[SOLVED] Could have sworn my old HDD was on its way out ?

onemoretimex

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a year back my HDD was making some mechanical noises... it was pretty consistent and if i remember i had some issues with it powering.

I tossed it in my pc bits n pieces box and replaced it with a new one...

Last night whilst looking through the box for a spare hdd i came across it and thought what the hell ill check it out.

There was some mechanical noise, so ran the bad block test which came back with 1 block red... i then ran a few repairs programs on it... then checked for bad blocks again and none were showing but not only that the thing is silent no major noises....

Is it possible it wasnt the death of the hdd grinding and some other type of mechanical noise that didnt spell the death of it ?
 
Solution
Any type of mechanical noise coming from your HDD is not a good sign. Try downloading and running a program called "Hard Disk Sentinel". It will give you a report on the health of your hard drive.

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