for the health status. Don't know what I should do about it now!
    Hard Drive.jpg
     
    Laptopz, Dec 18, 2012
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Backup your data and start shopping for a new drive.
     
    Commander Wolf, Dec 18, 2012
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  3. baii

    baii Sone

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    Backup the data, run a chkdsk and use it till it dies. It may last for years.
     
    baii, Dec 18, 2012
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  4. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    If it's only a few bad sectors, chkdsk it and if it still gives errors after a chkdsk, trash it or return under warranty.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 18, 2012
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  5. spandexninja

    spandexninja Notebook Consultant

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    I've never had Seatools report anything even after using the longer scan option (on 2 drives with bad sectors). Apparently bad sectors mean healthy drive with Seagate.
     
    spandexninja, Dec 19, 2012
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  6. Laptopz

    Laptopz Notebook Consultant

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    Well I went to tools / error checking on my hard drive (assuming that's chkdsk) and it reported nothing wrong. In Seatools, it passed on the SMART check, but failed in the Short Drive Self Test.
     
    Laptopz, Dec 19, 2012
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  7. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The way I see it, unless you don't care about your data, you should consider replacing the drive as soon as it fails any test. It's all or nothing.
     
    Commander Wolf, Dec 19, 2012
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  8. baii

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    The smart info is not showing typical bad sector though, usually it is 05 Reallocated sector count when bad sector stack up.
     
    baii, Dec 19, 2012
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  9. Laptopz

    Laptopz Notebook Consultant

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    Just to update, I erased the drive with zeros and now the drive is showing that it's healthy.
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    Laptopz, Jan 12, 2013
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  10. subzero788

    subzero788 Newbie

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    Hi , I have the same problem with my drive. IS your drive still working ok after you erased your drive "with zeros". And would you be able to point me in the right direction on how to go about doing that?

    Cheers
     
    subzero788, Sep 23, 2013
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  11. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    10 month old thread so you might not get a reply as a lot only come on forum when theres problems.

    have you got you operating system disc and licence key and also your drivers disc.

    if you have then download dban Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing and run it. warning you will lose everything on the drive so backup first.
    once complete put your operating disc in drive and turn on lappy and let it load as new and hopefully you are done.
    if you still have problems and the drive is out of warranty from your supplier then it could still be covered by the manufacturer.

     
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    MrDJ, Sep 24, 2013
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  12. jotm

    jotm Notebook Evangelist

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    @subzero788 You could use WD's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows - it worked for me for a Samsung drive (which I dropped and it showed some pending sectors count, a full zero write made SMART report healthy again, it still works fine - but you should get worried when reallocated sector count goes up).
     
    jotm, Sep 24, 2013
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