I've a seagate sata hard disk. Sometimes suddenly my pc gets stuck in between and I can hear some sound coming from the hard disk. Sometimes even my comp doesn't boot and gives an operating system not found error. On tightening the wires or by just starting the comp again after 2 or 3 hours or so the comp boots. I've noticed the problem goes away for sometime if I format my hard disk or restore the PC to an earlier stage. I want to know whether it's a hardware problem(as I can hear some sound coming from it, only when the PC gets stuck) or some software problem( as formatting and restoring helps).

Thanks and regards
Shivam Sharma

RMA this drive - get new HDD

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Iorana Haraharaini

Ask amarbir from this forum - he's in Chandigarh. Maybe he can handle the drive and refurbish it. Any other?

The OP has formatted the drive at least twice, so data recovery is not an issue.

Let Seagate refurbish the drive.

Not only Seagate can refurbish drives ...

yeah. many people can do it in India.

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Seagate will do it for free, after they send you a refurbished replacement under warranty. :roll:

I don't see where OP stated his drive was under warranty

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

sharma ,
Might Be the Drive Has Issues In Some Sectors And When you Access then It Creates That Noise and then Hand ,Pretty Typical ,If Under Warranty RMa the Drive To the Closest Accell "Seagate Authorised " Service Center .

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Regards
Amarbir S Dhillon , Chandigarh Data Recovery Labs [India]
Logical,Semi Physical And Physical Data Recovery
Website-> http://www.chandigarhdatarecovery.com