dodgy disk already!

BigP · 30 May 2007 at 00:48

Bought it at the start of the year.

Just booted up to find a corrupt registry.

chkdsk /r from the recorvery console has done 3 fixes so far.

Bad hardware or what?

Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA..

Went to 75% then 50% just now.....tick tick tick...theres my problem..

smids · 30 May 2007 at 00:52

Just backup your data now and get a warranty return on it. All drives will fail, how long they last is anyone's guess. Some are luckier than others.

BigP · 30 May 2007 at 00:54

smids said:
Just backup your data now and get a warranty return on it. All drives will fail, how long they last is anyone's guess. Some are luckier than others.

I have no data. Its all programs and OS. The rest is on removable media. Work in IT so I know the value of backups...

How to get a warranty return? Through OC or HW supplier ?

BigP · 30 May 2007 at 01:01

any drive fitness tests I should do before returning to supplier ?

semi-pro waster · 30 May 2007 at 10:07

Run Seatools from the Seagate website as that should tell you if the drive passes or fails, available here. You can also check the returns procedure on another link from that page.

smids · 30 May 2007 at 18:15

Usually for WD, I go through them direct, as they turnaround pretty quickly and offer an advanced RMA service. It's up to you though, you have the choice.

Of the 12 Seagate drives I own, none have failed, so I can't comment on their returns procedure. I agree with semi-pro though, always run the fitness tool first and this will confirm it. Sometimes you can save these and print them out to include with the RMA.