Could SFC & Chkdsk find no problems & still be a HD failure?

[jwsmith708]

Hi,

So I woke up to a screen that would not 'wake up' and had to pull the plug to re-boot. Got past the sign-on screen, only to find a blank screen with no desktop. Startup Repair, found no problems, SFC indicated it found no integrity issues & Chkdsk /r finished with a message indicating the 'volume is clean'. I ended up taking the PC to the repair shop where they have now told me that my 2 y.o. Seagate Terabyte hard drive failed. My question is: Is it possible for me to get the results reported above on a system where the HD has failed? (Guess I am just double-checking the Tech in the Repair shop here).

Thanks for any insight.

Jeff

 

[ex_bubblehead]

The simple answer: yes

 

[ram1009]

Any HDD can fail any time. They may or may not be right. Ask them why they are so sure. Almost every HDD failure I've had was a corruption of the boot sector meaning the drive was still usable as storage. In your situation in the past I have bought a new HDD and later migrated data from the old to the new as necessary. BTW, if it's only 2 years old isn't it still under warranty? Maybe you should be talking to Seagate.

 

[jwsmith708]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

 

[jwsmith708]

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