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7/24/12 at 9:40pm

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hey

1) how could i tell if my HDD is dying?
i experience a lot of freezes, random lockups and restarts

earlier i was using both seagate and WD
then seagate only
now WD green, but currently its working fine

2) which tests am i supposed to run?

i ran SMART, and it shows warning in "reallocated sector count" in seagate

what could be the consequences?

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7/24/12 at 9:54pm

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Run HDtune and post the "health" page here or crystal disk info and post the smart info (just take a screen shot)

Also run a surface scan and tell us how many bad sectors.

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7/24/12 at 9:55pm

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hard drive is making strange noises
slowing down or losing a few files
clicking sound
no operating system can be found when you start your computer
Windows crashes
lock-up during booting

you could try a free program called HD Tune not the pro version though
Check For Bad Sectors using HD tune or any other program you may have

but sounds like you got a bad drive MAYBE

the consequences are a dead and unrecoverable drive so make your backups and use the drive you think is failing for not important stuff

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7/24/12 at 10:01pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperDeo

hard drive is making strange noises
slowing down or losing a few files
clicking sound
no operating system can be found when you start your computer
Windows crashes
lock-up during booting
you could try a free program called HD Tune not the pro version though
Check For Bad Sectors using HD tune or any other program you may have
but sounds like you got a bad drive MAYBE
the consequences are a dead and unrecoverable drive so make your backups and use the drive you think is failing for not important stuff

This. I would personally make an image with the windows backup feature so you have your stuff safe and sound. Trust me, data recovery from a drive is.... a pain and sometimes very costly (I work as a tech so I see it EVERY day).

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7/24/12 at 10:14pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Xeb

speaking of a system image i need to make one ASAP. last time my drive hit the dust i died with it XD
but i managed to survive after the computer shop recovered my files for $300 i told them it wasn't important stuff (it was my life %100 important XD i had work files and deadline on there, enough stuff to really give me a heart attack and die XD but if i told them that they would really charge me a eye and leg

now i have 5 external hard drives that backup my files every week

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7/24/12 at 10:18pm

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Lol.

Or you could be like the cool kids and run RAID 5.

OP, let us know if your drive is making any funny noises as well and post them screen shots!

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7/25/12 at 4:44am

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thanks for the quick replies guys
i am not running windows 7 currently, couldnt get it to install

right now i am using ubuntu
i ran disk utility, it says the disk is healthy for the WD green
fro seagate barracuda, it says it has few bad sectors
i'll upload screenshots in a moment

Screenshot from 2012-07-25 17:15:10.png 306k .png file

Screenshot from 2012-07-25 17:17:29.png 320k .png file

the pic with the warning is of seagate
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7/25/12 at 5:28am

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Replace the drive. Bad sectors = failing drive

That bad sector could be someplace important (like right in the middle of the os)

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7/25/12 at 5:31am

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I had a 120GB drive which I had all my downloads on and stuff including my Minecraft server, it made clicking noises and began to crash my computer, as far as I know it's dead.

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CrystalDiskInfo 5.0 is another good free app for checking hard drive problems. Just use this for the backup and it is free. Thanks
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