Hard drive broken? Help

chaosquall · 28 Feb 2010 at 04:41

My hard drive failed on me, it wouldent boot up in anymode, it mentioned bad sectors so i did a clean reformat (not quick) then re-installed everything it was fine for a day then it happend again, im now using my old 200gb drive because i dont know what to do, is there anything / anyway i can fix it?

bleach lol? a hammer? no really is there somthing i can do to repair it?

im not sure what more info i can provide.

It is a wd caviar green 1tb was running at #24c under load and wasnt shaken nudged ect, also tried diffrent sata connections and cables.

I have had it just over a year now, any more info can be provided if you need it.

Thanks for the help.

chaosquall · 1 Mar 2010 at 00:43

can any one help me on this matter?

s452 · 1 Mar 2010 at 00:45

is there data you need on it?
if not just RMA it

postmanfw · 1 Mar 2010 at 00:48

RMA if no data...if data on it try spinrite of hdd regenerator as they can repair the bad sectors so the datas readable

chaosquall · 1 Mar 2010 at 06:07

no there was data i needed on it but i didnt care much so reformatted it and it happend again. I cant rma is because the warranty ran out 2 weeks ago

Schizo · 1 Mar 2010 at 07:07

chaosquall said:
no there was data i needed on it but i didnt care much so reformatted it and it happend again. I cant rma is because the warranty ran out 2 weeks ago

then buy a new one as it sounds like your one is broken beyond repair.

chaosquall · 1 Mar 2010 at 07:58

=( was hoping there could be a fix for it, is there littraly nothing i can do? i will throw it away if there is littraly nothing i can do, will shaking it fix it lmao? i will give ne thing a try

rz30 · 1 Mar 2010 at 08:58

You can try and partition it, in my experience most of the bad sectors will be at the start. So he you could create 2 partitions, 30GIG and then the rest. Then install windows to the second partition, this means you lose the first 30GIGS. IT has worked for me before.

chaosquall · 1 Mar 2010 at 15:28

rz30 said:
You can try and partition it, in my experience most of the bad sectors will be at the start. So he you could create 2 partitions, 30GIG and then the rest. Then install windows to the second partition, this means you lose the first 30GIGS. IT has worked for me before.

very nice idea i shall try that much better then throwing it away.

Baldrick1001 · 2 Mar 2010 at 07:31

throwing it away is the only sensible option - who wants to keep data on a HDD that is failing?? HDD's aren't too expensive - the risk is to high.

s452 · 2 Mar 2010 at 11:55

the senible option is to get a torx screwdriver and take the magnet out before throwing it away. a HDD in several peices will ensure any data recovery isnt possible if you are paranoid about data security.

also have you tried emailing WD to see if the RMA road is still available even though your HDD warranty ran out?

chaosquall · 2 Mar 2010 at 12:17

s452 said:
the senible option is to get a torx screwdriver and take the magnet out before throwing it away. a HDD in several peices will ensure any data recovery isnt possible if you are paranoid about data security.

also have you tried emailing WD to see if the RMA road is still available even though your HDD warranty ran out?

no i havent i will give it a go thanks i just presumed its run out and they will leave it at that.