Guest LilBambi Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 That's great. Glad you have alternatives in Linux on your computer so you are not without your main computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgriff2 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 For HDD diagnostics, run SeaTools for DOS - http://www.sysnative.com/forums/hardware-tutorials/4072-hard-drive-hdd-diagnostics.html Did the Blue Screen generate a memory dump? Check for a dump file - c:\windows\minidump -- the filename includes a date. I'll be glad to run the dump to see if it contains any clues. Zip it up and upload to Microsoft One Drive - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=390049 At this time, it does appear to be a problem with the HDD. Regards. . . John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 I've already run the Western Digital Utility to write zero's to the hard drive. I printed out the RMA today and tomorrow it goes back. They will most likely send me a refurbished drive to replace it. Are there any HD checks to make sure it doesn't have hidden problems that will bite me later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Can't say I've been happy with W D drives over the years . They seem to resist *with a vengeance* All attempts to de-corrupt them.Any minimal success I've had has been with the Sea Tools set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I used to swear by WD and Maxtor (until they got bought by Seagate). The first Seagate drive I installed in a system was in 2006. It was factory defective (an intermittent problem). It drove me nuts till I realized it was the brand new drive that was causing my random data loss. Even the Seagate engineer who was helping me with the problem over the phone asked me to ship him the drive at Seagate's expense to see what was wrong with it. I haven't bought a Seagate since. I stick to WD. I've only had one WD out of dozens go bad on me and that was because I basically word the old thing out. One of these days, I might have one of them there fancy-schmancy SSDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Seagate didn't buy WD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 The only non-WD drive I've bought in the past 8 years were Intel SSD's. Had a couple Seagates from 2004 that had random issues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Their website does little to clarify the association between the colors and grade/quality.' BackBlaze did their hard drive reliability survey, and Hitachi turned out to be the best overall. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hitachi yes .. Matsui old 10gig still running . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Seagate didn't buy WD. I didn't say they did. Maybe my sentence wasn't clear. I was saying that I liked WD and Maxtor (this one got bought out by Seagate). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgriff2 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I've already run the Western Digital Utility to write zero's to the hard drive. I printed out the RMA today and tomorrow it goes back. They will most likely send me a refurbished drive to replace it. Are there any HD checks to make sure it doesn't have hidden problems that will bite me later? I hope it's a new HDD and not a refurbished one! You can run SeaTools for DOS on the new/refurb drive if you wish - http://www.sysnative.com/forums/hardware-tutorials/4072-hard-drive-hdd-diagnostics.html It is a DOS-based diagnostic utility that can be used on any brand HDD. You boot the system with the CD that you'll burn. Regards. . . jcgriff2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Yep, it is hard and from year to year, the hard drive makers take their turns being first. Now Hitachi, eh? Well, a few years back they were no where near being top dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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