Hard Drive Died.. or dying.....

Zambini · February 21st, 2007

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Thats my HD.

Bought it in November 2006 along with my new compy.

It stopped working right. I think its a bad sector...

I tried doing Error-Checking utility but it failed 2 times. And this Hard drive was the reason my DVD took for-fecking-ever to burn. Cuz it couldn't read from the files.

ANYWAY. ALL my music is located on this hard drive, so I am gonna copy it and some backups to my external and then i'll format it to see if that makes it work and then I'll do the error check one more time. If it fails, <3 newegg and their 1-year replacement RMA thing.

What do you guys suggest I do besides the aforementioned plan?

Lead Head · February 21st, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zambini

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Thats my HD.

Bought it in November 2006 along with my new compy.

It stopped working right. I think its a bad sector...

I tried doing Error-Checking utility but it failed 2 times. And this Hard drive was the reason my DVD took for-fecking-ever to burn. Cuz it couldn't read from the files.

ANYWAY. ALL my music is located on this hard drive, so I am gonna copy it and some backups to my external and then i'll format it to see if that makes it work and then I'll do the error check one more time. If it fails, <3 newegg and their 1-year replacement RMA thing.

What do you guys suggest I do besides the aforementioned plan?

Stick it in a plastic bag with very little air and stick it in the freezer, let it get cold , then while its still cold connect it up. Only do that in a last ditch effort if you absolutely HAVE to get some kind of data off it.

EDIT: Like S.I. said, do it quickly. SOme hardrives may get an error and still live a good long life, otheres just start dieing very rapidly.

**simple_inhibition** · February 21st, 2007

ouch, sorry to hear :(

that sounds like a good plan to me. i hope it lives long enough for you to do it

good luck :)

Zambini · February 21st, 2007

Well I unplugged it and plugged it back in and Windows File system checker thingy popped up.

http://www.Zambinidirect.com/files/p...filesystem.jpg
http://www.Zambinidirect.com/files/p...ilesystem2.jpg

So I'm copying the mp3s n stuff from the 2nd hd to the first HD and its saying about 35 minutes remain.... so in the mornin ill set up the format and run it while i'm out.

SuperChip64 · February 22nd, 2007

Well, if all you loose is only one of two music files, that's not bad...

Before I RAIDed my Music drives, I had a 3 month old Maxtor 160Gb just up and sieze. I had to re-rip all of my music. In a way, it was a good thing, as all of that music was 160k to 320k MP3, now it's all in WML, which sounds better on the Cafe's sound system :)

SC64

**stinger608** · February 22nd, 2007

That is a real bummer Zambini!!!!

I have that exact drive, I think it was around the same time that I bought the drive, maybe October. It has performed flawlessly since I plugged it in!!!!
You must of just been unfortunate and got a bad one.

As a norm, Western Digital are dang good drives, so I would just RMA it any how, and Newegg will send you another one free of charge. I don't see any reason why not.

Zambini · February 22nd, 2007

Hmm... While copying I notice a sort of choppy-ness when moving the "Copying...." window. But the times are normal. ~15 minutes to copy my 6gb of pix and it was probably about 50-60 minutes to copy the ~80gb of music/other files.

How does that sound time-wise?

I'm gonna set up the format before I leave.

**Hitman** · February 22nd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zambini

Hmm... While copying I notice a sort of choppy-ness when moving the "Copying...." window. But the times are normal. ~15 minutes to copy my 6gb of pix and it was probably about 50-60 minutes to copy the ~80gb of music/other files.

How does that sound time-wise?

I'm gonna set up the format before I leave.

50-60 min for 80gigs of data sounds about right for a drive to drive transfer.

Quakindude · February 22nd, 2007

Have you checked the drives SMART data yet?

Zambini · February 22nd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quakindude

Have you checked the drives SMART data yet?

How?

*braces for the nubtrout slappage*

February 21st, 2007	#1
Zambini Lvl 1 College Student Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Mere du SantaCruz Posts: 1,919 Blog Entries: 1	Hard Drive Died.. or dying..... Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Thats my HD. Bought it in November 2006 along with my new compy. It stopped working right. I think its a bad sector... I tried doing Error-Checking utility but it failed 2 times. And this Hard drive was the reason my DVD took for-fecking-ever to burn. Cuz it couldn't read from the files. ANYWAY. ALL my music is located on this hard drive, so I am gonna copy it and some backups to my external and then i'll format it to see if that makes it work and then I'll do the error check one more time. If it fails, <3 newegg and their 1-year replacement RMA thing. What do you guys suggest I do besides the aforementioned plan?

February 21st, 2007	#3
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,439 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Hard Drive Died.. or dieing..... ouch, sorry to hear :( that sounds like a good plan to me. i hope it lives long enough for you to do it good luck :) Q6600 @ 3.6ghz (400x9 @ 1.408v) Gigabyte X38-DQ6 2x2GB G-Skill DDR2 1000 @ DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 2T 2.1v Visiontek HD4870 Seagate 7200.11 500GB 32MB Cache HDD Razer Barracuda AC1 Silverstone DA750 Samsung Dual Layer DVD Burner Lian Li G70WB Thermochill PA120.3\|Swiftech Storm Rev.2\|Swiftech MCP 655

February 21st, 2007	#4
Zambini Lvl 1 College Student Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Mere du SantaCruz Posts: 1,919 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Hard Drive Died.. or dieing..... Well I unplugged it and plugged it back in and Windows File system checker thingy popped up. http://www.Zambinidirect.com/files/p...filesystem.jpg http://www.Zambinidirect.com/files/p...ilesystem2.jpg So I'm copying the mp3s n stuff from the 2nd hd to the first HD and its saying about 35 minutes remain.... so in the mornin ill set up the format and run it while i'm out.

February 22nd, 2007	#5
SuperChip64 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Succasunna, NJ Posts: 27	Re: Hard Drive Died.. or dying..... Well, if all you loose is only one of two music files, that's not bad... Before I RAIDed my Music drives, I had a 3 month old Maxtor 160Gb just up and sieze. I had to re-rip all of my music. In a way, it was a good thing, as all of that music was 160k to 320k MP3, now it's all in WML, which sounds better on the Cafe's sound system :) SC64

February 22nd, 2007	#6
stinger608 The Real Final Word Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 2,541 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Hard Drive Died.. or dying..... That is a real bummer Zambini!!!! I have that exact drive, I think it was around the same time that I bought the drive, maybe October. It has performed flawlessly since I plugged it in!!!! You must of just been unfortunate and got a bad one. As a norm, Western Digital are dang good drives, so I would just RMA it any how, and Newegg will send you another one free of charge. I don't see any reason why not.

February 22nd, 2007	#9
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