So... my hard drive is dead, isn't it?

[thegibson]

"Reboot and select proper Boot device
or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"


When I run the Windows install disk it can't find my primary install drive or any system restore info.

She's dead, isn't she?

Gib

 

[pelov]

Maybe...Does she still show up in the BIOS?

I know she may have been old but they have a tendency to grow on you

 

[thegibson]

There is a second drive found, but I think that's the tiny partition that Win7 sets up. I'll switch the boot order and see what happens....

 

[thegibson]

... holy crap. It worked. How the hell did my boot drive order get changed?!

 

[pelov]

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools

Just to make sure it's not dying on you. May want to check it for bad sectors as well

 

[someguynamedmatt]

Yep. It's happened to me, too. No clue how.

Glad to hear it still works, though. I'll be crushed when my six year old Barracuda dies on me, but I don't see that happening in the near future.

I'd recommend getting the HDTune Pro trial and running the disk test and health check on it to be sure nothing's going wrong, though. Just to be safe. You can get the free non-pro version, too, just for monitoring once the trial runs out.

 

[thegibson]

Short DST - Fail

WHAT DOES IT MEAN!?! It failed! Do I need to hire a tutor?

 

[thegibson]

Long DST - Fail.

I'm nervous.

 

[thegibson]

Running checkdisk on restart. It's replaced some bad clusters....

 

[thegibson]

...but I should replace the drive no matter what, right?

 

[thegibson]

ah heck. Happened again. Ordering new drive now... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148469

 

[pelov]

Yea, it's dead. RMA it

 

[thegibson]

Drive still operating normally, for now. Replacement on the way. Hey, I bought this drive from some random guy on Craigslist, is the lifetime warranty still in place? It's a Seagate Barracuda.

 

[sylmarils]

If you run a few extended tests it will recover the hdd in the end if you are persistent (if you have any sensitive data its worth trying).I love that about Seagate! Anyway i wouldn't use it anymore it can fail anytime

 

[thegibson]

Looks like my drive was a part of a configured OEM machine when sold. No warranty except by the builder I believe.

 

[thegibson]

Okay, so no crashes since the day I posted and all my tests are coming back PASS. Have a 320GB drive sitting here, wondering if I should install it this weekend.