Bazza Posted March 4, 2014 Member ID: 340 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1082 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 393 Achievement Points: 6691 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 01:08 AM Birthday: 06/21/1971 Device: Windows Posted March 4, 2014 Hiya peeps. Not been on for a while as my comp is down and can't fix it. No money atm, and after trying hdds and not changing, I'm stumped and bloody frustrated. Phone threw itself down stairs, thank God I've now got my kindle to at least get in touch Any suggestions plz??? Awards
Devildog4355 Posted March 4, 2014 Member ID: 15237 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 93 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 958 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 580 Achievement Points: 6679 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2021 Birthday: 05/04/1992 Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) is there any way you can isolate your drive and do read test. if you have or know know someone that has the adapters to do an HDD read test this could solve your issue to figuring out if this is a HDD issue or a Motherboard issue. to me this sounds like an HDD Board issue i have had many disk read error issues and usual is a result in a bad board. Edited March 4, 2014 by Devildog4355 Awards
sketch Posted March 5, 2014 Member ID: 19976 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 10 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 101 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 29 Achievement Points: 968 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/31/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 9, 2014 Birthday: 08/08/1949 Posted March 5, 2014 OK my 2 cents After 30 yrs... ive had many hdds fail outright regardless of age. I suggest googling the drive errors, (if u have them) assuring that you already had an idea of how full it became (supposed to leave 10% clear) Have u contacted the maker...usually they have a 5yr warranty. will aid in troubleshooting also. For what its worth I really dislike seagate, have best luck with WD u didnt say if it was a regular old spinning platter or a digital HDD - a SSD??? were there any noises? or anything unusual? like even perhaps new software???? Did u run any (have any) HDD utils? more info may help eidolonFIRE 1
Sammy Posted March 5, 2014 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted March 5, 2014 These days 3 years is the standard for a warranty unless you pay the extra bucks for a good one. I always recommend going for the better warranty, For me reliability for Seagate and WD have been pretty much the same. But it depends on doing your homework and making sure you pick up good models. Awards
KaptCrunch Posted March 5, 2014 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4872 Content Per Day: 0.85 Reputation: 4053 Achievement Points: 39427 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 51 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted March 5, 2014 corrupt data from malware or bad hdd cables Awards
Devildog4355 Posted March 5, 2014 Member ID: 15237 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 93 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 958 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 580 Achievement Points: 6679 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2021 Birthday: 05/04/1992 Posted March 5, 2014 I usually end up getting referb drives from micro center. there cheaper and have almost the same warrantee. right now I’m running a 1T Samsung referb and I’ve had it for about 4 years now with no problems. I’ve had Seagate’s go out on me in less than 2 years and I have never liked there shotty performance. WD i believe is the best and I believe they have better material that doesn’t break down as easily Awards
Devildog4355 Posted March 5, 2014 Member ID: 15237 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 93 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 958 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 580 Achievement Points: 6679 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2021 Birthday: 05/04/1992 Posted March 5, 2014 Also i have had this issue when changing out hardware. try rebooting a new OS and see if this works. i just went to my buddies house last week for an issue like this after he changed out his processor. i popped in a win 8.1 disk and it worked like a charm. Awards
DanWelsh86 Posted March 15, 2014 Member ID: 20943 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 50 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 24 Achievement Points: 321 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/03/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 24, 2019 Birthday: 05/28/1986 Posted March 15, 2014 These days 3 years is the standard for a warranty unless you pay the extra bucks for a good one. I always recommend going for the better warranty, For me reliability for Seagate and WD have been pretty much the same. But it depends on doing your homework and making sure you pick up good models. I had to RMA my WD drive last night as it failed with disk read errors. Not bad considering it was bought in 2011. If your thrashing the drive constantly though it's gonna fail. Awards
Sonovabich Posted March 15, 2014 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5197 Achievement Points: 131535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Device: Windows Posted March 15, 2014 Yep throw your Kindle down the stairs too
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