Alright, I've posted this before about two months ago but it never got resolved and it's STILL happening and I just can't stand it anymore. Basically, the first few weeks with my computer it was working absolutely fine, until one day it decides to start having spontaneous moments of going extremely slowly to the point where all programs freeze up and I can't even open up Task Manager to look at the rate of processes. The one time I was smart enough to leave Task Manager open for a while and wait for a lag spike, I didn't notice any unusual activity going on during the lag other than the CPU Usage percentage raising significantly, however I'm guessing that's simply to counteract whatever's causing the problem in the first place; the Processes tab showed nothing irregular.
In reference to another thread currently active on this board, I downloaded and installed HDTune and I'm finding that a large portion of my hard drive is labeled as "Damaged" in the Error Scan. The Health tab also notes a "Current Pending Sector" warning, stating that the drive has unstable sectors, and an "Ultra DMA CRC Error Count" warning, stating that there are communication errors possibly caused by a damaged cable. My SATA cables were working fine before, so I don't know what that's about, but I definitely think something is wrong with my HDD. It's a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black and I haven't even had it for very long; I think I purchased it in early August.
Long story short, what could be causing this problem, how likely is it to be the hard drive when HDTune tells me that 5.6% of the drive is damaged before the scan is even a quarter-way done, and there are "sector errors," and most importantly how do I fix this? If fixing this requires a re-install of Windows, am I going to run into this same problem if I use the same drive after formatting it?
Thanks for any constructive support.
If your drive has errors, it's best to get a new one. You don't wanna roll the dice when it comes to your data.
[QUOTE=MTMod;26257309]If your drive has errors, it's best to get a new one. You don't wanna roll the dice when it comes to your data.[/QUOTE]
So formatting or a new install of Windows won't fix the problem, it'll happen on this drive over and over again?
Nope. Formatting won't fix it.
Even if it did, you REALLY don't wanna use a drive that has any significant signs of wear.
[QUOTE=MTMod;26259093]Nope. Formatting won't fix it.
Even if it did, you REALLY don't wanna use a drive that has any significant signs of wear.[/QUOTE]
Do you figure it's still safe/I still have time to back up data on another drive, and the data won't bring any corruptions along with it?
Also, would this be covered under warranty?
Yes I would think it's safe for a long enough time that you can back up your stuff. Just do it quickly.
And yeah this would be covered under your warranty. It's hardware failure.
Alright, thanks so much for your help!
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