My Seagate HDD failed suddenly, need help?

itspriyank · Jan 14, 2015

Hi I have (or had) a Seagate 5900 RPM HDD 2TB which was working perfectly fine till yesterday. But as I turned on the PC today from hibernation the BIOS showed me SMART failed error.
I turned on the system ignoring the warning, the windows even showed me that my HDD could fail at any time.
After scanning it shows me thousands of bad sectors. Can anyone please tell me how it could die so suddenly? And is there any way I could save this disk from dieing so early. I had done a test with disk sentinal few weeks ago and it had reported that disk health was 66% with around 400+ days of life remaining.

Ironsounds · Jan 14, 2015

Hello... There is no physical maintenance on a Platter HD... when problems are reported they get replaced... Did you take action on the Data/Power cables as suggested?

itspriyank · Jan 14, 2015

Ironsounds :

Yes I did changed the cables. Both of them. Still getting same error.

ss202sl · Jan 14, 2015

Mechanical things can break at anytime - even without warnings or when predictions say otherwise. This is why backups are crucial for important data - because you can't accurately predict when a HDD will fail or how long it will last.

Ironsounds · Jan 14, 2015

Hello... If you have life long Digital work on it, start backing it up. It's possiable your current one can be RMA 'd? Check your HD label and Seagates Web site.
You might want to consider a SSD at this time... they are much faster at loading and saving data... And no moving parts.

itspriyank · Jan 14, 2015

Yes I have done a full backup of HDD. This one is out of warranty. It is around 3.5 years old. And I have an SSD too which I use for gaming only.
Is it possible that a virus might have forced smart to fail and HDD to mark sector as bad?

Ironsounds · Jan 14, 2015

Hello... Seagates Fail along with other platter type HD's, it is Very common... The only way to determine what you propose is to Delete the Partitons... create a new one and do a sector by sector Format... and read the results, if they were returned to GOOD status.

itspriyank · Jan 14, 2015

How should I format sector by sector.

Ironsounds · Jan 14, 2015

Hello... THIS will Wipe all DATA on your HARDRIVE...
You will have to re-load your OS and all programs and data afterwards.

itspriyank · Jan 14, 2015

I have already made a full backup of HDD so no worries about Data.

Ironsounds · Jan 14, 2015

Hello... So you want a sector to sector format instructions?
and Windows OS " clean install"?

fzabkar · Jan 14, 2015

SeaTools can zero fill your drive. That said, a drive with thousands of bad sectors cannot be trusted and should be replaced.

ohiou_grad_2006 · Jan 14, 2015

Ultimate boot cd, use a program called dariks boot and nuke. It will even do like a 35 pass zero erase. If your drive is failing best to replace it. I personally like Toshiba drives. They are cheap and seem decently built.

itspriyank · Jan 14, 2015

I have started the process for full repair with HDD Regenerator. Can you please suggest me some good hard drives of 1TB or 2TB in WD as I have thrice suffered Seagate HDD failure.

Ironsounds · Jan 14, 2015

Hello... Get a SSD there are no moving parts... the Speed, Power, and Size is next Generation Tech upgrade.

itspriyank · Jan 14, 2015

I do have an SSD of 500 GB which I had bought few weeks ago and I use it for games. But I can't afford another one that too of 2TB. So an HDD or SSHD would be the one I would like to buy.

Ironsounds · Jan 14, 2015

Hello... Well get 7200 speed and WD BLUE has always been my "General" drive for installs. The REDS/Blacks will have a longer warranty on them thus the price difference. Do not get a GREEN model.

itspriyank · Jan 14, 2015

First of all thanks for helping me out all the way.
Can you guys please suggest me a good 2TB HDD with high speed and long term replacement warranty (like 5 years).
Any brand would be fine as long as it's failure rates are low.

ohiou_grad_2006 · Jan 14, 2015

If you get western digital, get the western digital black drives.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236624

If you don't want to spend as much, they've got this toshiba for 79.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149407

Might be worth a shot, if you look toward the bottom of the page, apparently newegg or someone is selling a 3rd party warranty for like 16 bucks for 3 years. The microcenter I shop at sells replacement warranties, and I buy those in case of issues, have come in very handy not having to rma and wait.

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