[pchelpers] Re: better understanding of Hard Drives

pccowboy wrote:
> I wanted to get a better understanding of hard drives.
> 
> Spinrite is reporting a drive with over 2 million seek errors and over 
> 106 million ecc errors.
> 
> I am correct in my understanding that this means the drive is bad?
> 
> This is a Seagate 500g.
> 
> It is only a week old and it is a replacement for a drive that I sent back.
> In fact this is the 5th replacement this year.
> 
> Are Seagate 500 gigs drive that bad?
> 
> (I'm still waiting on my replacement for my Maxtor 200 gig drive for the 
> 2nd time this year)
> 
> 
> Dallas
Although a tool such as Spinrite may be able to repair disk surface errors,
I would have little confidence in its condition given the seek errors.
These suggest it is damaged. The last resort is to remove the partition 
and set it up again. Note: This drive may well have had its BIOS on the 
platter, If it was low level formatted, its control data would be 
destroyed. After that it would be good only as an ornament or a boat 
anchor. Seagates are known for this.
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