Please help me install OS

Last night,

Saltgrass, I reformatted the simple way, right click the drive and reformat.

Right now, I use the hd came with this laptop: a WD 80gb SATA HD which I replaced with this drive. Install OS on it. The computer is running fine. It is ok for now before I find the way to fix the big drive.

-Use Acronis True Image (free 30 days trial) to clone the 80gb to problem one (320gb). It doesn’t recognize the drive.

-I run diagnostic test which I down load from Western Digital. The results:

Smart status: PASS
Quick Test: Fail
Test Error Code: 11-Cable-Write Sector error.

-Right click on drive – Property - Tool – Check Now and left it runs overnight. Everything seems fine. The results are conflict with WD diagnostic test???


Today,

-Run Killdisk to wipeout the drive. About 4hr to complete the task. The thing is after wipeout, some files I put lately still in there. Probably, I should use the kill.

Use Acronis True Image to clone again. Succeed. Switch the drive back to laptop. Everything seems ok now.

Thank you for everything guys

Have you updated the bios in the computer lately?

I have a problem in that I do not know what the security program you tried to use might have done, if anything.

You could first try using Diskpart from the command prompt and using clean. That doesn't wipe the drive, but it does cause it to need to be reinitialized, which should not be a problem if you are reinstalling.

You might try using a smaller partition on the larger drive. Does the drive us an adapter to install?

Windows has a built in image backup I have used several times.

If WD Data Lifeguard Quick test failed, you'd need to run full test to try to fix all bad sectors - in case you didn't.

It can repair the HD, whereas the chkdsk your ran only repairs the file system.

Saltgrass said:

Have you updated the bios in the computer lately?

I have a problem in that I do not know what the security program you tried to use might have done, if anything.

You could first try using Diskpart from the command prompt and using clean. That doesn't wipe the drive, but it does cause it to need to be reinitialized, which should not be a problem if you are reinstalling.

You might try using a smaller partition on the larger drive. Does the drive us an adapter to install?

Windows has a built in image backup I have used several times.

I don't recall that I have updated BIOS. The problem started when I used Free OTFE to create a small security portion on my 16gb usb flash drive. After trying unsuccessfully, may be some thing I did. Suddenly, whole computer shut down.

After I ran Killdisk, I clone it with the small drive then put the large drive back to computer.

I will try to create the image.

gregrocker said:

If WD Data Lifeguard Quick test failed, you'd need to run full test to try to fix all bad sectors - in case you didn't.

It can repair the HD, whereas the chkdsk your ran only repairs the file system.

Can you walk me through how to repair the drive. Thanks

Full test is one of the menu choices (like Quick test) when you first boot into WD Data Lifeguard or GWScan.

The problem is like the post #11. When I ran the test, it pop up the window before I could run the test: "Cable Test: Write sector error". When I closed the pop up, Test stopped with error, please check the cable: . What cable? I have no idea.

So I ran the test with window explore, right click the drive - property - Tool - in error checking I click Check now - check on Scan for and attemp recovery of bad sectors. After about 3hr, it showed 72,891,211 free dusters processed. Your device or disk was suscessfully scanned. No problem was found. It is ready to use.

Does that mean I am OK?

You need to resolve the error which came up with WD HD diag/repair scan. Google the exact error message to research and resolve it. Then run the Full Scan to know the true condition of your HD.

Again: chdksk only sorts the file system, not the HD.

Googled, it seems alot of people having the same problems with no solid answers.

One site they indicated that the problem is because '"WD Data Lifeguard for Windows version 1.17. I installed 1.13 and the problem stops". I down load V1.13 and run the test. The resuls are below:


Test Option:QUICK TEST
Model Number:WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0
UnitSerial Number:WD-WX40A69W5272
Firmware Number:11.01A11Capacity:320.07 GB
SMART Status:PASS
Test Result:PASS
Test Time:12:42:41, February 12, 2010


Test Option:EXTENDED TEST
Model Number:WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT0
Unit Serial Number:WD-WX40A69W5272
Firmware Number:11.01A11Capacity:320.07 GB
SMART Status:PASS
Test Result:PASS
Test Time:14:32:27, February 12, 2010