Solved Corrupt Sectors on HDD

FreeBooter · Apr 2, 2023

If there was bad sector the SeaTools will give you option to repair it.

IanMosley · Apr 2, 2023

SIW2 said:
"Checking bad sector is read-only, but repairing bad sector destroys data saved on or near bad sectors. Please backup or recover data before trying to repairing bad sectors.

Not all bad sectors can be repaired by software"

I've run Diskgenius with the following result -

Not perfect - but no bad sectors!

IanMosley · Apr 2, 2023

Thanks to all contributors - it looks as though I've resolved this issue.

erpster4 · Apr 3, 2023

FreeBooter said:
Run Seagate SeaTools

SeaTools Bootable provides a basic suite of diagnostic utilities in an environment independent of your installed operating system. This will allow you to test, diagnose, and possibly repair your hard drive, even if your operating system environment is inaccessible.

Please download and use the SeaTools Bootable to create a bootable USB that you can use to diagnose hard drives and monitor SSDs.

The flash drive must be at least 256 MBs but no larger than 32 GBs.

Use SeaBoot_11-18-2019_RC5.usbBootMaker.exe to create bootable USB.

the Seatools bootable usb disc should be best used to check Seagate brand HDDs only and has some limited functions when running it on HDDs other than Seagate drives. OP's HDD in question appears to be a "Western Digital" brand HDD (because the model # begins with WD)

IanMosley said:
I've run this and the result are atattached as 'WD-WCC6Y3SC915Z.log' & the 'Device Management.png' - Drive 0 - shows partitions on the drive

The 'Seatools for Windows.txt' is an extract from the Seatools for Windows User Guide.

the Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools for Windows 1.37 or Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS 5.27 program (though both discontinued by Western Digital) should have been used to check the WD-WCC6Y3SC915Z hard drive instead of Seatools.

IanMosley · Apr 3, 2023

erpster4 said:
The Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools for Windows 1.37 or Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS 5.27 program (though both discontinued by Western Digital) should have been used to check the WD-WCC6Y3SC915Z hard drive instead of Seatools.

Thanks for heads-up!. I'll test with WD Lifeguard Tool asap.

EDIT
Looks as though it's going to take up 6-7 hours to run, so it's going to be an overenight run later this week.

FreeBooter · Apr 3, 2023

erpster4 said:
the Seatools bootable usb disc should be best used to check Seagate brand HDDs only and has some limited functions when running it on HDDs other than Seagate drives. OP's HDD in question appears to be a "Western Digital" brand HDD (because the model # begins with WD)

the Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools for Windows 1.37 or Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS 5.27 program (though both discontinued by Western Digital) should have been used to check the WD-WCC6Y3SC915Z hard drive instead of Seatools.

The Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools for Windows wont repair bad sectors on Windows installed HDD as it can only be use while Windows OS booted.

Jamis · Apr 3, 2023

Curious as to how old the offending drive is? How many hours has it been run, etc? ChrystalDiskImage report?

SIW2 · Apr 3, 2023

IanMosley said:
I've run Diskgenius with the following result -

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Not perfect - but no bad sectors!

but you only checked part of the disk in that screenshot.

The seatools and wd programs do the same thing. The advantage of diskgenius is that it works on all brands, and it can do one chunk at a time, either select a partition or a range. Then do the next bit later on etc. So it is not 7hrs in one stretch.

all of these things can run the run the disks own self tests or check for bad sectors, or attempt to fix any bad sectors.

If it is an RMA situation then it might be better to use the mfr own tool as they might prefer the report from that.

spapakons · Apr 4, 2023

Seatools are intended for Seagate disks, but they can be used for diagnosis (quick test and long test) of other brands as well. Some other manufacturer software check the brand of the disk and don't work for other brands. Seatools works for all brands, so it is preferred.

IanMosley · Apr 4, 2023

SIW2 said:
but you only checked part of the disk in that screenshot.

Errors were only reported on the C: partition.

IanMosley · Apr 4, 2023

Ran the Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tool with no errors reported -

IanMosley · Apr 4, 2023

Jamis said:
Curious as to how old the offending drive is? How many hours has it been run, etc? ChrystalDiskImage report?

Drive is approximately 4 yrs old.

spapakons · Apr 5, 2023

If there is no hardware issue in the drive, it must be a logical issue. You must backup your data and format it.

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