Cleanest download of Win Home Premium?

I ran this the other day & got the following error message:

Shift+F10 > diskpart > list disk > select disk 0 (only disk showing up under list disk) > clean all

I let it go the first time for over 24 hours & it never got past the blinking cursor. I tried a couple more unsuccessfull times the following few days & finally got this error message on multiple runs:

Any idea what the issue is now? What next series of steps should I follow?

Thanks for the help everyone as always.

I'd run some diagnostics on the hard drive.

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

theog said:

Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.

This one seems to be quite a list for Western Digital, can anyone suggest what file I would need to download? It's a 500g WD laptop drive.

Do I need to download the files at BOTH of these links you provided, or just one or the other?

Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

Ok so here is step #2 from this link:

Western Digital - I've had issues with running this from a CD/DVD - try the Hitachi DFT (on older/IDE systems) or the Seagate SeaTools (on newer/SATA systems) - WD Support / Downloads / SATA & SAS Download the Diag504fCD.iso file on this page: WD Support / Downloads / Legacy Internal / WD Raptor
I have hosted a zipped copy of the ISO that I use (at work) here: http://www.box.net/shared/gl0fifqgj4

So I assume I want the Seagate Tools? Or do I need to download the

Diag504fCD.iso file?

I guess I'm just confused which one I'll want to run?

Do you guys think it's even worth it? If a HDD is having issues booting for install, is there really anything that can be done? Should I just replace it? (as cheaply as possibly I might add)

This ISO can I believe be burned to CD using Windows Image Burner to run Data Lifeguard diagnostics: Western Digital Data Lifeguard CD ISO (extract first)

I also found this WD Data Lifeguard Create Diagnostics Flash stick

If you can slave the HD to another PC you can run Data Lifeguard for Windows from WD Support / Downloads / SATA & SAS / WD RE2. They haven't posted up the ISO links for CD.

Otherwise Seagate Seatools can diagnose but not repair

gregrocker said:

This ISO can I believe be burned to CD using Windows Image Burner to run Data Lifeguard diagnostics: Western Digital Data Lifeguard CD ISO (extract first)

I also found this WD Data Lifeguard Create Diagnostics Flash stick

If you can slave the HD to another PC you can run Data Lifeguard for Windows from WD Support / Downloads / SATA & SAS / WD RE2. They haven't posted up the ISO links for CD.

Otherwise Seagate Seatools can diagnose but not repair

I could try & slave it to my main PC, what would I need a USB to USB cable? I'm not sure what I have to be honest.

Or should I just remove it from the laptop & hook it up via SATA internally? (are laptop SATA's & regular PC SATA's the same?)

If not I will try the WD Data Lifeguard. So it will actually repair as well as detect the problem?

SATA is SATA, it's the same physical connection in a laptop and a desktop. The drive should work regardless of whether its SATA 1,2 or 3. It shouldn't be a problem slaving it in your desktop PC.

gregrocker said:

If you can slave the HD to another PC you can run Data Lifeguard for Windows from WD Support / Downloads / SATA & SAS / WD RE2.

Ok I am running the Extended test right now via slave on my main computer. It just started so I will update once it's finished.

So this will diagnosis & also repair then?

There was an option to "Write 0's" I think that said it would rewrite the entire drive.

Is that a step I will want to complete or will the Extended Test rewrite once it's done?

Thanks.

BTW the drive had a SMART Status of FAIL when I first opened the Lifeguard program. My other 2 drives passed. (although I believe one of my other drives also has some errors & makes noise upon start up)

Well it already failed out of the Extended Test saying "too many bad sectors" so I'm just trying the Full Erase in Write Zeros, I guess we will see if that fails out too.

If it fails out of Write Zeros, it's totally dead then right?

Ok so now I keep getting the error message over & over but with different sector numbers:

Sector #2340984-09820934809328::Write Zeros error! Continue?

I've hit continue 20 times, clearly there is just a ton of bad sectors. I'm not going to keep at this all night, I just think it needs replaced at this point unless someone else has any ideas.

I found one on ebay, brand new for $54:

500GB Hard Drive for Acer Aspire 5720 5730 5735 5738 5740 5745 5750 5820 5910 | eBay

And a refurb for $46 - but buying a refurb HDD kind of scares me...

500GB Hard Drive for Acer Aspire 5720 5730 5735 5738 5740 5745 5750 5820 5910 | eBay

not too bad I guess. Anyone know of any where that has them cheaper?

Thanks.