Failing Hard Drive???

l)ark_Scorpion

l)ark_Scorpion

Real SN AT99Scorpion
Power User
My computer has been SUPER SLOW for the past few days, I've restarted it, turned off bloatware processes, and still no luck...

It will be a complete system lock up, where the whole computer will stop responding for at most 30 seconds, then if I click while it's locked up, nothing will happen. Then when the computer comes out of the freeze, I'll hear the computer beeping, like the type of beeps from the bios, not from the OS.

Also, when the computer does this, the Hard Drive light will be constantly on, it'll try to read or write for a few seconds then stop, and repeat the process. And then it'll start to do its crap and the computer won't be locked up.

One last thing... While typing this, my computer was locking up, and I'd still type, and nothing would appear on the screen, until the computer started to respond again.

Sorry for the long ass information. Any help appreciated, and I will give Rep. Thanks

Add: ran a quick scan on antivirus, and came up with nothing.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
Run chkdsk or some other hard drive utility.

And as always: sfc /scannow
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hp pavillion a6110n
    CPU
    amd athlon 64 x2 live! 4400+
    Memory
    4 gigs 3.3 useable
    Graphics Card(s)
    Finally! SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 12
    Monitor(s) Displays
    generic pnp monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    7.2k rpm
    1 linux ubuntu partition
    1 vista partition
    1recovery partition
    1 windows 7 partition
    1linux swap partition
    PSU
    500W, antc earthwatts EA500
    Case
    normal black case
    Cooling
    fans
    Keyboard
    saitek cyborg gaming keyboard
    Mouse
    logitech mouse (small to fit hand perfectly)
    Internet Speed
    dsl
    Other Info
    2.3 ghz amd
Got errors on both of them, and ran them both as administrators... I used snipping tool to show...
 

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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
Dont run chkdsk while in read only mode, it cant continue while in read only mode: How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP

You might have to find out what the error sfc found and manually fix it then if it doesnt work.

(my next step is to suggest running it in safemode but from your own judgement you can decide).

If you want to, try the hard drive in another computer so we can rule out software (depends on results) just to be safe.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hp pavillion a6110n
    CPU
    amd athlon 64 x2 live! 4400+
    Memory
    4 gigs 3.3 useable
    Graphics Card(s)
    Finally! SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 12
    Monitor(s) Displays
    generic pnp monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    7.2k rpm
    1 linux ubuntu partition
    1 vista partition
    1recovery partition
    1 windows 7 partition
    1linux swap partition
    PSU
    500W, antc earthwatts EA500
    Case
    normal black case
    Cooling
    fans
    Keyboard
    saitek cyborg gaming keyboard
    Mouse
    logitech mouse (small to fit hand perfectly)
    Internet Speed
    dsl
    Other Info
    2.3 ghz amd
Have you tried running a cpu temperature monitor program? HD can give error when they overheat but so can CPU.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion m9515y
    CPU
    Phenom X4 9850
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    750 GB SATA 3G
    2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
What speed fan says on my disks SMART test... two pictures, first one is first list, and second is scrolled down the list to the bottom.

HD is quite cool, 38 degrees Celcius, which I think is like 90 or 100 F
 

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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
What about CPU temp?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion m9515y
    CPU
    Phenom X4 9850
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    750 GB SATA 3G
    2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
DLoad and run the Free diagnostics from the drive manuf site...
Follow the guides on creating a bootable CD.
This is a more thorough test because Windows is out of the picture.
Run the LONG test.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K MBoard.
    Memory
    4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
    Hard Drives
    500G Seagate SATA
    200G Seagate SATA
    100G WD Caviar SATA
    80G WD Caviar IDE
    PSU
    OCZ Elite 800W PSU
    Case
    RaidMax Smilodon Case
    Other Info
    Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2
    Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; &
    Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
patio said:
DLoad and run the Free diagnostics from the drive manuf site...
Follow the guides on creating a bootable CD.
This is a more thorough test because Windows is out of the picture.
Run the LONG test.
Click to expand...

uhm whats the site? I googled dload and got nothing.

and my cpu temperature is usually at 136 - 150 degrees F, I know thats not the problem since tis lways at that temp.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
There's a listing of the different manufacturers' diagnostics on this page: HD Diagnostic
If you notice (in Post 6) your screenshots show "Unknown attributes" - those are (usually) specific tests that the manufacturer has installed (and they don't conform to the SMART specification). That's the reason for running the manufacturer's utility.

In case you didn't know, your drive is a Western Digital 250 gB 2½" SATA drive
 

My Computer

System One

usasma said:
There's a listing of the different manufacturers' diagnostics on this page: HD Diagnostic
If you notice (in Post 6) your screenshots show "Unknown attributes" - those are (usually) specific tests that the manufacturer has installed (and they don't conform to the SMART specification). That's the reason for running the manufacturer's utility.

In case you didn't know, your drive is a Western Digital 250 gB 2½" SATA drive
Click to expand...

Yeah, I have a Western Digital, and I tried one of their diagnostics, and it errored in the middle of the test.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Grown Desktop
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5B-E
    Memory
    3006 MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB
    Sound Card
    Motherboard - SoundMax
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VX2235wm / Dell 17" Generic PnP Anolog
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050 x 4294967296 colors / 1024 x 768
    Hard Drives
    3 x ST3250620AS 250GB SATA IDE
    1 x WDC WD1200JD-00GBB0 120 GB SATA IDE
    PSU
    Enerrmax 535W All-in-one SLI 20/24+6+
    Case
    Antec Sonata
    Cooling
    Antec 12cm SmartCool
    Keyboard
    Logitech LX710
    Mouse
    Logitech MX100 Laser
    Internet Speed
    Bell Canada DSL 12MBps (supposedly)
    Other Info
    2 x HP Pavilion 9700v Laptops
Snow(ConFed) said:
usasma said:
There's a listing of the different manufacturers' diagnostics on this page: HD Diagnostic
If you notice (in Post 6) your screenshots show "Unknown attributes" - those are (usually) specific tests that the manufacturer has installed (and they don't conform to the SMART specification). That's the reason for running the manufacturer's utility.

In case you didn't know, your drive is a Western Digital 250 gB 2½" SATA drive
Click to expand...

Yeah, I have a Western Digital, and I tried one of their diagnostics, and it errored in the middle of the test.
Click to expand...


Did you run it from a bootable CD ? ?
If so that HDD is ready to fail.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K MBoard.
    Memory
    4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
    Hard Drives
    500G Seagate SATA
    200G Seagate SATA
    100G WD Caviar SATA
    80G WD Caviar IDE
    PSU
    OCZ Elite 800W PSU
    Case
    RaidMax Smilodon Case
    Other Info
    Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2
    Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; &
    Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
No I did it through windows, I'll try it on a bootable CD when I get home, Dine I have no disks here.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
Alright, I'm looking for a new HDD, and I was wondering what brand is the best. I won't spend more than $60 for a HDD since this lappy is 2 years old, and I plan on getting a new one in a year or 2.

Needs to be 250 gigs or bigger, since I may try and clone the failing drive.

Was looking at this one, a Western Digital, it's a 3Gbit/second, and I'm not sure if it will work in my laptop. My laptop can support ATA and SATA, but I'm not sure if it can support 3Gbit/Second SATA. Can someone point me in the right direction? thanks

My HD is a WD2500BEVS-22UST0

LINK:
Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200BEVT 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
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