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Windows 7 very slow boot etc

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poto

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Hi

I recently was given a HP all in one pc to fix when i received it it would crash on windows boot so i tested the hdd on my pc and would not even detect it in windows so put it down as damaged.
So i replaced the hdd with a spare hdd i had in my sky hd box which has never been used (500gb segate) i reinstalled windows on the hp (clean install) everything went fine untill today (2weeks after i fixed it) they gave me it back as now everytime it boots its takes for ever to get into windows and everything is very slow and cant be used even in safemode.
I have now put the hdd in my pc and can access it normaly (not slow like it is on the HP.
i am now running it through hd tune and halfh way through the error scan and has 2 damaged blocks do far.

Im stuck what to do next i could replace the hard drive again but worried the same problem will happen again, is the HP pc killing the hard drives? or was it just bad luck that the hdd i used from the skybox was failing anyway.


any help would be much appreciated


also would the hdd with the 2 damaged blocks still be ok to use in skybox if i decide to put it back in there?
 
Yes, upon boot or regualr usage critical files are probably located on those damaged sectors and when it does the HDD will be busy trying to take care of itself or just outright timing out. What I would do? Run Seagate's Seatools Diagnosis to surface scan it. It can take several hours for the full scan. When it does this it can remap you new sectors. After doing so, I would then clone it to a new drive and yes, stuff that HDD back into the skybox. It was fine before, it *SHOULD* be fine after the Seagate repair. 🙂

Ooops, actually, the very 1st thing I would do is copy all of their most beloved data off there 1st, then proceed with the above.
 
ok thanks. i realy need to know if the HP is killing the hard drives, dont want it to damage another 1 as this will be the 3rd one it had
 
poto said:
ok thanks. i realy need to know if the HP is killing the hard drives, dont want it to damage another 1 as this will be the 3rd one it had
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Very doubtful. In me experience, hard drives just don't last like they used to. You can try SeaTools for DOS and it may do some repairs for you. Takes a while, but I have 'saved' a couple hard drives that way.
 
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