HDD Dying. Still Useable??

VampiricPadraig

Hey guys.

About a couple of weeks ago, my HDD started becoming slow at writing for some peculiar reason and I found that there was a bad sector on the drive.

The question is: Could I use the drive still (As a slave), or is it as useless as a chocolate fire guard??

(And if its possible, could it be fixed??)

Thanks in Advance

JonathanAnon

Hard drives are cheap enough. Take all the important information from the hard drive IMMEDIATELY... You will try to boot the PC one day and suddenly it will not work... Then you will be faced with the possibility of losing your information.

Backup your information now, then buy a new hard drive and either
a) image your old disk to the new one using something like Disk Director
b) just install your operating system using your Windows XP CD.. and then install all the apps and data you use... (now would be a good time to find your XP/restore CD btw)..

Noxin

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Hard drives are cheap enough. Take all the important information from the hard drive IMMEDIATELY... You will try to boot the PC one day and suddenly it will not work... Then you will be faced with the possibility of losing your information.

Backup your information now, then buy a new hard drive and either
a) image your old disk to the new one using something like Disk Director
b) just install your operating system using your Windows XP CD.. and then install all the apps and data you use... (now would be a good time to find your XP/restore CD btw)..

nuff said. Back it up and bin it. Grab a new one. Using something like that as a slave will just drive you insane, even if it manages to stay running.

VampiricPadraig

I am already way ahead of you. My father gave me his old drive and I am using it while the other drive is shipping to me.

I have installed Windows 7 and I am running grand now. I was only wondering if it could be used at all (as a slave)

Thanks guys

bonzodog2

If its a decent size, you could make use of it for information that isnt important, e.g. get an external enclosure that works as a media player, and fill it with mp3s or movies

Capt'n Midnight

Hard drives have a few % of spare sector that they remap on the fly

when you start seeing bad sectors it means it's run out of spare ones

dead man walking

use a tool like hdtune (windows) or smartctl (linux) to check out the drive stats

VampiricPadraig

Quick Update. I got my new HDD this morning Bye bye old drive