So, I built a new pc earlier today. The specs are :
cpu - i5 6600k
mobo - Asus Z170-A
ram - 16 GB DDR4 HyperX Savage 2400MHz
storage (SSD) - Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB
storage (HDD) - Western Digital Blue 7200rpm 1TB
psu - Corsair RM650x
I installed Windows 10 64-bit in the SSD and it works perfect.
For the HDD, I opened the windows Disk Management and tried to initialize as MBR in order to create partitions and be able to use the disk. After about 2 seconds it stopped initializing with the message "Data error (cyclic redundancy check)". Then I tried to initialize as GPT. It managed to initialize but when trying to create a new volume or convert to MBR it throws the same error and upon restarting the system the disk was still uninitialized. In addition the boot process took about three minutes whereas before that it was booting into windows in about 12 seconds. I tried a couple of times more, then I tried again in different sata ports and with different sata cables. One time the disk was not even detected by windows. In bios the disk is always visible. Then, I took the disk entirely off the system and it now again boots very fast (11 sec).
I downloaded HD Sentinel and it says that the disk has 4 corrupted sectors and a health of 98%. It also says that this health is "perfect". The HDD is brand new.
I'm thinking of returning it since it is still in warranty and so far it seems bricked. From what I've seen in the internet this "cyclic redundancy check" error is pretty much game over for the disk. Still, since it is quite healthy (according to HD Sentinel) is there anything else I could try?
cpu - i5 6600k
mobo - Asus Z170-A
ram - 16 GB DDR4 HyperX Savage 2400MHz
storage (SSD) - Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB
storage (HDD) - Western Digital Blue 7200rpm 1TB
psu - Corsair RM650x
I installed Windows 10 64-bit in the SSD and it works perfect.
For the HDD, I opened the windows Disk Management and tried to initialize as MBR in order to create partitions and be able to use the disk. After about 2 seconds it stopped initializing with the message "Data error (cyclic redundancy check)". Then I tried to initialize as GPT. It managed to initialize but when trying to create a new volume or convert to MBR it throws the same error and upon restarting the system the disk was still uninitialized. In addition the boot process took about three minutes whereas before that it was booting into windows in about 12 seconds. I tried a couple of times more, then I tried again in different sata ports and with different sata cables. One time the disk was not even detected by windows. In bios the disk is always visible. Then, I took the disk entirely off the system and it now again boots very fast (11 sec).
I downloaded HD Sentinel and it says that the disk has 4 corrupted sectors and a health of 98%. It also says that this health is "perfect". The HDD is brand new.
I'm thinking of returning it since it is still in warranty and so far it seems bricked. From what I've seen in the internet this "cyclic redundancy check" error is pretty much game over for the disk. Still, since it is quite healthy (according to HD Sentinel) is there anything else I could try?