Strawhat12 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 I have a ST350032AS Seagate HDD. The drive had the dreaded BSY problem which I've corrected but after fixing one problem I've been presented with another. So here goes;After getting rid of the BSY error state I put the HDD back into its PC, I start it up all well and good and see the Windows loading screen, so I'm thinking so far so good. However straight after I see a BSOD screen which appears for a fraction of a second which then restarts itself again and does this continuously. I then connect the HDD to another PC which has its own HDD, OS etc. I boot up to Windows Vista albeit slowly as the problem HDD is making the PC run slow for some reason. I can see the HDD on my other machine and manage to backup my important files.Next step I completely reformat the problem HDD and tried to install a fresh copy of Vista on it again but I get errors and it won't let me install! So then I connect it up to my other machine and I can see the HDD there (465GB out of 465GB) I run HDTune and I see this particular error 'Reallocated Sector Count, Current - 13, Worst - 13, Threshold - 36, Data - 1788, Status - Failed'I don't know whats wrong with it, I can access the HDD when connected to another machine albeit it opens slowly and sometimes I hear the disc spin up and down if idle for some time but I can't seem to install Vista or do anything else with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 'Reallocated Sector Count, Current - 13, Worst - 13, Threshold - 36, Data - 1788, Status - Failed'I don't know whats wrong with it, I can access the HDD when connected to another machine albeit it opens slowly and sometimes I hear the disc spin up and down if idle for some time but I can't seem to install Vista or do anything else with it.Seems like you have a lot of bad sectors.http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/smart-a...tors-count.htmlTry running Seatools and see what it says.Next options are:1) throw away the stoopid thingy2) re-do the "unbricking thing" this time clearing the G-list and SMARTThen, run seatools again.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawhat12 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 'Reallocated Sector Count, Current - 13, Worst - 13, Threshold - 36, Data - 1788, Status - Failed'I don't know whats wrong with it, I can access the HDD when connected to another machine albeit it opens slowly and sometimes I hear the disc spin up and down if idle for some time but I can't seem to install Vista or do anything else with it.Seems like you have a lot of bad sectors.http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/smart-a...tors-count.htmlTry running Seatools and see what it says.Next options are:1) throw away the stoopid thingy2) re-do the "unbricking thing" this time clearing the G-list and SMARTThen, run seatools again.jaclazThanks for the response.I'll save the throwing away option as a last resort I'll run Seatools now and post back what it says and then I'll try the BSY unbricking thing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawhat12 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Right, I've run Seatools on both Windows and in DOS and this is what I got.S.M.A.R.T check - failedShort test which also failedAnd then I did the long test in DOS and it failed with this message;'LBA 2627 99 errors detected, read scan failed, error on identify command 71:04'I'll now try the the second option you mentioned and see how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawhat12 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) Ok, I also did the second step cleared the G-List and still the same thing.Any other ideas? Would zeroing the drive completely fix the problem? Edited October 15, 2009 by Strawhat12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Ok, I also did the second step cleared the G-List and still the same thing.Any other ideas? Would zeroing the drive completely fix the problem?Did you also clear the SMART?F3 1>N1 (enter)Zeroing would be irrelevant.I guess that the drive is simply dead for good.This may or may not be connected to the debricking (drives simply die because they die).jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawhat12 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Yes I also cleared the S.M.A.R.TI don't want to give up on the drive yet as its still recognised and I can see it in my other machine.I'm still going to see if I can fix it somehow before I give up on it completely. Still any other suggestions would be welcome in the slightest chance that it may fix the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) I guess the only thing that remains is a SecureErase (wipe drive with 0's) through ATA commands, but I doubt it would change anything. http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtmlWhich firmware do you have?Updating it (if possible at all) may change something (for the better or for the worse).jaclaz Edited October 16, 2009 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawhat12 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Once I unbricked the drive and backed up everything I upgraded the firmware from SD15 to SD1A if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawhat12 Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 I've tried my best and I've decided to RMA the drive and get a replacement. Before I do that though how do I erase my drive securely without it giving me errors. I tried that Secure Erase program but it just seems baffling in running it from DOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I've tried my best and I've decided to RMA the drive and get a replacement. Before I do that though how do I erase my drive securely without it giving me errors. I tried that Secure Erase program but it just seems baffling in running it from DOS.I am not sure I understand you. If you don't have a suitable DOS environment get the UBCD which includes SecureErase:http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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