All About Harddisk Thread V4
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 Apr 2 2014, 12:07 PM
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Hi WTA warranty period for Seagate Baracuda 1tb 64mb Now changed alreadi rite? 3 years or 2 years.
Warranty Claim Seagate or WD better? i.e. easy access service centre. me stay in Subang jaya This post has been edited by alvinfks78: Apr 2 2014, 12:14 PM |
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Apr 9 2014, 01:45 PM
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Asking some input on the SMART data ( Speedfan (Left) & WD Diagnostic Tools (right)
[attachmentid=3923357] Confused on reading data current pending sector count 1 on speedfan but WD diagnostic 0. |
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Apr 10 2014, 09:21 AM
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QUOTE(wildwestgoh @ Apr 9 2014, 05:34 PM) Current Pending Sector count does not means the sector is bad, it just means the sector has some issue reading and it timed out just marked as "Pending Sector". Thanks good story. You can backup your data into another hard disk and perform wipe on it, single pass will do for most, I use LLF (Low Level Format) tool software to perform the wipe, WD Diagnose also has this function I believe. After the wipe, lookup the SMART again and see the result on the "Sector Count" or look out for "Reallocated....", if all the status is 0 means your hard disk actually working fine but it won't guarantee it will not happen again. In my case my Seagate has encountered this as many as 4 times, I did wipe over them, all SMART shows fine and only last for few weeks to days then the stat "Current Pending Sector Count" shows up 1 again, I got fed up and didn't do anything about it since it didn't affect my OS nor my data so it's fine, been running with that stat for quite sometimes now. TL;DR (If you're lazy to read my story): Do a wipe of your hard disk (BACKUP FIRST!!) then check the SMART again for "Current Pending Sector Count", "Reallocated Sector Count", if both stat are 0 means your hard disk is working fine, you can use it as data storage for non-importants if you're paranoid.    good info. The HDD bought from on cheap warranty expired 2010 I did do the LLF before and relocated sector count went to 2 and current pending went back to 0. Think there is no definate answer. have to evaluate how i want to use this hdd. thanks again. |
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Apr 22 2014, 10:40 AM
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QUOTE(wildwestgoh @ Apr 9 2014, 05:34 PM) Current Pending Sector count does not means the sector is bad, it just means the sector has some issue reading and it timed out just marked as "Pending Sector". thanks for info. You can backup your data into another hard disk and perform wipe on it, single pass will do for most, I use LLF (Low Level Format) tool software to perform the wipe, WD Diagnose also has this function I believe. After the wipe, lookup the SMART again and see the result on the "Sector Count" or look out for "Reallocated....", if all the status is 0 means your hard disk actually working fine but it won't guarantee it will not happen again. In my case my Seagate has encountered this as many as 4 times, I did wipe over them, all SMART shows fine and only last for few weeks to days then the stat "Current Pending Sector Count" shows up 1 again, I got fed up and didn't do anything about it since it didn't affect my OS nor my data so it's fine, been running with that stat for quite sometimes now. TL;DR (If you're lazy to read my story): Do a wipe of your hard disk (BACKUP FIRST!!) then check the SMART again for "Current Pending Sector Count", "Reallocated Sector Count", if both stat are 0 means your hard disk is working fine, you can use it as data storage for non-importants if you're paranoid. Small update to the HDD, it kaboom  . So reinstall the windows, didin't format or erase anything. then check current pending sectors count speed fan = 0 again.  . oh well...........  |
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