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  1. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #21

    It's a Seagate Momentus laptop drive. http://www.seagate.com/ca/en/support...oads/seatools/
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  2. Posts : 18
    Windows 10
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       #22

    I've already ran the tool (Fix all fast and Fix all long have failed), so it seams that hdd is responsible. Is that fixable (I mean is there any option beside buying new hdd or ssd)? Thank you for your time.
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  3. Posts : 15,027
    Windows 10 IoT
       #23

    No, you need to replace it. What did it report? Bad sectors? It's been my experience that once the drive starts showing bad sectors it just goes down hill from there. Those mechanical drives wear out. If you can afford it get an SSD. Solid State drives are much much faster that a spinner drive. Especially a 5400 RPM laptop drive. They generate less heat save power. They also take bumps and jolts without missing a beat. No moving parts.
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  4. Posts : 18
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #24

    Yes, bad sectors (Linux warned me about 51 of them, but.. I mean 51 didn't seem a lot of because that number did not alter for 6+ months). So, ok.. could you just inform me about average SSD price (SSD that is, sort of, worth of mentioning) and give a peace of advice about it. Thank you so much!
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  5. Posts : 703
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #25

    Hi

    Wanted to mention that you can also have the sectors marked as bad so that Windows will not write to them. You do that by doing a full format of your hdd instead of a quick format. That should speed things up if you wanted to do a fresh install

    However (why is there always a but involved), that would only be a sticking plaster solution. A temporary fix. A holding pattern. The hard drive may deteriorate further and ultimately fail. It is something for you to consider, although it also something I would recommend against doing.
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  6. Posts : 18
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #26

    I don't like flasters in these cases. I will use pc only when I have to until I get new ssd. Thank you
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  7. Posts : 1,249
    Windows 8.1, Win10Pro
       #27

    Seagate drives used to be among the very best consumer drives available, then they took a nosedive. I had two spinners fail me in the span of 6 months and both were Seagates. Once you start failing the Seagate SW tests, you need to replace the drive ASAP! Yeah, it could last several more months -- or, it could fail completely the next day -- as mine did!
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  8. Posts : 460
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #28

    infitiatio said:
    Yes, bad sectors (Linux warned me about 51 of them, but.. I mean 51 didn't seem a lot of because that number did not alter for 6+ months). So, ok.. could you just inform me about average SSD price (SSD that is, sort of, worth of mentioning) and give a peace of advice about it. Thank you so much!
    Here's a link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tem=20-147-372 It's a Samsung 250G for $99, not suggesting you buy this one, just giving an example of what's available and a price. I've got two Samsung EVO 120G SSD and am happy with them.
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  9. Posts : 18
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #29

    Thank you all.
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  10. Posts : 18
    XP/7/8.1/10 PRO 10586
       #30

    Damn you Canadian dollar. $36 more for the exact same drive. SMH, and 15% TAX.
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