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Old October 27th 17, 03:05 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Mayayana
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"Paul" wrote

| Both Seagate and Western Digital, offer hard drive
| test programs. You can run those, do the short or long
| test, and get an analysis. Even using some utility to
| review SMART parameters, might show the drive already
| has too many re-allocations, indicating a "health"
| problem. The HDD sector sparing system is automatic and
| non-reversible, so you cannot ask the hard drive to
| scan and re-evaluate the decisions it's made. When it
| indicates, via SMART, that only X percent of spares
| remain, the writing is on the wall with regard to
| drive health.
|
| The drive test program from one of the two companies,
| will probably tell you how bad it is.
|
| https://www.seagate.com/ca/en/suppor...oads/seatools/
|
| "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows"
| https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=3
|

I mentioned in another post that I tried the WD
version last night. It stopped with errors.

| Then, you will be cloning the drive, with something.
| Let's hope there are no CRC errors while you do so,
| as then there's that book I have to write... :-)
|
| I think something called R-studio can do cloning with
| CRC errors (equiv. to ddrescue), and it turns into payware
| if you "wanted your files back". I haven't tested it,
| and just noticed it in passing.
|
Thanks. I'm guessing this disk may be too far
gone, given that the WD diagnostics can't even
finish diagnosing. It's a WD Blue. I feel movement
if I touch it while running. I guess it's a hybrid
rather than just SSD.


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