Just Found Bad Sectors

[Deleted member 70857]

Just done an error check on my Samsung 1.5TB EcoDrive and have found some Bad sectors.

Purchased the drive just before Christmas. Does this give me grounds to RMA?

 

[AbsenceJam]

Yes - http://www.samsunghddvalue.com/WebRMA/RMARequest/EnduserRMARequest.aspx .
But you might want to do the low level format in ESTool frist to see if it's a physical bad sector or just marked bad mistakenly.

 

[DJ Prem]

I'd go with the RMA

 

[Netguy]

with bad sectors and you're able to repair the sectors, is there a chance of it coming back?

 

[Deleted member 70857]

Ran ESTool and it reported errors. Did a Low Level Format and still errors... Wow its tough to deal with when your nearly full 1.5TB drive needs to be backed up haha