Borrow or buy a usb external disk with a lot of free space. Just plug it in and move the files from bad disk (don't copy)! DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Still waranty? If so... wipe the disk and send it back. Otherwise... wipe the disk, package the disk and you have a nice santaclaus gift... for mother in law for example
Most disks have a 3 years warranty
Just went and bought a USB 3TB one, kind of want one anyway just to back up, well..everything! As I've had my fair share of headaches when losing files on my computer.
I know I didn't get an extended warranty with the retailer I got my hdd, but I did get it for sure less than 6months ago. Will it likely be under warranty with the manufacturer?
Sorry for all the questions about this, reeeally appreciate the help:)
Did you already move files from thick disk to healthy external? How many ar unmoveable?
Are they very important documents, or just stupid movies?
Maybe moving 1 file only works(?)
Give me the correct type of western digital disk and its serial number please. Then I can check warranty.
Check it yourself at WD Support / Warranty Services / Warranty Services for End User Customers
Looks like it may've been a seagate :x Um, this is what I get from the Lifegaurd. I remember buying a Western Digital but having to return it, I didn't pay much attention to what I got in exchange.
ST3000DM 001-9YN166 SCS1
serial Z1F0BAJA
Would feel pretty dumb had that been the reason it gave me errors, using the wrong program.
Had no issues moving ANY files, I spread them out between my main hd and my new external one. Going to try the seagate program when I get home from work, as it failed the zeroes thing on WD lifeguard.
So you were able to grab all the files from disk.... great. Chkdsk and western digital tool don't report bad sector without a valid reason. Please run the seagate tool since it has been made for seagate disks.
http://www.seagate.com/files/staticf...dows.en-US.pdf
Every time I run the seagates tool, it won't find the HDD. With every search, I get stxcon.exe has stopped working
Burn that iso. right click on it->open with->win7 dvd burning (or something like that). Burn it on CD/DVD
Boot for that cd/dvd and select the correct drive and perform a "short test". If it gives you no errors, perform a "long test"
http://www.seagate.com/files/support...lsDOSguide.pdf
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