Hi

Thought you have RMA'ed the HDD and decided not to try anything on it.

Anyway problem could be due to HDD surface or R/W heads. In anyway, you should try to backup the data from the HDD using tools like PhotoRec on Hiren BootCD for the most damaged/stubborn files to get off the HDD. RMA is your easiest way rather than wasting time trying to low-level format etc. Just tell them the performance suffers too much to be any use for you.

Rgds,

can anyone help with this?
i just wan to take out all the data inside

i ask some of my frens they say just swap the PCB on it
but i cant seem to find the same pcb for it

already try to ask, they say waranty finish already so cant rma

Sorry to hear bout that. I hope you managed to get all your data.

Anyway, the first thing I would do is to confirm if it's surface related problem. Download HDTune free at http://www.hdtune.com/download.html and run the Error Scan function.

Read the FAQ here http://www.hdtune.com/faq_1.html

If problem is related to surface damage, you can run a chkdsk command from the Windows Bootup DVD -> Windows Repair command prompt. The command is "chkdsk /r /x". Windows will check on each HDD sector and mark the damaged sector.

already done, i think no other way, i dont care about the data..just wanna use dat drive..cuz low space already dem samsung

I don't think that's easy as your friend said, PCB for each and every hard disk is different, it's trial and error for some, but if you screw up, you lose your data in one swoop.
Best is to pay a little visit to specialize shop (can't remember which) and let them deal with data recovery.
If you want to recover it yourself, you have to find the PCB of which of the same model, same manufacturing batch and not just date, if your drive is old the chances is little high, but if it's new, then it's of luck, rarely new drive fail (can RMA after all).

i just rma it back at mid of april...
i guess no luck le...

EDIT

its on SSD thread now.



This post has been edited by TheHitman47: Jun 16 2014, 12:30 PM

Isn't this suppose to be at SSD thread instead?

im looking for that, but too sleepy to notice the thread last night.

thanks man, i already edited the post now.

double post.

This post has been edited by TheHitman47: Jun 16 2014, 12:33 PM

guys, i heard that wd green has the head parking issue which causes high load cycle counts. assuming that i'm using it for a storage drive and constantly downloading(torrenting) videos and music to the drive, will it be an issue?

looking around for 2tb drives, are the seagate barracuda's solid? worried about its 1-year warranty as opposed to wd green's 2-years and wd red's 3 years.

Old news? If you're constantly accessing the HDD, then the head won't park, constant torrenting won't be an issue.
As for the warranty, Seagate has changed his to 2-year, if you're into warranty, get the SV35 (WDC AV Green equivalent) which has 3-year warranty, just add around RM20~40 more depends on location and shop.

DreamScars - There is always wdidle3 to manage the WD Green diskpark feature. I've heard that WD has improved the current version over the original Green which was problematic. You can also consider WD Blue/Red/Black instead, which has 2/3/5 yrs warranty respectively.

wildwestgoh - How's your experience with Seagate SV35? Do you run Windows or Linux with it? My experience with WD AV Green has been 50/50. My 1st unit (20 months old) on a Linux torrent box has been performing solid. The 2nd was DOA and the replacement unit is sitting in my Win PC. It seems to be working better with Linux than Windows.

This post has been edited by mrbob: Jul 2 2014, 04:20 PM

Have you ever wondered what's the use of the unrecoverable read error (URE) measurement that is detailed in the specifications of your harddisk? If you are running RAID5 with HDDs that are 2TB or bigger, you should read the following 2 articles.

Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009 - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/why-raid...ing-in-2009/162

Has RAID5 stopped working? (2013 update) - http://www.zdnet.com/has-raid5-stopped-working-7000019939/

If you have RAID installed, what are your options?

1) Run RAID6 or RAIDZ2 (ZFS equivalent of RAID6) or higher
2) Ensure you have a proper backup for your critical data
3) If you can afford it, buy HDDs that have better URE ratings for better security and performance

just have a hitachi 2tb failed with at least 60 bad sectors which just past feb 2014 warranty expiry date.
hope the new hitachi enterprise 5yr wrty hdd can longer than this faulty hitachi entry level hdd >.<

Wowzers! 5 years warranty! Anyway you'd probably be ready to upgrade to a larger capacity HDD when you reach the 3rd year. Hopefully by then 6TB HDDs would become more affordable. *Keeping*fingers*crossed*

I don't have SV35, wanting to get one but local stock is not available or dealer does not want to due to low demand.
I only have the WDC AVGP 3TB, working fine so far but that's less run due to only-plug-when-needed.
As for my another WDC Green (normal one; 2-year warranty) is also only-plug-when-needed, so I think it should prone less issue. *cross-finger*

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Jul 2 2014, 05:26 PM

this hitachi 2tb already cost RM5xx ler, dun need get larger liao lor, as it is only save company data nia.

Which vendor have you asked? Both Jayacom and Viewnet featured the HDD on last week's pricelist.

Checkout the StorageReview piece on WD AVGP - http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_avgp_3tb_review