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  1. Asibula

    Question current pending sector count increases fast but SMART normal

    Hi, I was using my laptop when I suddenly got a BSOD "UNEXPECTED_STORE_EXCEPTION". I searched it up and it appears that the reason can be a faulty hard drive. After the laptop rebooted I started to see some clear signs that my HDD was dying: Booting took longer, search bar doesnt work, some...
    • Asibula
    • Thread
    • Current pending sector current pending sector count hard drive failing Hard Drive Failure hdd hdd 100% s.m.a.r.t test s.m.a.r.t. unexpected error exceptions
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Storage
  2. S

    [SOLVED] Should I run badblocks on a "new" refurbished hard drive?

    I recently got a refurbished 3TB HGST Ultrastar 7K4000. The seller claimed it it has 0 bad blocks. The drive passed both short and extended tests with Western Digital's WinDFT. The drive also passed short and extended tests with GSmartControl. As a side note, I'm suspicious the seller may have...
    • Sparktown
    • Thread
    • bad blocks harddrive Refurbished s.m.a.r.t test s.m.a.r.t. SMART used components
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Storage
  3. G

    Hard Disk help

    I have installed a second mechanical hard drive to accompany my solid state drive however I can't view it in the my computer window (running windows 7). Please help?
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