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Windows has Detected a Hard Disk Error?

I have a segate ST3250318AS ATA hard drive and its almost a year old. Yesterday i recived an error message than Windows has detected a hard disk error and that i should back up data immediatly. However i have transfered all important data to my secondary drive, and getting a new western digital 500GB tommorow. Can i continue to play my games such as call of duty without my drive going KIA cuz i wont bother to clone the drive since it is damaged hence fresh installation (yes, longer but safer).

Update:

I have already run seatools and HD Tune and they both say my HDD has failed both test

Reallocated Sector Count= Current-22, Worst-22, Threshold-36, Data-3198, Status-FAILED

Error: Threshold reached. Replacing the Hard Drive is recommended.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Run Seatools to check the condition of the drive

    http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads...

  • DrDave
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Sounds like you have SMART drive enabled in the bios. Most mfgs don't even enable smart drive because it's often not very reliable. I've had it tell me a drive is going out only to continue to run that same drive for several years. Back up your Data which is something you should always do anyway, disable smart drive in the bios and don't worry about it until your drive takes a dump.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    What have been you doing whilst the blunders popped up? in case you have been surfing the information superhighway its probable a rip-off I in basic terms ran in the time of yet another one immediately to objective and get me to click the test/fix situation pretend button they created the information superhighway web site to look precisely like a homestead windows blunders report. I in basic terms canceled from activity supervisor. That aside if it replaced into presently after beginning up or perhaps as getting access to the not hassle-free force maximum new not hassle-free drives can come across if their failing or in the event that they should many undesirable sectors that may not be able to be remoted to steer away from information corruption. attempt working "scandisk" its stated as blunders-checking in homestead windows Vista. click on the homestead windows button on the backside left hand corner of your show then bypass to computing gadget. ideal click on the community Disc (C:). choose residences. choose kit tab and click on blunders-Checking. it is going to run verify Disk and attempt to the terrific option any blunders it unearths and could for beneficial inform you if the force is approximately to bypass out. If it passes A ok you have a pandemic..... additionally computing gadget areas will fail presently after prolonged use in the event that they're defective. while you're making it 365 days plus your frequently stable to bypass. i've got lost new hdd's interior weeks in our artwork servers yet I even have 5-6 year old Seagate hdd's nonetheless clicking away its in basic terms hit or pass over whether its from the comparable batch and such.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I would run:

    chkdsk /f on drive C:

    Then reboot. That should clear up the errors.

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