Question 4 Year Old External Seagate ST3000DM003 Drive Used For XBOX One X

[atif93]

Hello, my name is Atif.

I would appreciate some advice and tips for my problem. I am using this drive for playing games on my XBOX One X.

I have a 4 year old Seagate drive with the model number posted on the title, I was playing a game when suddenly it starting to make some humming noises. It did this a few months ago as well, this time I took it out of the enclosure, and looked at Crystal Disk Info, which said it's still good, with 1,105 days and 9 hours power on (3 years, will be 4 in Jan). I then used two other programs Victoria HDD and HDD Scan and suddenly bad blocks (red blocks) starting showing up, then what followed was that I lost my 3TB capacity and it went down to 746GB. I formatted it a few times and to my surprise the bad blocks disappeared but my capacity hasn't returned, to 3TB and earlier today Windows was having trouble formatting the drive, some of the drive sectors are taking >500MS to access the drive. I am sorry I don't have the proof, it happened late last night, and some things happened today. Should I still trust this HDD, and will the bad blocks reappear?

Everything is reported to be good at the moment, after all that but is it really?

Thank you for your help.

 

[atif93]

No probs.

Is <500MS Access time for Hard Disk any good?

 

[atif93]

Whatever feels comfortable to you. But don't obsess over it.
And always have a backup of any data you can't bear to lose.

Should I be worried?

https://imgur.com/IVS1KRl

View: https://imgur.com/IVS1KRl

 

[USAFRet]

Is <500MS Access time for Hard Disk any good?

500MS, or under 500MS?
What is reporting this? Is this on the dying drive we've been referring to?

A typical hard drive might be around 20MS.

 

[atif93]

HDD Scan is scanning the original 1TB 2.5 inch hard drive, I pulled out of my Xbox One X. Are those healthy blocks and are the access times good?

 

[atif93]

No probs.

Here is a photo, please examine this and let me know whether this is healthy.

https://imgur.com/e62d4RN

View: https://imgur.com/e62d4RN

 

[USAFRet]

HDD Scan is scanning the original 1TB 2.5 inch hard drive, I pulled out of my Xbox One X. Are those healthy blocks and are the access times good?

I'm not sure what those numbers on the right signify, but if I had to guess....not good.

 

[atif93]

I'm not sure what those numbers on the right signify, but if I had to guess....not good.

Those are corresponding to a HDD Surface scan I am currently performing, it shows those blocks and those are the key indicators to let you know about your HDD condition.

 

[USAFRet]

Those are corresponding to a HDD Surface scan I am currently performing, it shows those blocks and those are the key indicators to let you know about your HDD condition.

Then that looks like, as has been said...a dying drive.
Some blocks are taking near 500MS to access? That is terrible.

 

[atif93]

No probs.

Here's a better photo.

https://imgur.com/wAiY1ON

View: https://imgur.com/wAiY1ON

 

[atif93]

Then that looks like, as has been said...a dying drive.
Some blocks are taking near 500MS to access? That is terrible.

What does a higher HDD access time mean, that it is dying and can't access files properly?

 

[USAFRet]

What does a higher HDD access time mean, that it is dying and can't access files properly?

It means that, for whatever reason, it takes longer to access that particular block.

And the more you test it, the more stress you put on it, and the worse it will get.

 

[atif93]

It means that, for whatever reason, it takes longer to access that particular block.

And the more you test it, the more stress you put on it, and the worse it will get.

https://imgur.com/wAiY1ON

View: https://imgur.com/wAiY1ON

 

[atif93]

It means that, for whatever reason, it takes longer to access that particular block.

And the more you test it, the more stress you put on it, and the worse it will get.

Thank you Sir, another drive I now need to chuck in the bin soon. That's 2 drives in such a short space of time.

 

[USAFRet]

I didn't have any HDD installed, so I dragged one out of the storage drawer.
Installed HDDScan (never used it before)
Running a Verify now, with the drive in an external dock.
3% complete, lets see what it shows.

 

[atif93]

I didn't have any HDD installed, so I dragged one out of the storage drawer.
Installed HDDScan (never used it before)
Running a Verify now, with the drive in an external dock.
3% complete, lets see what it shows.

Okay Sir, that will be interesting.

 

[atif93]

I didn't have any HDD installed, so I dragged one out of the storage drawer.
Installed HDDScan (never used it before)
Running a Verify now, with the drive in an external dock.
3% complete, lets see what it shows.

The results are probably accurate, because this has slowed to around 24-27MB transferring the data.

 

[USAFRet]

This is mine at 6% complete:

Yours is dying.

 

[atif93]

This is mine at 6% complete:

Yours is dying.

It's exhibiting those symptoms. That means too many blocks will go bad soon on my drive, and it will die a painful long death. Crap.

 

[atif93]

This is mine at 6% complete:

Yours is dying.

I have thrown out that hard drive now, my original Xbox one, looking forward to getting a new external hard drive.

 

[atif93]

Hello Everyone, I am back again after some time off.

This times it's regarding my 1TB HDD, I recently popped into my computer and for the past two years used as a backup. I don't know whether it's dying or should I replace it, what do you guys think?

Please take a look at the link, the starting up to Windows 10 is a bit slow, but Crystal Disk Info doesn't show anything is wrong, should I be worried?

Kind Regards.

https://imgur.com/HDlPtvo

View: https://imgur.com/HDlPtvo

 

[USAFRet]

I don't know whether it's dying or should I replace it, what do you guys think?

Any storage device is subject to dying at any time.
No matter is Application A says it is great and Application B says it is dying.

Always operate under the assumption that the drive can die in the next 0.25 sec. Have a known good backup at all times.

 

[atif93]

Any storage device is subject to dying at any time.
No matter is Application A says it is great and Application B says it is dying.

Always operate under the assumption that the drive can die in the next 0.25 sec. Have a known good backup at all times.

How quick should I replace this drive, it holds the operating system?

 

[USAFRet]

How quick should I replace this drive, it holds the operating system?

You should replace it when it dies.
That my be next year, or the next 5 minutes.

A full drive backup image will allow you to recover completely.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

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[atif93]

You should replace it when it dies.
That my be next year, or the next 5 minutes.

A full drive backup image will allow you to recover completely.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

I am just having terrible luck with hard drives, their are lasting me 3 years not much more. Already within a space of 1-2 months, I have chucked out a lot of hard drives.

 

[atif93]

You should replace it when it dies.
That my be next year, or the next 5 minutes.

A full drive backup image will allow you to recover completely.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

Just now my HDD utility has detected 3 red bad blocks, on my 1TB System HDD Drive, is it time to chuck it in the trash now before it gets any worse?