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    Dying HDD? WDC5000BEVT

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jackluo923, Mar 28, 2012.

  1. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    as per title
    HDTune_Benchmark_WDC_WD5000BEVT-26A0R.png

    P.S SMART info cannot be displayed by hdtunes for this harddrive.
     
    jackluo923, Mar 28, 2012
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Is that a boot drive or secondary drive? Looks normal if there might be background programs accessing the drive.
     
    namaiki, Mar 28, 2012
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    Can't you use another utility to check for SMART data like crystal disk info or WD's own drive testing utility?
     
    tijo, Mar 28, 2012
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    That is a fresh install of windows 7 with nothing running during benchmarking. However, the access time is very high.
     
    jackluo923, Mar 28, 2012
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    Did you try a full error scan and see if it finds any bad sectors?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 28, 2012
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    HDTUNE:
    1 bad sector, but scanning speed is around 500kb/s around the point where hdtune shows low performance.



    WD Life Guard:
    WD quick test.PNG
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    Test Option: QUICK TEST
    Model Number: WDC WD5000BEVT-26A0RT0
    Unit Serial Number: WD-WXM1E60MJ800
    Firmware Number: 01.01A01
    Capacity: 500.11 GB
    SMART Status: PASS
    Test Result: FAIL
    Test Error Code: 06-Quick Test on drive 1 did not complete! Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 97 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 1!
    Test Time: 20:02:45, March 27, 2012

    Test Option: QUICK TEST
    Model Number: WDC WD5000BEVT-26A0RT0
    Unit Serial Number: WD-WXM1E60MJ800
    Firmware Number: 01.01A01
    Capacity: 500.11 GB
    SMART Status: PASS
    Test Result: FAIL
    Test Error Code: 06-Quick Test on drive 1 did not complete! Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 97 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 1!
    Test Time: 20:04:47, March 27, 2012


    Test Option: EXTENDED TEST
    Model Number: WDC WD5000BEVT-26A0RT0
    Unit Serial Number: WD-WXM1E60MJ800
    Firmware Number: 01.01A01
    Capacity: 500.11 GB
    SMART Status: PASS
    Test Result: FAIL
    Test Error Code: 08-Error was detected while repairing bad sectors.
    Test Time: 00:06:37, March 28, 2012
     
    jackluo923, Mar 28, 2012
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    Run CMD has an admin and run chkdsk /r (target drive):
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 28, 2012
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    It sounds like indexing might be utilizing the hard drive. As for the SMART diagnostics, try using the Intel SSD Toolbox. SMART checks with that program work with more than just Intel's drives.
     
    Greg, Mar 28, 2012
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    I don't think hdtune will read out any smart data. Even WD's own diagnostic utility fails to read SMART data.

    Its not indexing for sure because i turned that service off when doing benchmark.

    As for running chkdisk, it has been over 4 hrs, still haven't finished.
     
    jackluo923, Mar 28, 2012
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    I would try CrystalDiskInfo, I have a similar drive to yours on my T61 and it reads SMART data fine so it could be worth a shot.

    [​IMG]
     
    PatchySan, Mar 28, 2012
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    If it's taking hours and hours for chkdsk to run, likely a bad hard drive, this is precisely the reason I only buy SSDs now..
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 28, 2012
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    This laptop used to have an intel 320 120gb ssd until it is sent in for repair. I had to replace it with original hard drive that came with this machine. It is a painful experience going back to hdd from an ssd.
     
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