Question Can hard disk bad sectors be repaired by myself?

[FoxInFlames]

I had a 1Tb external hard disk, it actually doesn't store anything beyond around 380GB, it all started when a kid in our house (not me) unplugged the disk when there was copy-pasting going on (not sure but maybe a 1080p film, around 4-5 GB) since then it hasn't worked properly, ever.

Searching for an online solution, i ran a disk check function on Minitool partition wizard, basically only some beginning sectors are fine, after that every other sector came 'bad', chkdsk didn't find any error in usual check but chkdsk /f /r /x comes to a point at when it says around 80 hours ETA at the step 3 of the process (probably something regarding fixing bad sectors) and works very slowly indeed.

Is there some thing I could do to repair the HDD? I don't remember exact model but i do remember it was from Seagate.

 

[Lutfij]

I doubt you can fix a bad sector issue on an HDD at home, if you're under warranty on the external drive, backup any and/or all critical data from said drive and then RMA it.

 

[Lutfij]

I doubt you can fix a bad sector issue on an HDD at home, if you're under warranty on the external drive, backup any and/or all critical data from said drive and then RMA it.

 

[FoxInFlames]

The warranty is probably over.

Oh well, i had enough space as is, but you could always do with more...

 

[SkyNetRising]

Is there some thing I could do to repair the HDD? I don't remember exact model but i do remember it was from Seagate.

There are different kinds of bad sectors.
Some are hardware bad sectors - physical damage on spinning platters of the drive.
Some are software bad sectors - drive for some reason could not read them and has marked them as bad.

First kind - not possible to fix.
Second kind - sometimes can be fixed.

Show screenshot from HDtune health (upload to imgur.com and post link).

 

[geofelt]

What is the make/model of the hdd?
There are diagnostic and repair apps that can be run which may address your issue.
WD is data lifeguard, Seagate is seatools.
You could probably re initialize the whole drive if you do not want to preserve it's current contents.
I would not count on the drive as it is today to hold anything you do not care to lose.

 

[FoxInFlames]

Show screenshot from HDtune health

it dipped to 0 pretty fast after some huge spikes :/, i didn't stop it yet, but here is the pic at the time of typing this.

What is the make/model of the hdd?

it's a
Seagate Expansion 1 TB External HDD - USB 3.0 for PC Laptop, Portable Hard Drive (STEA1000400)
it says it has 3 years of data recovery services, but my hdd is empty so i don't need to recover anything.

 

[FoxInFlames]

it dipped to 0 pretty fast after some huge spikes :/, i didn't stop it yet, but here is the pic at the time of typing this.

now it stopped with a

 

[SkyNetRising]

it dipped to 0 pretty fast after some huge spikes :/, i didn't stop it yet, but here is the pic at the time of typing this.

Health section from HDtune - please.
And make a higher resolution image. Letters in your current screenshot are too small to be readable.

 

[FoxInFlames]

maximum:- 134.6
minimum:- 0
were the results before stopping

 

[FoxInFlames]

Health section from HDtune - please.

ah, sorry, here it is

 

[FoxInFlames]

for some reason the image is blurred like hell, i'm using the xbox game bar capture:/

 

[FoxInFlames]

well, will this do?

there was an error and a warning
(05) Reallocated Sector count (current) 10, (worst) 10, (threshold) 36, (data) 58120, (status) failed
(C5) Current Pending sector (current) 100, (worst) 100, (threshold) 0, (data) 8, (status) warning

 

[SkyNetRising]

for some reason the image is blurred like hell, i'm using the xbox game bar capture:/

Can't read anything.

Learn, how to make screenshots in windows. Or make a photo with your phone camera instead.
Use imgur.com to upload your screenshot.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-screenshot-on-windows

 

[SkyNetRising]

(05) Reallocated Sector count (current) 10, (worst) 10, (threshold) 36, (data) 58120, (status) failed

Ok - this means your drive has failed.
Relocated sectors current value is below threshold - drive has exhausted all spare sectors. New damaged sectors can not be relocated.

Not fixable. Replace the drive.

 

[FoxInFlames]

Not fixable. Replace the drive.

I see, thanks for your time though.

 

[ErickParker]

I used the HDD Regenerator several times and most of them worked, giving the drive an extra life. But if a new HDD is no longer reliable due to its various mechanical components, imagine a fixed one.
All HDD I had with problems similar to your description were Seagate. Today I don't trust this brand anymore, because part of their business is "recovering data from HDDs" that fail. Ironic, isn't it?
As HDDs haven't evolved much, the program hasn't been updated since 2011, but apparently it's still working. It costs the equivalent of a 1TB external HDD. You can get more information from their website (http://www.dposoft.net/hdd.html)