Need HDD help!

EggyDevil · Apr 3, 2013

last month i was using dxtroy for recording gameplay, and my second internal hdd tested 130mb/s . however when i tested it recently it was only 21mb/s and thats really slow and i dont know why. it hase 1Tb, 140gb is only used and it was fast.
what do i do?

thank you,
kind regards,
Eggy

Hawkeye22 · Apr 3, 2013

List the make/model of the drive. Also check the SMART status of the drive. Sometimes running chkdsk with the /f option can remedy these problems. Also, when is the last time you defragged that drive?

EggyDevil · Apr 3, 2013

Hawkeye22 :

Hitachi HDS721010DLE630
where do i find the smart status? and what is chkdsk with /f?

Here it says it can do 600mb/s? i only get 21mb/s?
http://www.testberichte.org/datenblatt/hitachi-deskstar-7k1000-d-hds721010dle630-1tb-5504714

alos this keeps poping up, why?

kenrivers · Apr 3, 2013

chkdsk /f is a command to check your drive for errors and the /f switch tells chkdsk to fix any problems it finds. You should check the Hitachi (now HGST) - http://www.hgst.com/support/downloads/ - site for diagnostic software (Windows Drive Fitness Test) related to your particular drive and this is where you should find SMART status. The popup window you see may be an indication that the drive is about to fail - Windows has detected problems with the drive. You should backup anything of value on that drive as soon as possible.

Hawkeye22 · Apr 4, 2013

To run chkdsk, see here. There are instructions for two ways to do this, command line, and GUI. Either will be fine. The procedure is almost identical between windows versions, which you didn't list your OS.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

Kenrivers listed an app to check the SMART status, "drive fitness test". It definately sounds like your hard drive is beginning to fail. Make backups of your data real soon!

EggyDevil · Apr 4, 2013

Hawkeye22 :

thanks, but its strange because its only 1 month old and i only used it to save video recodings to because it was fast storage

EggyDevil · Apr 4, 2013

Hawkeye22 :

its windows7, but also in the link it doesnt say what to type in cmd to make it fix the my 2nd harddrive e:\ , instread of c:\

Hawkeye22 · Apr 4, 2013

Exactly, change the drive letter before the colon.

chkdsk c: /f
chkdsk e: /f

Also, drives can die at any time regardless of age. that's the nature of mechanical drives.

EggyDevil · Apr 4, 2013

Hawkeye22 :

Ive done this twice... but this is what i get:

the chkdsk e: /f and chkdsk e: /r didnt find anything on there as you can see in the screenshot, im a bit lost now

please help

Hawkeye22 · Apr 5, 2013

From the picture with the command screen, it looks as if chkdsk got hung. It's sitting at 57%. The smart staus shows why it's getting hung. It's stuck trying to read a bad sector and your disk healh is bad. Sometimes a full format of the drive can get rid of bad sectors, but at this point I'd say your drive is starting to fail and should be replaced as it will probably only get worse.

EggyDevil · Apr 5, 2013

Hawkeye22 :

it didnt get hung, i just took picture during process :x

and ive tried to reformat it but it wont let me

Hawkeye22 · Apr 5, 2013

Were you trying to format your OS drive? If so, you can't do that from within windows. During the OS install you are given the chance to create/delete partitions and also format a drive. Be aware that a full format can take a long time, but it will check for bad sectors during the format and flag them as unusable so that it doesn't try to write data to them.

EggyDevil · Apr 5, 2013

Hawkeye22 :

its an 2nd internal hard drive, how do i re-format that? ive already removed all existing content off it and would like to be able to reuse it as a fast storage device for video recording programs,
thanks
-eggy

kenrivers · Apr 5, 2013

Just so I am clear, you can't format the second hard drive (e:\)? Were you formatting from a command prompt or inside of Windows? Have you tried going into Disk Management, deleting the volume, then creating a new volume on that disk and in the process formatting it?

EggyDevil · Apr 7, 2013

kenrivers :

inside windows, not sure how to delete and create a new volume and format it

kenrivers · Apr 7, 2013

Click on Start
Type diskmgmt.msc in the search bar
Press Enter
Right click on drive e:\
Click on Delete Volume
After the Volume is deleted
Right click on drive e:\ again
Click on create Simple Volume
You should be prompted to assign a drive letter and format the drive.

EggyDevil · Apr 10, 2013

kenrivers :

The option is unavailable :/ i cant click it,

kenrivers · Apr 10, 2013

Do you have an external drive enclosure or dock you could put the drive in? If yes, you could try to take it to another computer and see if you can format the drive. You could also try a SATA to USB cable to connect it to another computer.

EggyDevil · Apr 20, 2013

kenrivers :

did via other pc but it still doesnt work when i put it back onto my pc :/

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