Solve : Is my HardDrive Toast??

1.	Solve : Is my HardDrive Toast??
Answer» Quote from: Computer_Commando on October 19, 2012, 05:47:13 PM Before you order one, why not test the hard drive with the WD DATA Lifeguard Utility? http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=612&sid=3 Since it won't boot, you NEED the ISO version to create a bootable CD. http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=612&sid=30&lang=en Macrium restore is not difficult, I've done it once with the bootable CD you create from Macrium program. Well, I don't have a way to create a bootable CD and my hard drive is 6 years old. Plus, I did run the HP diagnostic in an F10 recovery and the hard drive failed the Smart Test. At this point I would rather get a NEW one and be done with it.Beautiful fall afternoon in SE PA! Ordered my new hard drive from Amazon this morning. In the meantime, I was THINKING. What if my old hard drive is ok but just has some corrupted files or malware? Could I format it (I think that means erase everything) and then transfer the Macrium image from my external hard drive to the formatted internal hard drive? If it fails SMART now, it will be dead soon.

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Quote from: Computer_Commando on October 19, 2012, 05:47:13 PM

Before you order one, why not test the hard drive with the WD DATA Lifeguard Utility?
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=612&sid=3
Since it won't boot, you NEED the ISO version to create a bootable CD.
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=612&sid=30&lang=en

Macrium restore is not difficult, I've done it once with the bootable CD you create from Macrium program.

Well, I don't have a way to create a bootable CD and my hard drive is 6 years old. Plus, I did run the HP diagnostic in an F10 recovery and the hard drive failed the Smart Test. At this point I would rather get a NEW one and be done with it.Beautiful fall afternoon in SE PA!

Ordered my new hard drive from Amazon this morning. In the meantime, I was THINKING. What if my old hard drive is ok but just has some corrupted files or malware? Could I format it (I think that means erase everything) and then transfer the Macrium image from my external hard drive to the formatted internal hard drive? If it fails SMART now, it will be dead soon.

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