external SAMSUNG HD154UI problem

[Vapurios]

Hey guys,

i have a problem with my external SAMSUNG HD154UI.
windows and tools like acronis disk director dannot format it, there always occures an error.... i have also tried low level formatting, didn't work neither.
s0kill can't identify the hdd...

however, i have ran hddscan s.m.a.r.t. and it says:



maybe you can help me?

greetz Vapu

[pepe]

RMA is the solution...

pepe

[drc]

You have a lot of bad sectors. Get rid of it.

[Alexii]

Count of reallocated sectors. When the hard drive finds a read/write/verification error, it marks this sector as "reallocated" and transfers data to a special reserved area (spare area). This process is also known as remapping, and "reallocated" sectors are called remaps. This is why, on modern hard disks, "bad blocks" cannot be found while testing the surface – all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors. However, as the number of reallocated sectors increases, the read/write speed tends to decrease. The raw value normally represents a count of the number of bad sectors that have been found and remapped. Thus, the higher the attribute value, the more sectors the drive has had to reallocate.

Here u go =) Riped it from S.M.A.R.T wiki. Reallocated Sectors Count atribute is considered critical. U have it in the red. Ur option is to return he drive m8.

[Vapurios]

what means "RMA"?

[pcimage]

Returns Material Authorisation.

I.e. Send it back to the manufacturer for replacement