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    Is my HDD bad

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by aussiek2000, Aug 14, 2011.

  1. aussiek2000

    aussiek2000 Notebook Consultant

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    I have been having numerous freezing issues. All the other components have checked out fine. When I pulled up the SMART data on my HDD everything is above the specified threshold. So, Is this hard drive junk?


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    aussiek2000, Aug 14, 2011
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Run a chkdisk and see. Too many bad sectors would do it. If not you might have other issues.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Aug 14, 2011
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  3. wkbag

    wkbag Notebook Evangelist

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    many other programs will give better description of your HDD. condition like: "Crystal Disk info", "Acronis Drive Monitor", "Hard disk sentinel"
     
    wkbag, Aug 14, 2011
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  4. aussiek2000

    aussiek2000 Notebook Consultant

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    Acronis says that it is ok. I did notice that when it freezes, the hard drive light turns off. Seems to freeze more when I'm idle than under load conditions.
     
    aussiek2000, Aug 14, 2011
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  5. Full-English

    Full-English Notebook Deity

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    Download HDTune, and run the error scan, I would run the complete scan, not just the quick one.

    I've had similar issues in the past, SMART data was fine, but bad sectors, and causing many lockups, if this is the case, a new HDD would be in order. Once the HDD starts going bad, there's nothing you can do to stop it in my experience.
     
    Full-English, Aug 14, 2011
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  6. aussiek2000

    aussiek2000 Notebook Consultant

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    Tried running the error scan twice. It makes my computer freeze up about 3/4 of the way through.
     
    aussiek2000, Aug 15, 2011
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  7. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Sounds like it is going through a massive sector defect at that point (that it can't recover from).
     
    tilleroftheearth, Aug 15, 2011
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