Data Lifeguarad will stop before extended test on WD15EARS-00Z5B1 Green internal drive completes, because of too many bad sectors. Chkdsk will find bad sectors, but completes the test. After fixing the bad sectors, Chkdsk will complete \scan. Data Lifeguard will stop at the same sector.
The HD is used for media storage. The drive is out of warranty. Usually at 37 C.
Why the difference in Chkdsk and Data Lifeguard results? Will reformating cure this problem?
im just a user like you… i have bought this program to safeguard my data… when its possible… you say that the diagnostics program freezes so i gave you another one…
you can do this using WD software on downloads section of your hard drive
Thanks, of course. Too often, the hours spent diagnosing problems on a computer are futile. Unless, one of the WD technical persons has a definitive interpretation, it is out to recycling with the old, and deal shopping for the new.
Overwrote the drive with zeroes, reinitialized with Acronis Disk Director 12, ran Data Lifeguard and still too many bad sectors. Will purchase a WD Red drive.
See if its stable I have used hard disk sentinel test the hdds with random data both read and write
if it doesnt get any worse I recomend you to have it allways running and external backup storage dont trust that drive with info that you dont have a backup