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I will go to answer by @geofelt.

Ok, i managed to get one almost same RAM stick from my friend, all both sticks are working perfectly, total ram was 8(4+4). Thanks for replies guys :-)

I did a full zero write, and then a extended rest from WD tool, now reinstated OS and now..... unrecoverable sector count:1 And pending sector :0 :-) So i think probably problem is there but hidden for now. Thanks for assistance brother.

It showed FAIL. But i read somewhere that zeroing not only wipe hdd but also reset all sectors and their allocation entries as well, is that true??

Ok i tested it and showing same results in both quick test and smart test. So do i need to do a low level (zero writing) format???

But in provided link, product is different from mine.( it is wd blue 1tb sata2, but mine is wd caviar blue 500 gb sata3 . is it ok to use that tool with my hdd?? Thanks.

Yes there is a WD tool but it is not dos based or anything like ''bootable".And i do not have a separate system for checking.

So my wd500 caviar blue is suspicious. And as it is out of warranty, i want to use it as long as possible for storage. I already have backup of my important data. Below is S.M.A.R.T. results. Current pending sector count: 4 and Offline uncorrectable sector count:1 Other values are normal. all...

During installation of win7 64 i am unable to create more than 3 partitions. 3 are primary but when i click on left unallocated space(215gb around, i have WD-500gb) it does not shows me any option like extend/ New. I want two equal volume/or atleast one big volume from it (primary/ logical any...

Ok i did a full test yesterday night. It took 1.5 hours and returned with test fail. It displayed that there are some bad sectors. And asked to repair but i didn't do it, i think i should confirm first. Although in detail under my hdd it displays Health: good Do i need to worry about it.

@Boogieman_WD please help me out. When i did a test using above program, it returned.... Test Option: QUICK TEST Model Number: WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0 Unit Serial Number: WD-************* Firmware Number: 15.01H15 Capacity: 500.11 GB SMART Status: PASS Test Result: FAIL Test Error Code...

Thanks armantaxi I will try as you said..

I know thats why i am confused. Please if anyone can link here exact thing which i said in post. Thanks.

Definitely i'll try all options provided above and reply here if these works or not. Thanks.

I want to reinstall windows 7.without formatting other drives except c. I dont care about data of c. But want to keep data as it is of other partition (D,E,F..).. Any video tutorial link please...