Error With Hard Drive?

SoildSnake · 5 Feb 2011 at 13:29

When using "Hard Disk Sentinel" one of my 1.5 f2 samsungs it says: "Problems occurred between the communication of the disk and the host". What does this mean is the drive failing or something; i did a quick scan and it passed?

SoildSnake · 6 Feb 2011 at 14:19

mukhs11 · 6 Feb 2011 at 14:37

format drive to ntfs .. if this does not work. hdd is possibly dead.

SoildSnake · 6 Feb 2011 at 19:13

I have already formatted it and am using it

SoildSnake · 7 Feb 2011 at 13:45

I have been using the drive for a while with NTFS; so does anyone know what the "Problems occurred between the communication of the disk and the host" is all about?

SoildSnake · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:02

chippy08 · 7 Feb 2011 at 19:35

check sata cable to see if thats ok that can cause communication errors.

SoildSnake · 7 Feb 2011 at 20:07

I am using it in the icybox caddy/dock thing; but i have tried a different caddy and the same issue arises. What exactly does this mean any how?

SoildSnake · 8 Feb 2011 at 14:48

wonko · 8 Feb 2011 at 17:18

I'm not familiar with the software you're using, but if I suspect a hard disk is acting up then I have a look at the smart data and in the windows event log for any clues, and run the manufacturer's diagnostics (ESTOOL for samsung).
It's perhaps the software not recognising the (USB?) interface of your dock thing and misreporting a problem - I'd connect it directly to one of your motherboard's sata ports and try again.