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Windows 7: HDD issue, how to block off specific areas from use?
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15 Aug 2012
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
HDD issue, how to block off specific areas from use?
I made a post awhile back about a HDD making clicks, as though the arm was resetting. Occasionally while accessing files explorer freezes. I however noticed this has (so far) only occurred at a specific point of disk usage.
I'm hoping I can some how amputate the bad section of the drive so it is never read or written to, or even seen for that matter. There are no disk errors in a scan, so I just want to cut a chunk out of it and hope for the best. Is there a safe way to do this? | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba A505-S6960
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 / 2.1 GHz
Memory 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 398MHz (6-6-6-18)
Graphics Card Onboard - Intel GMA 4500MHD 128MB
Sound Card Onboard
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15 Aug 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
Quote: Originally Posted by vpwin7  I'm hoping I can some how amputate the bad section of the drive so it is never read or written to Hi,
Try a chkdsk /R from an elevated command prompt to "lock-down" bad sectors.
Regards,
Golden | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64)
CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
Internet Speed Not fast enough!!!
Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Chrome Version 25
Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86)
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15 Aug 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
I'm in the firm belief that once a hard drive is making unusual mechanical sounds it's time to replace it before it quiets. By the way you don't list your hard drive in your specs. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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15 Aug 2012
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Layback Bear I'm in the firm belief that once a hard drive is making unusual mechanical sounds it's time to replace it before it quiets. By the way you don't list your hard drive in your specs. Not interested in replacing a storage drive I barely got to begin use of. It started being funny just outside the newegg return policy. I know I can ship it to the makers for the factory warranty but honestly even shipping is more money I don't want to spend at the moment.
Item: Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Will try the elevated chkdsk, thanks. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba A505-S6960
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 / 2.1 GHz
Memory 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 398MHz (6-6-6-18)
Graphics Card Onboard - Intel GMA 4500MHD 128MB
Sound Card Onboard
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15 Aug 2012
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
Well now would be a good time to make a complete backup just in case. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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15 Aug 2012
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Layback Bear Well now would be a good time to make a complete backup just in case. First thing I did haha. No bad sectors found though, probably mechanical. Going to try to partition it before yelling at Seagate. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba A505-S6960
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 / 2.1 GHz
Memory 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 398MHz (6-6-6-18)
Graphics Card Onboard - Intel GMA 4500MHD 128MB
Sound Card Onboard
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15 Aug 2012
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#7 | |
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If you don't want to replace it, then you might as well write it off (no pun intended) - it will probably be more trouble than it is worth, | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 3
OS Windows 7 64 bit SP1
CPU i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz, 1.264V 124 GFlop (IBT with AVX)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Memory 16GB (4GBx4) 1600MHz G.skill Ripjaws X 8-8-8-24
Graphics Card MSI GTX 660 Ti PE/OC, 2GB 7160 MHz DDR5 clock, 1228 Mhz Core
Sound Card Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Keyboard HP Wireless
Mouse HP wireless
PSU Seasonic X-850 (2012 KM3 model)
Case Fractal Design "Define R3"
Cooling CM TPC 812 push/pull, 3 120mm, 2 TY-140 case fans
Hard Drives Samsung 128GB 840 Pro SSD (System), Crucial 128GB M4 SSD, 2x WD Caviar 1TB Black internal (data), 1x WD Blue 6Gb/s 1TB Internal, 1x 2TB eSata WD20EARS Green, 2x 500GB Seagate external USB, 1x 350GB exte
Internet Speed 27.8 Mb/s down, 5.6 Mb/s up
Other Info USB 3.0 x4 , SATA III x4, eSATA x3, SATA II x4, USB 2.0 x8. 2 Samsung DVD R/W drives.
WEI: CPU 7.7, Memory 7.8, Graphics 7.9, Disk 7.9
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19 Aug 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
I partitioned the first 220GB and basically set it aside. I've filled quite a bit on the remainder as a test, seems okay -SO FAR- | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba A505-S6960
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 / 2.1 GHz
Memory 4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 398MHz (6-6-6-18)
Graphics Card Onboard - Intel GMA 4500MHD 128MB
Sound Card Onboard
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