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WD Caviar Blue 320gb. Constant BSOD

Kroze

Kroze

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I don't know if the drive is damaged or what but I've reinstalled windows for like 10 times now it it didn't solve the problem. Each time I reinstall a fresh copy of windows, the of would run fine, for a day or two and then random BOSD.

Is there a way to scan the hard drive to see if a specific section of the hard drive is bad or not?
 
Did you check the SMART information from something like CrystalDiskInfo (free) ?
If all checks out there, then try a different cable.
If still does it, then run memtest86+ overnight, and make sure it has 0 errors.
 
This is one of my favorite drives. Got a bunch of them and never had an issue. They're certainly not performance drives, but I love them for their reliability, silence and low heat and power consumption.

It is possible that the BSOD is being caused by something else like memory, video or even a bad software driver.

Recommend to wipe the HDD then reformat. There are all kinds of free test tools available if you want to try those, but I would test it out by using it temporarily as a data drive (eg, watch movies from it while it is in an external enclosure).

If you have doubts, then you can pick up a new 320 blue at Frys Electronics now for a song ($39 on sale), but they WILL be AFT.
 
If memtest86 doesn't catch any error, try HCI Memtest as well. HCI Memtest found errors on some RAM I had that memtest86 didn't catch. Also, what kind of power supply do you have and how old?
 
BSOD's can come from many components. At this point I would be questioning whether it is the hard drive.

Here is a program I always use or hard drives in question:

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-dos-master/

It is a Seagate app, but it will work on anything. Just burn the iso to a cd, boot off of it, and do a long test. If no errors, I would start testing other things, as the other posters have suggested.
 
I'm pretty certain it's the HD that's causing it. I'm currently using a much older Western Digital 160GB HD and it's rock solid. The PC only give me BSOD with the WD 320gb and only after a day or two of usage from a fresh windows install.

It's as if a certain part of the hard drive is bad and once the head reaches it, it crashes.
 
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I highly doubt its your hard disk. Try to sorta it out, look in startup etc. or do system restore to when it was working... gl
 
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