Hard drive failing?

[MrToilet]

I just bought a Seagate 320GB SATA hard drive from Newegg last week. I was checking some email this morning, and Vista popped up with a window saying "Vista has detected one of your hard drives is failing." I checked in Everest, and the spin retry count was at 97, at threshold, and status said "Pre-failure, imminent loss of data is being predicted."

I haven't put anything on this new HD yet, should I just go ahead and file an RMA with Newegg? Just curious. Every other value in Everest is OK, just the spin retry count.

Thanks!

 

[kotrtim]

Yes threshold is 97,

http://www.hdtune.com/

download the free version and read the S.M.A.R.T. data of the HDD
It is under "Health" tab

 

[MrToilet]

Yeah, the spin retry is at 97. I've gotten 2 error messages from Vista saying the hard drive might fail....

maybe time to return this HD.

 

[Old Hippie]

Originally posted by: MrToilet

maybe time to return this HD.

I'll second that emotion! :thumbsup: