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| Thread ID: 134610 | 2013-07-18 23:54:00 | reallllllly slow hdd diagnostics | NZHawk (4093) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1349315 | 2013-07-18 23:54:00 | Hitachi 160Gb HDD running SeaTools for DOS has been running for 40 minutes + and has only complete 2% is this indicative of a failing hdd? |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 1349316 | 2013-07-18 23:58:00 | See if its running in PIO mode under the IDE entry in device manager. See what its on. If it's running in PIO mode, that maybe the reason why its slow. What version of windows is installed? Or check the BIOS see if its got a DMA / PIO option. See what thats on |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1349317 | 2013-07-19 00:24:00 | Sometimes DOS is quite slow as it can't take advantage of windows driver related features, hard to say if going slow indicates a problem or not. Also is Seatools compatible with non seagate hard drives? I'm not sure I'd trust it completely, do Hitachi not have diagnostic software? (or are the two brands related in some way?) You could try booting of a windows DVD and running chkdsk, not as good but still should give you an Idea. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1349318 | 2013-07-19 00:34:00 | See if its running in PIO mode under the IDE entry in device manager. See what its on. If it's running in PIO mode, that maybe the reason why its slow. unable to determine or find where listed Hitachi IDE What version of windows is installed? Windows Vista Home Basic Check the BIOS see if its got a DMA / PIO option: PhoenixBios - no option |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 1349319 | 2013-07-19 00:46:00 | Hmm have you tried connecting it to a desktop to scan it?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1349320 | 2013-07-19 02:07:00 | running SeaTools for DOS Dos so ignore the comments re PIO mode obviously :-) HD tests in DOS do take longer, especially a full surface scan. But that does seem too slow , will be 30 hours to complete by the sounds of it :rolleyes: I wouldnt trust that HD, personally. Some drives can pass every test you throw at it , yet still actually be faulty . I assuming you booted off a seatools CD/floppy & arnt running it withing Windows |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1349321 | 2013-07-19 04:39:00 | Drives generally die in one of two ways: Controller - in which case the BIOS won't even see it Disk itself - in which case you get errors, clicks, corrupt files, slowness in loading stuff etc.... Event Viewer - System will often show DISK errors. If it does, evict it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1349322 | 2013-07-19 04:42:00 | Thank you. I'll recheck the Event Viewer |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 1349323 | 2013-07-19 04:51:00 | "sometimes" the drives own SMART will actually detect a failure - quick and easy way, try using CrystalDiskInfo (crystalmark.info) it wll give you a look at what the SMART is actually saying. ( get the zipped version, the exe appears to have open Candy bundled, the Zip is clean) Doesn't always mean the drive is failing, as one of mine has been showing "Caution" for over 8 months now, yet still plodding along with no problems or disk errors. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1349324 | 2013-07-19 05:57:00 | Thank you. will give CrystalDiskInfo a try event viewer was clean - no hdd errors |
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