Is my hard drive bad?
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It's sounding like it. If you know the manufacturer of the HD you can go to their web site and download testing tools which will give you a result code if it fails. You can then get it returned if under warranty. You can find who mad eht edirve sometimes in the BIOS by looking at the drive model, taking the drive out of the notebook or asking the vendor sometimes. \n\nEven if your system won't run Windows most of these guys have a boot disk version to test your drive with.
487135
Check the hard drive's connections. Data...Power...etc.
756885
The drive is bad. Bring it back before you waste anymore time trying to fix it. I had one go bad like that after it had worked for a while. I took it apart to fix it, but there wasn't anything wrong with it mechanically. Something electronic had gone bad. It's not your install or your software - it's the drive.
690794
If the drive doesn't have a partition on it then you might need something better than scandisk, like seatools Desktop\n\nhttp://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/\n\nSeatools although it's written by seagate will check any harddrive for bad sectors, or other problems. Download and burn the iso.
1112839
Generally when SMART status is bad there is a problem with the drive itself. From what you have described  it sounds as if 1 - the electronics on the drive are bad or 2 - There is a head failure or crash.
268491
The grinding noises are indeed a sign that your hard drive is bad.  Generally, when it gets to this point, the hard drive stops functioning completely and you can't even load the operating system.\n\nI would recommend buying a replacement hard drive through Dell, as they will have a record of all the parts in your computer and will eadily be able to identify the correct part. First, however, make sure to verify whether or not your computer is under warranty.  If it's under warranty, Dell will send you another hard drive, requiring only that you return the original.  If the warranty is expired, the replacement cost will depend on the hard drive size, but shouldn't be more than $200-$300.  Laptop hard drives are plug and play, requiring no more than the removal of one screw, so the installation should be very easy.  Good luck!
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It shouldn't have bad sectors if you've just bought it.\n\nAnd in response to your additional information, return the drive immediately! Otherwise problems will accumulate in the future.
1009775
and the problem you are having is?????????...more info is needed\nactually the fact that its a Seagate HDD is probably part of the problem;)\nwe only use Western Digital HDD's
101162
It sounds like either your harddrive crashed or has been disconnected.  Check to make sure the harddrive is connected properly.  Beyond that you'll have to replace the harddrive and re-install your operating system.
816932
it means you didnt format the drive correctly ,there is no drive or the drive is bad
15666
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking.  If you are asking if your hard drive is healthy or at risk, which is what I assume then read on.\n\nModern hard drives generally include something called SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) which will tell you if your drive is going to fail, with the appropriate software, though Windows has a rudimentary tool.  If you want to see if your drive is healthy then right click on My Computer and select Manage from there click on Disk Management.\n\nThat's the Windows way.  There is also another tool you can try.  Belarc Advisor Free will tell you about your drives SMART status every time you run it.\n\nHowever, if your computer is booting slow AND the hard drive is making clicking, grinding sounds then it is about to fail and you should back up all your important data as soon as you can.
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yea check ALL the drives.\nif not, u r screwed, and might need to format ur hdd or get a new 1
744476
You may have accidentally drop your PC or there may be some foreign object in your hard drive.
692578
If your computer keeps doing consistency checks, your hard drive may be going bad.  Have a technician check it out.  If the hard drive dies you run the risk of losing all of your information.
504279
do a cold boot (switch off completely, count 10 for the hard disk to stop, then switch on again)\n\nif that dont fix it have you just installed new software\n\nif you aint then do a system restore (Start/help and support/pick a task/system restore)
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Ok ever think the hard drive might be bad? Maybe the cd-rom is messed up.Also legitimate copies of windows are suggested and burnt cd's are frowned upon.However that being said id look into the hard drive being damaged. Sounds to me like the boot sector of the disk may be damaged.
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Check the Device Manager and make sure you have the proper drivers installed. If your PC recognizes it, (or it doesn't) and it doesn't read a known good disk, the drive is bad. Replace! You can also go to 'My Computer' and make sure Windows recognizes it there.