The internals of the hard disk is not user accesible. The simple act of opening it in a normal environment is almost a sure way to kill it.

oh, crap..
so, 'm gonna need 2 buy new hdd la?

yea..the platter is very sensitive..wont work if there's dust on top of platter..

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What does that mean? Is it anything serious? If yes, Where do I find a Western Digital service centre in Kuala Lumpur? I can't get the details from their website.

Try running WD Lifeguard on that drive and see what it tells you to do. I think it has to be sent to Singapore for RMA...

hi.. donna if this the right place to ask this question..
my question is usually how long the lifetime of HDD..
in past 3 years my pc mostly turned on but lately my pc feel very slow.
does my HDD already reaching it limit ?

That actually means your HD is dying. Bad sectors are popping out on your HD. Like adbacc suggested, running WD Liveguard might help.

I've also have that problem. Sometimes windows doesn't boot, sometimes it does. But now, things seems fine now. If your data are really important, I recommend you to replace the HD.

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Added on March 15, 2012, 9:31 pmMight be the Windows installation. If possible, try reinstalling Windows. Even better, use Linux.
HDD is somewhat hard to predict. Sometimes they last for years, sometimes only a few month.

This post has been edited by iddeen: Mar 15 2012, 09:31 PM

If possible i will try to avoid reinstalling windows.
This because i have many game in it and don't even have their installer as backup.
If i buy new HDD, can i use it with my older HDD in windows and keep it without reinstalling?

I have tried Linux before but don't quite like it..
I admit that Linux feel smoother and faster but i find that quite difficult to use as daily use compared to Windows and OS X.

overclock...tried it before but...cause a lot of problem...

http://blogsyarih.com/non-system-disk-or-d...-your-computer/

Anyone has any suggestions about bringing a HDD on an airplane?

About a year ago, I brought my HDD wrapped in its anti-static bag, sandwiched between my towels to keep it from damage in my backpack.
Landed in Canada, and when I tried to set it up it wouldn't boot up at all. Putting it into an external 3.5" hardisk casing (Nexstar 3), I could access my data. (Whew!)

Ended up buying a new 2TB hard disk and transferring everything from the old HDD over.
Now my only issue now is...when I fly back to Malaysia..

Anyone has suggestions?

If I have to buy some sort of safe transportation casing specially designed for HDD's I would. (Well if there's such a thing)

This post has been edited by Katsuke: May 10 2012, 06:53 AM

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Is that serious? I just got it last month (RMA) after my previous HDD failed.

Its not so serious i guess. Better opt for another RMA i guess

just quickly send for wrty while u still can.

OK, cool. Thanks.

Will opt for another RMA then.

drop it while active.. guarantee

i tot u can juz bring it along with u on the plane, without putting it in the luggage.

Yes I did, but it still got damaged and couldn't be read after.

frequently disk partition can damaged hdd too or not?

Open the hard disk case. sure not working because even tiny particle like smoke particle will make hard disk rosak.

did anyone here freeze ur hdd to recover the data from died/dying hdd??