(C5) Current Pending Sector in WD Drive


  1. Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    (C5) Current Pending Sector in WD Drive


    Hello.

    In the last month my computer started getting really slow from time to time. It's slow for a few minutes and then gets back to normal speed. Even opening a folder is slow sometimes. So, because i has on exams this last month i didn't do anything to windows because i have ubuntu too, and it was working great, so i started working there. Well, from time to time, ubuntu said something about a /tmp folder that was missing, but he would always correct it. So today i was going to format windows, but then i read an article about bad sectors on hardrives and i went to CrystalDiskInfo program, ran it, and it gave me an alert about (C5) Current Pending Sector. Because of that i went to WD page and download Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows, i ran the extended test on my drive but after a while gave and error saying "Too many bad sectors". Do i have to buy a new hardrive or can i fix it somehow?

    Sorry for any mistakes, English is not my native language.

    Best regards.
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  2. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #2

    See if this will help, download this: CrystalDiskInfo - Software - Crystal Dew World and open the program and follow the steps in this snip.



    This may give you a little bit of time, but the drive should be replaced soon.
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  3. Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I did that and now it says "Good". But i ran the Hard Disk Sentinel and it says this:

    (C5) Current Pending Sector in WD Drive-sem-titulo.jpg

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  4. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #4

    Thanks, that does indicate a failing drive. I would strongly suggest you back up all of your data and get a new drive, or warranty one, and replace soon. One easy way to make a back up is through an image of the drive.

    Imaging with free Macrium
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  5. Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Windows is working just fine actually, i have already put everything on my external hardrive. I just wanted to know if there was any solution for my case, even though, i already suspected it had to be replaced. Thanks for everything.

    Best regards.
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  6. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #6

    Sometimes mechanical devices wear out but there's no way to know exactly when, unfortunately. I'm glad to hear you have back ups, many don't do that.
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