Confused about installing Windows on my hard disk,hard disk problem

[Petrushevski]

Hi guys,

I will try to explain this as simple as i can.So let's start
I have laptop ASUS N75SF and it is a year old,so i have decided to format.I have two separate hard disks that are the same brand,SeaGate 9500423 AS, each 500 gb capacity. Before i decided to format , one of my hard disks(that is my partition D) started to make strange noises and it was not recognized,but i was using my laptop without problems because my windows was installed on my other hard disk (that is my partition C).So now my question is this :
After i formatted them both i have no clue which one is which ? they are like :
Disk 0 Partition 1 465 gb
Disk 1 Partition 2 465 gb
So how do i choose the one that is better and not having problems to pust my winodows on?
I know that i can buy new one and replace it with the one that is having problems,but right now i have no money to do that .I am student

Thanks in advance

 

[TwoCables]

I'm willing to bet that Disk 1 is the bad hard drive since the bad hard drive was the D: drive.

 

[Petrushevski]

Is there any other way that i can figure out? Or should i go with your advice ?

Thanks a lot

 

[TwoCables]

I don't know of any surefire ways myself, but maybe someone here on SevenForums does.

 

[AddRAM]

You simply remove 1 of the hard drives and start the pc, if you hear a noise, the bad drive is still plugged in. Take it out, plug the other drive back in and use that one, seems simple enough to me.

 

[gregrocker]

Run the HD maker's HD Diagnostic extended CD scan followed by a full disk check on each HD after creating a full-disk partition from Step 2 of SSD - HDD Optimize for Windows Reinstallation.

This will tell you the definitive condition of each HD and prepare the good one for install.

 

[Petrushevski]

Ok guys thanks a lot ! I will try what greggrocker said,since i am not very sure with my 'opening' skills
Thanks any way AddRam