Samsung SP0411N/R - Hutil - MCFS Fail

Good morning/afternoon/evening Everyone,

This may take 2 posts to complete the presentation of the problem.

I am in the process of renovating my landlord's computer which has a Samsung SP0411N/R TW100-13 IDE 40GB hard drive.

It has Windows XP Professional installed and initially the OS (Operating System) couldn't start because the Windows directory could not be detected. Also, the BIOS reports that the Hard Drive is "Ultra DMA Mode-5, S.M.A.R.T. Capable but Command Failed". The Motherboard is a PC Chips P21G V3.1 with AMIBIOS(C)2005 American Megatrends, Inc. Version 8.00.12.

The following is my diagnostic history.

Using GParted Live on a USB Flash drive to Boot the PC I was able to obtain the following details.

Code:: Check and repair file system (ntfs) on /dev/sda1 00:00:01 ( ERROR ) calibrate /dev/sda1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) path: /dev/sda1 start: 63 end: 32772599 size: 32772537 (15.63 GiB) check file system on /dev/sda1 for errors and (if possible) fix them 00:00:01 ( ERROR ) ntfsresize -i -f -v /dev/sda1 ntfsresize v2014.2.15AR.1 (libntfs-3g) Device name : /dev/sda1 NTFS volume version: 3.1 Cluster size : 4096 bytes Current volume size: 16779538944 bytes (16780 MB) Current device size: 16779538944 bytes (16780 MB) Checking for bad sectors ... Checking filesystem consistency ... 100.00 percent completed Accounting clusters ... Cluster accounting failed at 101901 (0x18e0d): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101902 (0x18e0e): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101903 (0x18e0f): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101904 (0x18e10): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101905 (0x18e11): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101906 (0x18e12): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101907 (0x18e13): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101908 (0x18e14): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101909 (0x18e15): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101910 (0x18e16): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101911 (0x18e17): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 101912 (0x18e18): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596926 (0x185dfe): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596927 (0x185dff): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596928 (0x185e00): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596929 (0x185e01): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596930 (0x185e02): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596931 (0x185e03): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596932 (0x185e04): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596933 (0x185e05): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596934 (0x185e06): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596935 (0x185e07): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596936 (0x185e08): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1596937 (0x185e09): missing cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1603961 (0x187979): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1604195 (0x187a63): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1604270 (0x187aae): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1604804 (0x187cc4): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1605595 (0x187fdb): extra cluster in $Bitmap Cluster accounting failed at 1605598 (0x187fde): extra cluster in $Bitmap Filesystem check failed! Totally 30 cluster accounting mismatches. ERROR: NTFS is inconsistent. Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it TWICE! The usage of the /f parameter is very IMPORTANT! No modification was and will be made to NTFS by this software until it gets repaired.

Some of the information I found on the Internet, however, indicates that "chkdsk /f" can sometimes make things worse.

Using the ntfsfix utility, which is included with GParted Live, the following information was obtained.

Code:: ntfsfix /dev/sda1 Mounting volume... OK Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully. Checking the alternate boot sector... OK NTFS volume version is 3.1. NTFS partition /dev/sda1 was processed successfully.

Using the testdisk utility, which is also included with GParted Live, the following was obtained.

Code:: TestDisk 6.14, Data Recovery Utility, July 2013 Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org OS: Linux, kernel 3.14-1-486 (#1 Debian 3.14.5-1 (2014-06-05)) i686 Compiler: GCC 4.8 Compilation date: 2014-04-13T17:18:51 ext2fs lib: 1.42.10, ntfs lib: libntfs-3g, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: none /dev/sda: LBA, HPA, LBA48, DCO support /dev/sda: size 156301488 sectors /dev/sda: user_max 156301488 sectors /dev/sda: native_max 156301488 sectors /dev/sda: dco 156301488 sectors /dev/sdb: LBA, HPA, DCO support /dev/sdb: size 78242976 sectors /dev/sdb: user_max 78242976 sectors /dev/sdb: native_max 78242976 sectors /dev/sdb: dco 78242976 sectors Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/mapper/control - 0 B - 1 sectors, sector size=512 Warning: can't get size for Disk /dev/md - 0 B - 1 sectors (RO), sector size=512 Hard disk list Disk /dev/sda - 80 GB / 74 GiB - CHS 9729 255 63, sector size=512 - ST380011A, S/N:3JV4GSQS, FW:3.06 Disk /dev/sdb - 40 GB / 37 GiB - CHS 4870 255 63, sector size=512 - SAMSUNG SP0411N/R, S/N:S0DBJ10YA17865, FW:TW100-13 Disk /dev/sdc - 2021 MB / 1927 MiB - CHS 1010 63 62, sector size=512 - SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro, FW:8.02 Partition table type (auto): Intel Disk /dev/sdb - 40 GB / 37 GiB - SAMSUNG SP0411N/R Partition table type: Intel Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 40 GB / 37 GiB - CHS 4870 255 63 Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63 NTFS at 0/1/1 NTFS at 2040/1/1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=6 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=4 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=64 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=128 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=240 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=6 Current partition structure: 1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 2 E extended LBA 2040 0 1 4868 254 63 45447885 5 L HPFS - NTFS 2040 1 1 4868 254 63 45447822 ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread failed: Input/output error Failed to read index block: Input/output error search_part() Disk /dev/sdb - 40 GB / 37 GiB - CHS 4870 255 63 NTFS at 0/1/1 filesystem size 32772537 sectors_per_cluster 8 mft_lcn 786432 mftmirr_lcn 2048283 clusters_per_mft_record -10 clusters_per_index_record 1 HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB NTFS at 2040/1/1 filesystem size 45447822 sectors_per_cluster 8 mft_lcn 786432 mftmirr_lcn 2840488 clusters_per_mft_record -10 clusters_per_index_record 1 HPFS - NTFS 2040 1 1 4868 254 63 45447822 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 23 GB / 21 GiB get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=4 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=3 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=64 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=128 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=240 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=4 Results * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB L HPFS - NTFS 2040 1 1 4868 254 63 45447822 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 23 GB / 21 GiB ntfs_device_testdisk_io_ioctl() unimplemented file_pread(5,16,buffer,16386327(1020/0/28)) read err: Partial read file_pread(5,1,buffer,16386328(1020/0/29)) read err: Input/output error file_pread(5,6,buffer,16386329(1020/0/30)) read err: Input/output error dir_partition inode=5 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB Directory / 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 . 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 .. 4000 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:24 Archivos de programa 3531 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:00 Documents and Settings 11352 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:28 MSOCache 3529 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 16-Jun-2014 23:28 System Volume Information 28 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 4-Feb-2014 10:55 WINDOWS 7431 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 AUTOEXEC.BAT 1863 -r--r--r-- 0 0 4952 14-Apr-2008 12:00 Bootfont.bin 7430 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 CONFIG.SYS 7432 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 IO.SYS 7433 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 MSDOS.SYS 3495 -r--r--r-- 0 0 47564 14-Apr-2008 12:00 NTDETECT.COM 3523 -r--r--r-- 0 0 211 19-May-2006 22:46 boot.ini 3491 -r--r--r-- 0 0 251168 14-Apr-2008 12:00 ntldr 27 -r--r--r-- 0 0 352321536 4-Feb-2014 10:54 pagefile.sys dir_partition inode=28 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB file_pread(5,16,buffer,16386335(1020/0/36)) read err: Input/output error file_pread(5,1,buffer,16386335(1020/0/36)) read err: Input/output error ntfs_readdir failed for cluster 28 Directory /WINDOWS 28 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 4-Feb-2014 10:55 . 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 .. Directory / 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 . 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 .. 4000 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:24 Archivos de programa 3531 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:00 Documents and Settings 11352 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:28 MSOCache 3529 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 16-Jun-2014 23:28 System Volume Information 28 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 4-Feb-2014 10:55 WINDOWS 7431 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 AUTOEXEC.BAT 1863 -r--r--r-- 0 0 4952 14-Apr-2008 12:00 Bootfont.bin 7430 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 CONFIG.SYS 7432 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 IO.SYS 7433 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 MSDOS.SYS 3495 -r--r--r-- 0 0 47564 14-Apr-2008 12:00 NTDETECT.COM 3523 -r--r--r-- 0 0 211 19-May-2006 22:46 boot.ini 3491 -r--r--r-- 0 0 251168 14-Apr-2008 12:00 ntldr 27 -r--r--r-- 0 0 352321536 4-Feb-2014 10:54 pagefile.sys add_ext_part_i386: max add_ext_part_i386: min interface_write() 1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 2 E extended LBA 2040 0 1 4868 254 63 45447885 5 L HPFS - NTFS 2040 1 1 4868 254 63 45447822 search_part() Disk /dev/sdb - 40 GB / 37 GiB - CHS 4870 255 63 NTFS at 0/1/1 filesystem size 32772537 sectors_per_cluster 8 mft_lcn 786432 mftmirr_lcn 2048283 clusters_per_mft_record -10 clusters_per_index_record 1 HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB file_pread(5,16,buffer,16386315(1020/0/16)) read err: Partial read NTFS at 2039/254/63 filesystem size 32772537 sectors_per_cluster 8 mft_lcn 786432 mftmirr_lcn 2048283 clusters_per_mft_record -10 clusters_per_index_record 1 HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB NTFS at 2040/1/1 filesystem size 45447822 sectors_per_cluster 8 mft_lcn 786432 mftmirr_lcn 2840488 clusters_per_mft_record -10 clusters_per_index_record 1 HPFS - NTFS 2040 1 1 4868 254 63 45447822 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 23 GB / 21 GiB NTFS at 4868/254/63 filesystem size 45447822 sectors_per_cluster 8 mft_lcn 786432 mftmirr_lcn 2840488 clusters_per_mft_record -10 clusters_per_index_record 1 HPFS - NTFS 2040 1 1 4868 254 63 45447822 NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=4096, 23 GB / 21 GiB NTFS at 4868/254/63 filesystem size 45447822 sectors_per_cluster 8 mft_lcn 786432 mftmirr_lcn 2840488 clusters_per_mft_record -10 clusters_per_index_record 1 NTFS: Can't read MFT HPFS - NTFS 4868 254 63 7697 253 62 45447822 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 23 GB / 21 GiB This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=78220484, size=45447822, end=123668305, disk end=78242976) Disk /dev/sdb - 40 GB / 37 GiB - CHS 4870 255 63 Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection... The harddisk (40 GB / 37 GiB) seems too small! (< 63 GB / 58 GiB) The following partition can't be recovered: HPFS - NTFS 4868 254 63 7697 253 62 45447822 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 23 GB / 21 GiB get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=4 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=3 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=64 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=128 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=240 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=4 Results * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB L HPFS - NTFS 2040 1 1 4868 254 63 45447822 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 23 GB / 21 GiB ntfs_device_testdisk_io_ioctl() unimplemented file_pread(5,16,buffer,16386327(1020/0/28)) read err: Partial read file_pread(5,1,buffer,16386328(1020/0/29)) read err: Input/output error file_pread(5,6,buffer,16386329(1020/0/30)) read err: Input/output error dir_partition inode=5 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB Directory / 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 . 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 .. 4000 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:24 Archivos de programa 3531 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:00 Documents and Settings 11352 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:28 MSOCache 3529 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 16-Jun-2014 23:28 System Volume Information 28 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 4-Feb-2014 10:55 WINDOWS 7431 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 AUTOEXEC.BAT 1863 -r--r--r-- 0 0 4952 14-Apr-2008 12:00 Bootfont.bin 7430 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 CONFIG.SYS 7432 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 IO.SYS 7433 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 MSDOS.SYS 3495 -r--r--r-- 0 0 ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread failed: Input/output error Failed to read index block: Input/output error 47564 14-Apr-2008 12:00 NTDETECT.COM 3523 -r--r--r-- 0 0 211 19-May-2006 22:46 boot.ini 3491 -r--r--r-- 0 0 251168 14-Apr-2008 12:00 ntldr 27 -r--r--r-- 0 0 352321536 4-Feb-2014 10:54 pagefile.sys dir_partition inode=28 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB file_pread(5,16,buffer,16386335(1020/0/36)) read err: Input/output error file_pread(5,1,buffer,16386335(1020/0/36)) read err: Input/output error ntfs_readdir failed for cluster 28 Directory /WINDOWS 28 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 4-Feb-2014 10:55 . 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 .. Directory / 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 . 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 .. 4000 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:24 Archivos de programa 3531 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:00 Documents and Settings 11352 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:28 MSOCache 3529 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 16-Jun-2014 23:28 System Volume Information 28 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 4-Feb-2014 10:55 WINDOWS 7431 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 AUTOEXEC.BAT 1863 -r--r--r-- 0 0 4952 14-Apr-2008 12:00 Bootfont.bin 7430 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 CONFIG.SYS 7432 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 IO.SYS 7433 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 MSDOS.SYS 3495 -r--r--r-- 0 0 47564 14-Apr-2008 12:00 NTDETECT.COM 3523 -r--r--r-- 0 0 211 19-May-2006 22:46 boot.ini 3491 -r--r--r-- 0 0 251168 14-Apr-2008 12:00 ntldr 27 -r--r--r-- 0 0 352321536 4-Feb-2014 10:54 pagefile.sys add_ext_part_i386: max add_ext_part_i386: min interface_write() 1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 2 E extended LBA 2040 0 1 4868 254 63 45447885 5 L HPFS - NTFS 2040 1 1 4868 254 63 45447822 ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread failed: Input/output error Failed to read index block: Input/output error simulate write! write_mbr_i386: starting... write_all_log_i386: starting... write_all_log_i386: CHS: 2040/0/1,lba=32772600 Interface Advanced Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63 NTFS at 0/1/1 NTFS at 2040/1/1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=6 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=4 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=64 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=128 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=240 nbr=1 get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=6 1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB 2 E extended LBA 2040 0 1 4868 254 63 45447885 5 L HPFS - NTFS 2040 1 1 4868 254 63 45447822 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 23 GB / 21 GiB ntfs_device_testdisk_io_ioctl() unimplemented file_pread(5,16,buffer,16386327(1020/0/28)) read err: Partial read file_pread(5,1,buffer,16386328(1020/0/29)) read err: Input/output error file_pread(5,6,buffer,16386329(1020/0/30)) read err: Input/output error dir_partition inode=5 1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB Directory / 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 . 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 .. 4000 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:24 Archivos de programa 3531 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:00 Documents and Settings 11352 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:28 MSOCache 3529 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 16-Jun-2014 23:28 System Volume Information 28 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 4-Feb-2014 10:55 WINDOWS 7431 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 AUTOEXEC.BAT 1863 -r--r--r-- 0 0 4952 14-Apr-2008 12:00 Bootfont.bin 7430 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 CONFIG.SYS 7432 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 IO.SYS 7433 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 MSDOS.SYS 3495 -r--r--r-- 0 0 47564 14-Apr-2008 12:00 NTDETECT.COM 3523 -r--r--r-- 0 0 211 19-May-2006 22:46 boot.ini 3491 -r--r--r-- 0 0 251168 14-Apr-2008 12:00 ntldr 27 -r--r--r-- 0 0 352321536 4-Feb-2014 10:54 pagefile.sys dir_partition inode=28 1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 2039 254 63 32772537 NTFS, blocksize=4096, 16 GB / 15 GiB file_pread(5,16,buffer,16386335(1020/0/36)) read err: Input/output error file_pread(5,1,buffer,16386335(1020/0/36)) read err: Input/output error ntfs_readdir failed for cluster 28 Directory /WINDOWS 28 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 4-Feb-2014 10:55 . 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 .. Directory / 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 . 5 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:29 .. 4000 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 29-Jan-2014 16:24 Archivos de programa 3531 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:00 Documents and Settings 11352 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 19-May-2006 23:28 MSOCache 3529 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 16-Jun-2014 23:28 System Volume Information 28 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 4-Feb-2014 10:55 WINDOWS 7431 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 AUTOEXEC.BAT 1863 -r--r--r-- 0 0 4952 14-Apr-2008 12:00 Bootfont.bin 7430 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 CONFIG.SYS 7432 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 IO.SYS 7433 -r--r--r-- 0 0 0 19-May-2006 22:52 MSDOS.SYS 3495 -r--r--r-- 0 0 47564 14-Apr-2008 12:00 NTDETECT.COM 3523 -r--r--r-- 0 0 211 19-May-2006 22:46 boot.ini 3491 -r--r--r-- 0 0 251168 14-Apr-2008 12:00 ntldr 27 -r--r--r-- 0 0 352321536 4-Feb-2014 10:54 pagefile.sys TestDisk exited normally.

So, I posted the above on the Windows XP Forum and was advised to use "chkdsk /r" which I did after transferring the drive to my own PC and received the following results.

Code:: The type of the file system is NTFS. CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 5)... File verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 5)... Correcting error in index $I30 for file 28. Correcting error in index $I30 for file 28. Sorting index $I30 in file 28. Index verification completed. CHKDSK is recovering lost files. Recovering orphaned file Fonts (47) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Config (48) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Cursors (51) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file addins (63) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file CONNEC~1 (64) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Connection Wizard (64) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file DRIVER~1 (65) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Driver Cache (65) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file AppPatch (87) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Debug (88) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file ehome (145) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file explorer.scf (513) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file clock.avi (1546) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file explorer.exe (2077) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file FaxSetup.log (4031) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file comsetup.log (4036) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file cmsetacl.log (4724) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file GRANOD~1.BMP (5012) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Grano de café.bmp (5012) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file A pescar.bmp (5014) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file APESCA~1.BMP (5014) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Abanicos.bmp (5018) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Azteca.bmp (5020) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Cursores (5021) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file DTCINS~1.LOG (5358) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file DtcInstall.log (5358) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file desktop.ini (6109) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file DOWNLO~1 (6425) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Downloaded Program Files (6425) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file control.ini (7434) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file bootstat.dat (7452) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file 0.log (10301) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file $NTUNI~1 (10885) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file $NtUninstallWdf01005$ (10885) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file Alcrmv.exe (11036) into directory file 28. Recovering orphaned file tmp.edb (21392) into directory file 10187. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 5)... Security descriptor verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)... File data verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)... Free space verification is complete. Adding 1 bad clusters to the Bad Clusters File. CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume bitmap. Windows has made corrections to the file system. 16386268 KB total disk space. 4272140 KB in 20689 files. 5632 KB in 1663 indexes. 4 KB in bad sectors. 89152 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 12019340 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 4096567 total allocation units on disk. 3004835 allocation units available on disk. Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 1502.

Transferring the drive back to its original case and running "chkdsk" without any switches produces the following (it's in Spanish but I think you will understand).

Code:: Advertencia: parámetro /F no especificado. Ejecutando CHKDSK en modo de sólo lectura. CHKDSK está comprobando archivos (etapa 1 de 3)... Comprobación de archivos terminada. CHKDSK está comprobando índices (etapa 2 de 3)... Comprobación de índices terminada. CHKDSK está comprobando descriptores de seguridad (etapa 3 de 3)... Comprobación de descriptores de seguridad terminada. Corrigiendo errores en el mapa de bits del volumen. Windows encontró problemas con el sistema de archivos. Ejecute CHKDSK con la opción /F (fix) para corregirlos. 16386268 KB de espacio total en disco. 4771048 KB en 21340 archivos. 5904 KB en 2240 índices. 4 KB en sectores defectuosos. 91592 KB en uso por el sistema. El archivo de registro ha ocupado 65536 kilobytes. 11517720 KB disponibles en disco. 4096 bytes en cada unidad de asignación. 4096567 unidades de asignación en disco en total. 2879430 unidades de asignación disponibles en disco.

Using smartctl from http://www.smartmontools.org produced the following.

Code:: === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: SAMSUNG SP0411N/R Serial Number: S0DBJ10YA17865 Firmware Version: TW100-13 User Capacity: 40,060,403,712 bytes [40.0 GB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13/1532D revision 0 Local Time is: Mon Jun 30 20:37:32 2014 EDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled Read SMART Data failed: scsi error aborted command === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: UNKNOWN! SMART Status, Attributes and Thresholds cannot be read. Read SMART Error Log failed: scsi error aborted command Read SMART Self-test Log failed: scsi error aborted command Selective Self-tests/Logging not supported ------------------------------------------------------------------- smartctl -P showall /dev/sda1 No presets are defined for this drive. Its identity strings: MODEL: /dev/sda1 FIRMWARE: (any) do not match any of the known regular expressions. smartctl -P showall /dev/sda No presets are defined for this drive. Its identity strings: MODEL: /dev/sda FIRMWARE: (any) do not match any of the known regular expressions.

Thanks to this site I was able to get version 2.10 of Hutil and things don't appear good.

Auto Detection correctly identifies the Motherboard Controller (VIA VT82C571) and the Drive model.

Using the various Menu Items, except "ERASE HDD" produces the following.

Code:: Option Drive Information Error : MCFS Fail Partition Info Error : MCFS Fail Tool Set Max UDMA Mode Error : MCFS Fail Automatic Acoustic Management Error : MCFS Fail Self Diagnostic Test Loop Count Number 1

The Test Loop Count Number is Stationary on 1.

Does "MCFS Fail" equate to "Maintenance/Cylinder Read Failure"? What does this indicate exactly?

The drive doesn't appear to be making any noises that indicate there is something mechanically wrong with it.

What is an acceptable amount of space used by bad sectors?

Are there any other utilities I can use to get an accurate health report for this drive?

Are there any other utilities I can use to pinpoint and view the bad sectors?

Thanks, Michael.

Hi cuscotravelservices,

First off all Simpomts from your HDD?

Makes strange noises? recognized by BIOS? can you show log FROM vistoria, or MHDD?

http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.03-Victoria/
http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

What is a landlord's computer?

We wait your response.

hhddrec wrote:First off all Simpomts from your HDD?

What is Simpomts? There is no such word in the English language.

hhddrec wrote:Makes strange noises? recognized by BIOS?

The above information has already been provided.

hhddrec wrote:can you show log FROM vistoria, or MHDD?

http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.03-Victoria/
http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

Is there an English language version of the Manual for Victoria?

The following is what I have done, so far, with MHDD. There was 1 UNC error.

Code:: 8.07.2014 4:22:11 8.07.2014 4:22:11 8.07.2014 4:22:11 | MHDD 4.6 (c) Dmitry Postrigan | FREEWARE 8.07.2014 4:22:11 Changing mode to: IDE 8.07.2014 4:24:12 Changing mode to: IDE 8.07.2014 4:24:12 Device selected: 3 8.07.2014 4:24:45 8.07.2014 4:24:45 MHDD>HELP 8.07.2014 4:25:01 8.07.2014 4:25:01 MHDD>EXIT 8.07.2014 4:25:01 MHDD: Exit 8.07.2014 4:36:29 8.07.2014 4:36:29 8.07.2014 4:36:29 | MHDD 4.6 (c) Dmitry Postrigan | FREEWARE 8.07.2014 4:36:29 Changing mode to: IDE 8.07.2014 4:36:56 8.07.2014 4:36:56 MHDD>I 8.07.2014 4:36:57 SAMSUNG SP0411N/R LBA: 78,242,976 8.07.2014 4:36:57 SN: S0DBJ10YA17865 FW: TW100-13 8.07.2014 4:37:40 8.07.2014 4:37:40 MHDD>EID 8.07.2014 4:37:40 SAMSUNG SP0411N/R LBA: 78,242,976 8.07.2014 4:37:40 SN: S0DBJ10YA17865 FW: TW100-13 8.07.2014 4:40:33 8.07.2014 4:40:33 MHDD>SCAN 8.07.2014 4:42:23 Scan started 8.07.2014 4:42:23 MODE: IDE 8.07.2014 4:42:24 Device: SAMSUNG SP0411N/R 8.07.2014 4:42:24 F/W: TW100-13 8.07.2014 4:42:24 SN: S0DBJ10YA17865 8.07.2014 4:42:25 ------------------------------- 8.07.2014 4:42:25 Lap : 1 8.07.2014 4:42:25 LBA scan: 0 to 78242975 8.07.2014 4:45:00 þ LBA Error: 16386335 8.07.2014 4:56:45 Time spent: 00:14:17 8.07.2014 4:56:45 Blocks < 3ms = 214243 8.07.2014 4:56:45 Blocks < 10ms = 91776 8.07.2014 4:56:45 Blocks < 50ms = 816 8.07.2014 4:56:45 Blocks < 150ms = 0 8.07.2014 4:56:45 Blocks < 500ms = 0 8.07.2014 4:56:45 Blocks > 500ms = 0 8.07.2014 4:56:45 Errors: 1, Warnings: 0 8.07.2014 4:56:45 Done 8.07.2014 5:05:42 8.07.2014 5:05:42 MHDD>MAN 8.07.2014 5:06:12 8.07.2014 5:06:12 MHDD>MAN EN STOP 8.07.2014 5:06:26 8.07.2014 5:06:26 MHDD>STOP 8.07.2014 5:06:46 8.07.2014 5:06:46 MHDD>MAN EN CX 8.07.2014 5:06:59 8.07.2014 5:06:59 MHDD>CX 8.07.2014 5:17:43 8.07.2014 5:17:43 MHDD>SMART ATT 8.07.2014 5:17:43 Getting SMART attributes... 8.07.2014 5:17:43 SMART READ ATTRIBUTES 8.07.2014 5:17:43 SMART READ ATTRIBUTES FAILED! 8.07.2014 5:17:43 Error: device error 8.07.2014 5:18:30 8.07.2014 5:18:30 MHDD>HELP 8.07.2014 5:20:28 8.07.2014 5:20:28 MHDD>CONFIG 8.07.2014 5:21:20 8.07.2014 5:21:20 MHDD>HELP 8.07.2014 5:21:49 8.07.2014 5:21:49 MHDD>HELP 8.07.2014 5:22:09 8.07.2014 5:22:09 MHDD>CONFIG 8.07.2014 5:23:00 8.07.2014 5:23:00 MHDD>HELP 8.07.2014 5:23:11 8.07.2014 5:23:11 MHDD>EXIT 8.07.2014 5:23:11 MHDD: Exit 8.07.2014 5:24:22 8.07.2014 5:24:22 8.07.2014 5:24:22 | MHDD 4.6 (c) Dmitry Postrigan | FREEWARE 8.07.2014 5:24:22 Changing mode to: IDE 8.07.2014 5:24:39 8.07.2014 5:24:39 MHDD>I 8.07.2014 5:24:39 SAMSUNG SP0411N/R LBA: 78,242,976 8.07.2014 5:24:39 SN: S0DBJ10YA17865 FW: TW100-13 8.07.2014 5:24:50 8.07.2014 5:24:50 MHDD>HELP 8.07.2014 5:25:11 8.07.2014 5:25:11 MHDD>MAKELOG 8.07.2014 5:27:02 8.07.2014 5:27:02 MHDD>EXIT 8.07.2014 5:27:02 MHDD: Exit

I will have to transfer the Hard Drive to my own Desktop so that I can run the MAKELOG function.

hhddrec wrote:What is a landlord's computer?

Use Google translate for the word landlord :wink:

Thank you, Michael

Hi, the word "Simpomts" should be Symptoms. It means, what behaviour is it displaying, what do you see happening. A Symptom of influenza virus is a cough, another Symptom is a runny nose etc etc.

IMHO you are going to now NEED to re-install Windows XP. You should first take an image/clone of it so anything you do cannot destroy needed files.

Then, re-install XP.

You say you want to renovate it. What do you mean by that? Make it faster? more secure? Fix issues? IMHO I would install at least Windows 7. Any programs your Landlord had will probably need to be re-installed.

When chkdsk starts showing errors, usually you will see things crash, most often not easily manuall fixable. If you are worried about the HDD health, get another one. Don't spend hours/days/weeks trying to fix a broken XP OS installation, it will drive you mad and you will always doubt you got to everything that is wrong

HaQue wrote:Hi, the word "Simpomts" should be Symptoms. It means, what behaviour is it displaying, what do you see happening. A Symptom of influenza virus is a cough, another Symptom is a runny nose etc etc.

Thanks HaQue, that is, thanks for your explanations

HaQue wrote:Hi, the word "Simpomts" should be Symptoms. It means, what behaviour is it displaying, what do you see happening. A Symptom of influenza virus is a cough, another Symptom is a runny nose etc etc.

IMHO you are going to now NEED to re-install Windows XP. You should first take an image/clone of it so anything you do cannot destroy needed files.

Then, re-install XP.

You say you want to renovate it. What do you mean by that? Make it faster? more secure? Fix issues? IMHO I would install at least Windows 7. Any programs your Landlord had will probably need to be re-installed.

When chkdsk starts showing errors, usually you will see things crash, most often not easily manuall fixable. If you are worried about the HDD health, get another one. Don't spend hours/days/weeks trying to fix a broken XP OS installation, it will drive you mad and you will always doubt you got to everything that is wrong

Hi HaQue/hhddrec,

@HaQue - I know what symptoms are mate.

I have had too many late nights/early mornings to be able to decipher what hhddrec was trying to say to realise he had made a typographical error also.

[Off Topic - @HaQue]
Adelaide eh? Must be nice and chilly at the moment especially in the mornings. Adelaide Hills in the Spring time - so good for Cycling and Motorcycling. Up Magill Rd. to Lobethal; up the Gorge Road; through Chain of Ponds etc., etc. Too bad it couldn't be transplanted to the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast

[/Off Topic]

I've already fixed the Windows XP installation with the use of the "chkdsk /r" for which the results were included in my original post.

I have also backed up the necessary data files.

What would "chkdsk /f" accomplish?

I'm going to be installing Linux on it. I haven't decided which distribution yet though and the landlord and his 9 year old daughter, especially the landlord, aren't that knowledgeable with computers and there are financial constraints to consider. So, it would be nice to be able to use "smartmontools" or some other Hard Drive Health Monitoring Tool to keep an eye on the health of the hard drive but as you have seen from the results, so far, there is a problem in accessing the S.M.A.R.T. features of the drive.

They couldn't find the original Windows XP Professional CD-ROM and Windows 7 is not a viable option neither. The CPU is a Pentium 4 (2.66GHz) and the PC originally only had 256 MB of RAM of which 32 MB RAM was being used for the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). I have since upgraded it to 512 MB and added a dedicated Graphics Card with 64 MB of RAM which were top quality components I had as surplus after 2 of my own upgrades.

The drive only has 4KB in defective sectors. As per the topic at the following link a drive could have Hundreds of Thousands of defective sectors and still be functioning.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showth ... t=18250850

However, if possible I would like to "clean up" the disk before installing Linux on it.

The logs indicate that the drive is S.M.A.R.T. enabled but attempts, to access the S.M.A.R.T. attributes and data, are unsuccessful. What would be the cause(s) of such a symptom?

Is it possible to "reset" the disk in some way so that S.M.A.R.T. commands function correctly?

Will the RST or ERASE commands achieve this?

What does the RST command do?

After some trial and error I have managed to get Victoria and MHDD functioning from a USB Flash Drive configured to Boot into MS-DOS.

On my first attempt with MHDD I received an "Invalid Opcode" of "1D85 D600 3006 0530 0070 3006 613C 3605 084D AE00 0009 0000 4353".

To avoid that error, I had to use the Shift + F5 key combination when DOS started.

Victoria also reported 1 UNC error.

The following is the latest Log from MHDD but there's nothing really new in it.

Code:: 8.07.2014 18:52:15 | MHDD 4.6 (c) Dmitry Postrigan | FREEWARE 8.07.2014 18:52:15 Changing mode to: IDE 8.07.2014 18:52:50 Changing mode to: IDE 8.07.2014 18:52:50 Device selected: 3 8.07.2014 18:52:59 8.07.2014 18:52:59 MHDD>EID 8.07.2014 18:52:59 SAMSUNG SP0411N/R LBA: 78,242,976 8.07.2014 18:52:59 SN: S0DBJ10YA17865 FW: TW100-13 8.07.2014 18:53:30 8.07.2014 18:53:30 MHDD>SCAN 8.07.2014 18:53:31 SAMSUNG SP0411N/R LBA: 78,242,976 8.07.2014 18:53:31 SN: S0DBJ10YA17865 FW: TW100-13 8.07.2014 18:53:48 Scan started 8.07.2014 18:53:48 MODE: IDE 8.07.2014 18:53:48 Device: SAMSUNG SP0411N/R 8.07.2014 18:53:48 F/W: TW100-13 8.07.2014 18:53:48 SN: S0DBJ10YA17865 8.07.2014 18:53:48 ------------------------------- 8.07.2014 18:53:48 Lap : 1 8.07.2014 18:53:48 LBA scan: 0 to 78242975 8.07.2014 18:56:23 þ LBA Error: 16386335 8.07.2014 19:08:08 Time spent: 00:14:19 8.07.2014 19:08:08 Blocks < 3ms = 213659 8.07.2014 19:08:08 Blocks < 10ms = 92220 8.07.2014 19:08:08 Blocks < 50ms = 956 8.07.2014 19:08:08 Blocks < 150ms = 0 8.07.2014 19:08:08 Blocks < 500ms = 0 8.07.2014 19:08:08 Blocks > 500ms = 0 8.07.2014 19:08:08 Errors: 1, Warnings: 0 8.07.2014 19:08:08 Done 8.07.2014 19:44:45 8.07.2014 19:44:45 MHDD>STOP 8.07.2014 19:44:58 8.07.2014 19:44:58 MHDD>CX 8.07.2014 19:48:45 8.07.2014 19:48:45 MHDD>SMART ATT 8.07.2014 19:48:45 Getting SMART attributes... 8.07.2014 19:48:45 SMART READ ATTRIBUTES 8.07.2014 19:48:45 SMART READ ATTRIBUTES FAILED! 8.07.2014 19:48:45 Error: device error 8.07.2014 19:50:22 8.07.2014 19:50:22 MHDD>HELP 8.07.2014 19:54:31 8.07.2014 19:54:31 MHDD>SCREENSHOT 8.07.2014 20:09:47 8.07.2014 20:09:47 MHDD>SMART 8.07.2014 20:10:27 8.07.2014 20:10:27 MHDD>SMART HELP 8.07.2014 20:11:01 8.07.2014 20:11:01 MHDD>SMART HELP ERLOG 8.07.2014 20:11:41 8.07.2014 20:11:41 MHDD>SMART HELP ON 8.07.2014 20:12:24 8.07.2014 20:12:24 MHDD>SMART HELP 8.07.2014 20:12:32 8.07.2014 20:12:32 MHDD>SMART 8.07.2014 20:12:57 8.07.2014 20:12:57 MHDD>SMART ERLOG 8.07.2014 20:30:31 8.07.2014 20:30:31 MHDD>SMART DATA 8.07.2014 20:30:51 8.07.2014 20:30:51 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:04:47 8.07.2014 21:04:47 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:05:20 8.07.2014 21:05:20 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:05:34 8.07.2014 21:05:34 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:05:46 8.07.2014 21:05:46 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:06:00 8.07.2014 21:06:00 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:06:17 8.07.2014 21:06:17 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:06:30 8.07.2014 21:06:30 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:07:09 8.07.2014 21:07:09 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:07:24 8.07.2014 21:07:24 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:07:31 8.07.2014 21:07:31 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:07:43 8.07.2014 21:07:43 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:07:52 8.07.2014 21:07:52 MHDD>SMART TEST 8.07.2014 21:08:23 8.07.2014 21:08:23 MHDD>SMART HELP 8.07.2014 21:08:32 8.07.2014 21:08:32 MHDD>SMART 8.07.2014 21:09:01 8.07.2014 21:09:01 MHDD>SMART DATA 8.07.2014 21:10:32 8.07.2014 21:10:32 MHDD>SMART ATT 8.07.2014 21:10:32 Getting SMART attributes... 8.07.2014 21:10:32 SMART READ ATTRIBUTES 8.07.2014 21:10:32 SMART READ ATTRIBUTES FAILED! 8.07.2014 21:10:32 Error: device error 8.07.2014 21:11:00 8.07.2014 21:11:00 MHDD>CONFIG 8.07.2014 21:17:16 8.07.2014 21:17:16 MHDD>MAKELOG 8.07.2014 21:17:16 SAMSUNG SP0411N/R LBA: 78,242,976 8.07.2014 21:17:16 SN: S0DBJ10YA17865 FW: TW100-13 8.07.2014 21:17:16 Scan started 8.07.2014 21:17:16 MODE: IDE 8.07.2014 21:17:16 Making advanced log. 8.07.2014 21:17:16 Device: SAMSUNG SP0411N/R 8.07.2014 21:17:16 F/W: TW100-13 8.07.2014 21:17:16 SN: S0DBJ10YA17865 8.07.2014 21:17:16 ------------------------------- 8.07.2014 21:17:16 Lap : 1 8.07.2014 21:17:16 LBA scan: 0 to 78242975 8.07.2014 21:20:04 þ LBA Error: 16386335 8.07.2014 21:32:17 Time spent: 00:14:59 8.07.2014 21:32:17 Blocks < 3ms = 215880 8.07.2014 21:32:17 Blocks < 10ms = 89553 8.07.2014 21:32:17 Blocks < 50ms = 1402 8.07.2014 21:32:17 Blocks < 150ms = 0 8.07.2014 21:32:17 Blocks < 500ms = 0 8.07.2014 21:32:17 Blocks > 500ms = 0 8.07.2014 21:32:17 Errors: 1, Warnings: 0 8.07.2014 21:32:17 Done 8.07.2014 21:34:08 8.07.2014 21:34:08 MHDD>SCREENSHOT 8.07.2014 21:34:52 8.07.2014 21:34:52 MHDD>EXIT 8.07.2014 21:34:52 MHDD: Exit

The file (ADVLOG.BIN), created by the MAKELOG command of MHDD, is 4.7MB in size. How can this file be read or interpreted?

Thanks, Michael.

I did some more research and downloaded SAMSUNG's EsTool program.

I started the Drive Diagnostic function and, like the Hutil program's "Self Diagnostic" function, the Test Loop Count Number remains stationary on 1.

When I press the Enter key, a message is displayed to indicate that errors were detected and a recommendation to use the ERASE HDD function and then run the Drive Diagnostic function again. When I pressed the Enter key to dismiss that message, another message is displayed that indicates the following.

Code:: READ DMA: TEsting... Pass ! CHECK S.M.A.R.T.: Testing... Service Code => AJ38 : SMART Error

Some more searching found pages that indicate AJ38 = "SEEK NOISE". However, as I've already mentioned, I'm not hearing any noises from the drive.

There is no ERASE HDD function in EsTool (V3.00G) but there is a "LOW LEVEL FORMAT" function.

Hasta pronto, Michael.

Hi HaQue/hhddrec,

Still waiting for some more feedback please.

Thanks, Michael.

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