My HDD apparently developed bad sectors

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x-voodoo

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Was playing a game that was stored on the mechanical Seagate 3TB hard drive (files, videos, music, and most games) and was getting heavy pauses. I ran CrystalDiskInfo and it said "caution" for that hard drive.

Bought a new Seagate 4TB for $67.99 at Staples, used Clonezilla to clone my 3TB to the new 4TB, ALMOST got to the end but at 99.50% completion it came across the bad sectors.

Plugged the new 4TB drive in anyway, so far so good.
 
I hate it when a drive goes like that, at least you caught though :up:
 
Yeah I definitely feel lucky I caught it as early as I did before it had a chance to self-destruct.

Only downside - my old 3TB drive was 7200 rpm, the new 4TB is 5400 rpm but with 256mb cache vs 64mb on the old one. I can't tell if I notice any difference between the two drives, if it is really slower doesn't seem like it...of course SSD is the way to go if you really want more speed...but I felt that $67 for 4TB storage was pretty good even though its mechanical.
 
Yeah I went with a 4TB 5400 RPM drive with the 256mb of cache as well. It has been perfectly fine and serving me well now for a good number of years. Been debating if I'm going to twin it or just use a cheap 1tb nvme for games that may benefit eventually :D
 
One of my 4tb drives killed over a few years back. Same thing. It got bad sectors and then just died. Lucky for me the thing was still in warranty.

Might want to give the warranty a check on that drive. Mine had an unusually long warranty on it.
 
andino said:
One of my 4tb drives killed over a few years back. Same thing. It got bad sectors and then just died. Lucky for me the thing was still in warranty.

Might want to give the warranty a check on that drive. Mine had an unusually long warranty on it.
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If this was for me, then nope.....had the drive since 2016, a bit past its warranty period....

EDIT - checked Seagate's site anyway, expired September 2018
 
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long waranties are great but most of the times it's about the data that will be lost, not so much about the money you've paid.
 
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