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Laptop brand and model: Asus K52JR
Hard drive brand and model: Seagate ST964032AS 640GB
Problem: One night, about 2 weeks ago now, I turned on my laptop and it hung at the Windows logo screen (the one BEFORE the log-on, with the shinning Windows logo). It hung for about 1hour before I decided to shut it down from the button on my laptop. I gave it about 5minutes, rebooted and now it stayed black with a cursor blinking (no POST).
So, I borrowed a laptop and looked it up and it suggested to fix the mbr through the Windows 7 Repair Disc. I did so, and also used Startup Repair about 3 times. It worked like a charm....for about 6 hours.
The problem came again this time hanging at the Welcome screen after I put my password. I decided to just full on format my HDD and re-install Windows (I'd already backed up all my important data in those 6 hours).
I did so and, again, it worked like a charm. For about a week.
The problem came again, this time I had the laptop on sleep, "woke" it up, opened up Google Chrome and nothing happened. I kept trying to open something; anything (even cmd, run, whatever) but nothing came up. So I restarted it (using the Windows restart did not work, so I had to turn it off from the power button) Again, it hung at the Welcome screen. It only did so for about 15minutes, then I could manage to download Malware Bytes and scan my PC (my normal AV is avast). It detected a Trojan virus after a full scan. It did not say what type/name/etc though.
So Malware Bytes removed the Trojan, yet the problem persisted. I attempted to get into Safe Mode and after several tries managed to do so. I scanned my PC (first with avast then Malware Bytes) and they found nothing. I decided to look for another option, and found out about zero fill format to deal with master boot record viruses (since my laptop had all the symptoms I found about those nasty ones).
I downloaded SeaTools for DOS, burned it on a disc (of course, on another laptop) and ran it on my PC. First, I did the zero fill (long) when it was done, I did a Long Test. When I came back, it had found 1 bad sector and had fixed it. So I did another zero fill, and when I got back about 6hrs later to my home, it was frozen. I could not move the mouse nor do any action, and the application's clock was just standing still. I don't know if this was the right decision, but I had no other option; I turned off the PC with the power button. I rebooted into SeaTools DOS, ran a short test and it found a problem. Ran a Long Test and about 5% it said the test could not be finished (both times displaying error code is 6ADFDD6C, a code which I could not find in SeaGate's site). I attempted another zero fill, but it froze at about 10%.
EVERY SINGLE TIME time it froze, an extremely small, green text with black background displayed on top of the SeaTools window. All I could make out of it was that there was an error, SeaTools could not test the drive, and "Thanks for using our tools" (you're welcome...I guess)
I went through the fuckit route and re-installed Windows 7 on my PC, and here I am posting this...It should be no surprise that the problem comes back in a week or so...
What do I do? Does this all mean my drive is plain dead? If so, was it my fault for doing zero fill twice? Because I don't get how I did zero fill, then long test found 1 problem and it was fixed, and all (according to SeaTools) was fine and dandy until it froze at around 70% on the second zero fill.
Should I get an HDD NOW, or should I give it one more shot with this one?
Hard drive brand and model: Seagate ST964032AS 640GB
Problem: One night, about 2 weeks ago now, I turned on my laptop and it hung at the Windows logo screen (the one BEFORE the log-on, with the shinning Windows logo). It hung for about 1hour before I decided to shut it down from the button on my laptop. I gave it about 5minutes, rebooted and now it stayed black with a cursor blinking (no POST).
So, I borrowed a laptop and looked it up and it suggested to fix the mbr through the Windows 7 Repair Disc. I did so, and also used Startup Repair about 3 times. It worked like a charm....for about 6 hours.
The problem came again this time hanging at the Welcome screen after I put my password. I decided to just full on format my HDD and re-install Windows (I'd already backed up all my important data in those 6 hours).
I did so and, again, it worked like a charm. For about a week.
The problem came again, this time I had the laptop on sleep, "woke" it up, opened up Google Chrome and nothing happened. I kept trying to open something; anything (even cmd, run, whatever) but nothing came up. So I restarted it (using the Windows restart did not work, so I had to turn it off from the power button) Again, it hung at the Welcome screen. It only did so for about 15minutes, then I could manage to download Malware Bytes and scan my PC (my normal AV is avast). It detected a Trojan virus after a full scan. It did not say what type/name/etc though.
So Malware Bytes removed the Trojan, yet the problem persisted. I attempted to get into Safe Mode and after several tries managed to do so. I scanned my PC (first with avast then Malware Bytes) and they found nothing. I decided to look for another option, and found out about zero fill format to deal with master boot record viruses (since my laptop had all the symptoms I found about those nasty ones).
I downloaded SeaTools for DOS, burned it on a disc (of course, on another laptop) and ran it on my PC. First, I did the zero fill (long) when it was done, I did a Long Test. When I came back, it had found 1 bad sector and had fixed it. So I did another zero fill, and when I got back about 6hrs later to my home, it was frozen. I could not move the mouse nor do any action, and the application's clock was just standing still. I don't know if this was the right decision, but I had no other option; I turned off the PC with the power button. I rebooted into SeaTools DOS, ran a short test and it found a problem. Ran a Long Test and about 5% it said the test could not be finished (both times displaying error code is 6ADFDD6C, a code which I could not find in SeaGate's site). I attempted another zero fill, but it froze at about 10%.
EVERY SINGLE TIME time it froze, an extremely small, green text with black background displayed on top of the SeaTools window. All I could make out of it was that there was an error, SeaTools could not test the drive, and "Thanks for using our tools" (you're welcome...I guess)
I went through the fuckit route and re-installed Windows 7 on my PC, and here I am posting this...It should be no surprise that the problem comes back in a week or so...
What do I do? Does this all mean my drive is plain dead? If so, was it my fault for doing zero fill twice? Because I don't get how I did zero fill, then long test found 1 problem and it was fixed, and all (according to SeaTools) was fine and dandy until it froze at around 70% on the second zero fill.
Should I get an HDD NOW, or should I give it one more shot with this one?
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