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HDD very slow after fixing an error with Seatools for DOS

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‎09-14-2008 07:48 PM - edited ‎09-14-2008 08:09 PM

HD Tune reported 1 bad block when ran a full drive test, so I tested the drive with Seatools for Windows and all tests failed. I then ran Seatools for DOS and all tests failed, however the Long test detected 1 error and then asked me whether to fix it or not. I chose to fix it and after that all tests passed just fine.

Now the problem is that after the PC rebooted, the hard drive started working at extremely slow speeds. HD Tune reports ~7MB/s read speed, while it was reporting 100MB+ read speed before the error fix. Windows takes much longer to boot as well.

Any idea what might have happened or should I RMA the drive?

Its a Seagate ST3100340AS 1TB SATA drive. I purchased it less than 3 weeks ago.

Seatools for Windows says "SMART FAIL" for the SMART test, however Short test and Long test pass.

SMART information:

HD Tune: ST31000340AS Health

ID                               Current  Worst    ThresholdData       Status  
(01) Raw Read Error Rate         116      100      6        103162656  Ok      
(03) Spin Up Time                92       91       0        0          Ok      
(04) Start/Stop Count            100      100      20       31         Ok      
(05) Reallocated Sector Count    100      100      36       0          Ok      
(07) Seek Error Rate             61       54       30       7743057    Ok      
(09) Power On Hours Count        100      100      0        367        Ok      
(0A) Spin Retry Count            100      100      97       0          Ok      
(0C) Power Cycle Count           100      100      20       30         Ok      
(B8) (unknown attribute)         100      100      99       0          Ok      
(BB) (unknown attribute)         94       94       0        6          Ok      
(BC) (unknown attribute)         100      100      0        0          Ok      
(BD) (unknown attribute)         100      100      0        0          Ok      
(BE) Airflow Temperature         69       64       45       538050591  Ok      
(C2) Temperature                 31       40       0        31         Ok      
(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered      59       37       0        103162656  Ok      
(C5) Current Pending Sector      100      100      0        0          Ok      
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable       100      100      0        0          Ok      
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count   200      200      0        0          Ok      

Power On Time         : 367
Health Status         : Ok



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Re: HDD very slow after fixing an error with Seatools for DOS

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‎09-15-2008 08:23 PM - edited ‎09-15-2008 08:27 PM

Alright, I ran Spinrite overnight and the hard drive seems to be back to normal speeds now (~131MB/s burst, ~90MB/s avg read).
The thing that worries me is that even though both Short and Long tests pass, SMART test still fails in Seatools.

I ran the SMART test in HD Tune and SpeedFan, both seem to pass, however SpeedFan warns me to watch "Unknown attribute 187" as its below average values and ranks hard drive health at 94%.

SpeedFan test results:
http://www.hddstatus.com/hdrepshowreport.php?ReportCode=2942847&ReportVerification=9E8F394F

Should I trust Seatools results and try to RMA the drive or should I perhaps perform some other tests (need suggestions).

Thank you in advance!


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