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v4lamiv
 Post subject: Corrupted 250gb HDD
PostPosted: February 15th, 2009, 19:51 
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I am having a 250gb hdd. It got corrupted. Fortunately, i have taken backup of data in it. So, i dont need its data no more. when i make a surface test, it shows me that HDD has 176 bad sectors. Can it be repaired? I wont bother to make a format. Whether format can correct this problem? Which is the best way to correct these bad sectors?
I dont have much knowledge in hardware. Please help me!
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darlingm
 Post subject: Re: Corrupted 250gb HDD
PostPosted: February 15th, 2009, 21:35 
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Do you really want to trust your future data to a hard drive that is going bad? If you already have your data, your best bet is to get a new HD, imho. Either junk this one, warranty exchange it if it's still covered, or sell it on eBay marked for parts.
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v4lamiv
 Post subject: Re: Corrupted 250gb HDD
PostPosted: February 15th, 2009, 21:44 
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Hard to loose a 250gb :( Just as an emergency disk or for beta testing. I have slaved it as secondary HDD to use it for dump. I am not going to store any sensitive data.
Are these bad sectors cant be corrected?
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 Post subject: Re: Corrupted 250gb HDD
PostPosted: February 15th, 2009, 23:02 
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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: Corrupted 250gb HDD
PostPosted: February 16th, 2009, 8:38 
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v4lamiv
 Post subject: Re: Corrupted 250gb HDD
PostPosted: February 16th, 2009, 10:42 
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darlingm wrote:
Do you really want to trust your future data to a hard drive that is going bad? If you already have your data, your best bet is to get a new HD, imho. Either junk this one, warranty exchange it if it's still covered, or sell it on eBay marked for parts.


I checked seagate website and found that my hdd is in warranty period. I decided to go for exchange.
Did anyone made an exchange with seagate? How long will it take to get my new one? Any terms and conditions, I mean how my hdd will be validated for corruption and is it easy to get?

Thanks for all replies
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BlackST
 Post subject: Re: Corrupted 250gb HDD
PostPosted: February 16th, 2009, 11:13 
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Is this HDDGURU FORUM or Seagate call center ?!?
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