Time for hardrive RMA?


  1. Posts : 44
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    Time for hardrive RMA?


    I had a WD Scorpio blue 640 GB HD inside my laptop but windows started having problems so I took hardrive out of PC and put in external enclosure and did a quick format. Drive seemed to work at this point again ok as a simple volume but to make sure I ran data lifeguard tool I downloaded from WD site. This drive fails quick test and when I tried extended test that took about 5 hrs, bad sectors were detected and I clicked repair but error was detected while preparing bad sectors resulting in extended test fail. Is their another utility or test I should run? Should I have done a more thorough format before running Western digital lifeguard utility or is it time to contact WD for RMA?
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    Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
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    Don't waste your time any more. If it fails the diag, has bad sectors, it's not going to get any better. RMA that bad boy asap!
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