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Is this hard drive bad? (seek errors)

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BenjaminM580   10-15-2008 at 02:23:48 AM

I got it a couple weeks ago. This is the drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148138

and this is what I am seeing on system mechanic

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums [...] rdrive.jpg

It is a 400 GB drive, and I only formatted it to the max windows can handle without service pack 2, so I am not sure if that could have anything to do with it. I have a disk that I streamed service pack 2 on now so I can fix it if that is the problem. I am just not sure if this is normal, can be fixed by formatting the full drive, or if I should RMA it before I can't anymore. The reason I thought it could be the smaller than actual disk size format is because system mechanic is still reading it as it's full size and I assume running the tests based on that.


Message edited by BenjaminM580 on 10-15-2008 at 02:25:24 AM
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geofelt   10-15-2008 at 02:59:28 AM
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I think I would not take a chance and return it. But...

Go to the Seagate suport site. I think you can download a diagnostic program that is specific to their equipment. See if you get the same type of error with their diagnostic.

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BenjaminM580   10-15-2008 at 03:54:46 AM
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Alright, thanks a lot. I will have to do that.

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slavka   10-18-2008 at 04:40:53 AM
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Definitely you need to exchange it.

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