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Help with bad sectors

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grimlykindo

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I recently tried to ghost my 160GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive to another SATA drive and I kept getting bad sector errors. I tried multiple different ghosting programs and even different computers with the same bad sector results. I never had any problems with the drive even though it is about 6 years old, I just wanted to upgrade to a larger, faster drive. I just gave up on the ghost and kept the drive.

Its been about a month since I tried to ghost the drive and now I am getting random freezes and blue screens. I have tried almost every disk utility and they show errors, but don't seem to be fixing them. they show the same errors everytime I scan the disc. I thought that the bad sectors would be reallocated to the spare sectors on the hard drive?

Should I even bother trying a fresh install on the samsung or should I just replace the drive?
 
If whatever Samsung has for a HDD diagnostic utility is failing, then i'd get in touch with them for an RMA.

Sector reallocation doesn't always go as it should AFAIK, & when there's too many going south, things might work for a bit after reformatting & reinstalling, but you'd likely see things get corrupted & wrecked as more fail soon afterward if the drive is dying.
 
Originally posted by: grimlykindo
I recently tried to ghost my 160GB Samsung Spinpoint SATA drive to another SATA drive and I kept getting bad sector errors. I tried multiple different ghosting programs and even different computers with the same bad sector results. I never had any problems with the drive even though it is about 6 years old, I just wanted to upgrade to a larger, faster drive. I just gave up on the ghost and kept the drive.

Its been about a month since I tried to ghost the drive and now I am getting random freezes and blue screens. I have tried almost every disk utility and they show errors, but don't seem to be fixing them. they show the same errors everytime I scan the disc. I thought that the bad sectors would be reallocated to the spare sectors on the hard drive?

Should I even bother trying a fresh install on the samsung or should I just replace the drive?
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Remappable sectors are limited, they might already be used up. Based on the symptoms, Id say its time to replace the drive.
 
Thanks guys, I guess I will just replace the drive since it is so old anyway. I have alot of junk installed and its gonna take forever to reinstall everything :frown:
 
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