"Windows detected a hard disk problem" Error

Rawz · 15 Jan 2011 at 14:24

I just started receiving this error from windows on my primary hdd with my windows 7 installation on it. I ran HDTune and this is the result:

It's this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279. I didn't purchase it for myself, I was given it for xmas a year ago.

I literally just has to upgrade my mobo/cpu/ram after the mobo or cpu went wrong. Could that have screwed with my HDD or is this a problem that could have been created by me fiddling with all my stuff. Or is the drive just kaput?? I've never had a failure before so it's all new to me.

Geek. · 15 Jan 2011 at 14:34

i would say you hard drive is on it's way out i would back up all your data i have seen a few samsung drives go like this also have a look on there website to see if thay have some software to check the drive for problems!

Rawz · 15 Jan 2011 at 15:20

Ok so from refusing to believe I have been **** on to the point that EVERYTHING in my computer wanted to die on me, I quickly swapped SATA cable and Power cable of the HDD just to make sure...

Now HDTune is showing 74 in the current column of the spin up time, obv. its still red because it stored the low point of 2.

Could this be due to a dodgy SATA power connector or data cable to the mobo? I damn well hope so I'm too poor to be spending more than the 450 odd quid that has escaped my wallet over the last week.

AtaRo · 15 Jan 2011 at 17:27

Use samsung es-tool diagnostic utility to test your drive.
es-tool is a dos based program so it requires you to have
a dos boot disk so sometimes this is a pain but for
convenience you can use ultimate boot cd it got lots
of programs in it for testing es-tool included.
Just download and burn to cd and boot your pc from it.