HDD Failure? Help? New HDD Problems

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I have recently(about 3 days ago) installed a new HDD along with several other components and a fresh install of Windows 7. Specifically, I have this HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB

Today, worrisome things began happening, first I couldnt install a game properly on Steam - fair enough, could be many things. Then, it started hitting the fan, I went to Computer and had the green ribbon slow down a lot between folder transfers, and the worst part of all? The HDD "free space" began to WILDLY change, not by little amounts, but quite a bit. I have about 1.8 TB free of a 2 TB HDD, and it would drop to 1.2 TB, then around 400 GB, then like 10 GB, so on, fluctuating like mad, with the bar turning red. I have since updated Windows, the game installed, and the HDD space isnt varying. Also, the HDD SOUNDS fine, no whirring or banging or anything out of the ordinary, but that had me worried.

I backed up my important stuff in case something happens, what could cause that? I hope my new HDD isnt going bad...

Thanks guys!
 
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No suggesting for him to go out and buy a used drive, just saying that I've had nothing but issues with seagate.

Another thing i would try is try downloading a program called CrystalDiskInfo. I use this to monitor the SMART status of my hard drive. This program will tell you if there is anything wrong like bad sectors or read error and ect. Just a good way to find out if the hard drive is self is physical bad.
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My advice. Stay away from anything Seagate. Last time I bought a HDD from them it was a 1.5 TB when that was the biggest HDD around lasted a year. Then each replacement from Seagate lasted half as long as the previous. Get a WD OR find someone with a new/lightly used Samsung Spingpoint HD204UI 2TB which are AMAZING hard drives and i've never heard of one of them failing. I have 2 in a Raid 0. On 24/7 for almost 2 years. Not a single issue. Just don't get the ones that were later labled at Seagate. You'll only find them on Ebay. Thats just my two cents.
 
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I have it connected to SATA 1, and also, I forgot to mention, my old HDD is connected to SATA 3, then SATA 5 for the DVD drive due to space issues. So far, things are gravy in terms of issues, so when I switch I wont know if that had any bearing on the issue unless its clear for a while, because the incident was kind of isolated but fairly harrowing!

Would the secondary drive effect anything? Also what do you mean by two different SATA controllers. Sorry if I seem like a novice, not all of the terminology is up to date in my head yet.
 
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I actually formatted my old drive today, so it did but not anymore. Also I did set up the boot order but Im going to go double check the BIOS settings, right after I disconnect the old HDD.
 
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No suggesting for him to go out and buy a used drive, just saying that I've had nothing but issues with seagate.

Another thing i would try is try downloading a program called CrystalDiskInfo. I use this to monitor the SMART status of my hard drive. This program will tell you if there is anything wrong like bad sectors or read error and ect. Just a good way to find out if the hard drive is self is physical bad.
 
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I disconnected my old HDD since I plan on selling it anyway, but I might postpone that until I can rectify these discrepancies.

Also, one point I should have brought up were the figures being displayed when the free space display was fluctuating. The free space on my old HDD was in the 400-450 range, I dont remember the precise figure, but that was one of the figures that displayed during its little spell. Also, the 1.2 TB was about how much space Id have if you added my old HDD space onto my new HDD.

These figures may seem like arbitrary drivel but I cant help but to feel that theyre not.

Also, thanks, I will download CrystalDisk and run it to see what I can come up with.
 
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Yea if there is any one tiny thing wrong that could lead to possible HDD failure it will tell you. First thing though is you want to set it Dec and not Hex so that you can read the values. So when you first open it up click on Function at the Top Then to Advanced Features then to Raw values and then to 10 [Dec] and then you can read the Raw Values of everything.
 
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I ran the CrystalDisk executable last night and every checkbox was in place, from the overall health status, to no reallocated sectors or spin retries. From general usage, ive noticed no diminution of HDD function, but am itching with curiosity as to why it was acting spastic, could it have been related to the second HDD I had plugged in?
 
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