Hard disk self test failing

[John]

Hi

My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools provided
by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or is
there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility?

What are some good tools to check the state of a drive?

Thanks

Regards

 

[Malke]

John wrote:
> Hi
>
> My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools provided
> by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or is
> there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility?
>
> What are some good tools to check the state of a drive?

Back up your data *now* and replace the hard drive. You've got an
excellent tool with SeaTools and if the hard drive is failing, you can
rely on that.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[smlunatick]

On Sep 10, 10:49 am, "John" <J...@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>
> My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools provided
> by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or is
> there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility?
>
> What are some good tools to check the state of a drive?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards

SeaTools is now the best diagnostic for all the Maxtor/Seagate
drives. Time to backup and dump the Maxtor drive ASAP!!!!

 

[Patrick Keenan]

"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23JAP8m78HHA.4612@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools
> provided by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping
> it or is there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair
> utility?
>
> What are some good tools to check the state of a drive?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards

You are much better off replacing the drive now, before it fails completely.
There is no point in running software tools to check its state, since you
already know it is failing.

Failing drives have a limited, yet unknown, lifespan. Use that time to
recover the data, don't waste it confirming that it is failing.

250 gig drives are under $75 now, and repair services likely much more
expensive.

Back it up, mark it as failed, and destroy it.

HTH
-pk

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi John,


"Ditto" what Malke said. After failing that test, the HD unfortunately can
*never* be trusted again.

--
HTH,
Curt

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"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:Oaq3Ys78HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
| John wrote:
| > Hi
| >
| > My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools
provided
| > by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or
is
| > there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility?
| >
| > What are some good tools to check the state of a drive?
|
| Back up your data *now* and replace the hard drive. You've got an
| excellent tool with SeaTools and if the hard drive is failing, you can
| rely on that.
|
|
| Malke
| --
| Elephant Boy Computers
| www.elephantboycomputers.com
| "Don't Panic!"
| MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Nehmo]

On Sep 10, 9:49 am, "John" <J...@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>
> My Maxtor hard drive is failing the drive self test in the SeaTools provided
> by Seagate. Am I now better off backing up the drive and dumping it or is
> there a way to salvage it such as using a disaster/repair utility?
>
> What are some good tools to check the state of a drive?

A method of assessing a drive's condition is to look at the SMART
report. Everest http://www.lavalys.com/ can generate the report. You
can get help understanding it at http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage/topics
--
Nehmo