Old HDD sometimes get's very slow.

[Arthur_S]

Hello. I build a new machine couple of month ago. Everything brand new except my old HDD - SAMSUNG HD322HJ. The problem is that after WIndows startup I can't even open browser for like a minute (I disabled everything on autorun, disabled some unused windows services). I've seen some youtube videos where people are opening browser just after loging screen goes away, but if I do so - System lags and browser opens after 30-60 sec after clicking.

I really think it's HDD, because Athlon X4 860k with 8gb Corsair 1600Mhz could handle a browser.
After 2 minutes after boot everything goes well, except sometimes this happens and the HDD LED is flashing extremely. (with some hdd noise, not loud).
Here's what SMART shows, I don't like the Raw Read Eroor, but I don't really know what it means.

 

[InvalidError]

Interface CRC Error count indicates a problem with the SATA port, either in the HDD chipset, the SATA cable or the port on the motherboard. If you still get CRC errors after using a different cable on a different port, the interface chip on the HDD might be going bad and that may also explain the read errors.

You should start backing up your data and making plans to get a new HDD. Run the manufacturer's diagnostic tools to see if they can confirm a problem and give you an RMA/failure code if the drive is still under warranty to get the warranty replacement process started.

 

[MarkW]

The drive is having serious errors. And a lot of them.

If you have valuable data on that drive, make backups immediately. And then order a replacement drive. The current drive is likely to die very, very soon. It is already exceeding the limits on the raw read errors.

 

[Samat]

In those youtube videos people were propably using SSD drives, with regular HDD your system takes longer to get "responsive" no matter the system specs. Also your drive is starting to show some read errors, which can also slow it down. With your symptoms I'd backup any important data and start looking for a new drive, that old one is starting to be a ticking time bomb. If you have the cash getting a combo of a around 250GB SSD + HDD for data would make the system feel blazing fast for regular use.

 

[Arthur_S]

The drive is having serious errors. And a lot of them.

If you have valuable data on that drive, make backups immediately. And then order a replacement drive. The current drive is likely to die very, very soon. It is already exceeding the limits on the raw read errors.

I don't really have money to buy something good now, would HDD dying cause other components to die? Or I should not worry about it?

 

[MarkW]

It will stop you from using what is on that hard drive. And it will continue to slow your system down every time something accesses that hard drive until you disconnect it.

 

[InvalidError]

The only thing you should have to worry about is losing all data on that drive when it decides to fail permanently.

The system non-responsiveness is due to Windows' IO back-end stalling on read/writes from/to the drive: Windows is expecting the HDD to complete IO requests within a certain time but when it needs to start retrying because accesses time out, everything that accesses that drive freezes until the IOs either go through or fail.