Diagnosing and Repairing a Broken Hard Drive

Hard drives are one of the most popular storage devices on the market. While SSDs are getting more and more popular, hard drives are still in demand because they offer the largest capacity and the cheapest price. However, after some time, hard drives are prone to failure, especially after a long period of use, usually after a few years, particularly if they are used a lot.
In this video, we will examine a hard drive that is more than 10 years old and has over 34,000 hours of use. It has finally failed, showing some unreadable sectors that indicate future failure is likely. I will show you how to maintain a hard drive and fix the errors if possible. We will try to fix this drive to ensure it continues to function, but of course, there is no guarantee it will work for a very long time.
First, we will use the regular tools in Windows to scan for errors on the drive. These tools can be used to scan any drive. Then, we will use a specialized program called CrystalDiskMark to diagnose hard drives and SSDs. This program allows us to detect issues and diagnose errors, as well as gather more information about the hard drive.
We will also try to use third-party software to fix errors, specifically Acronis Disk Director. This procedure can be used for any hard drives or SSDs.
0:00 Intro
0:59 Testing Setup
2:36 Windows Error Checking
4:15 CrystalDiskInfo
8:47 Acronis Disk Director
11:57 Formatting HDD
16:42 Final Results
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[@PulsarTECH]

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[@vincentnavea6999]

What if drive cannot be read? I have the orinco dock

[@kingiv3943]

34000 hours in a home PC that's a lot!

[@PulsarTECH]

Yea, I think this drive is over 15 years old.

[@brentpolk8331]

Huge failure on the "fast format" option, with bad sectors only a slow/low format will actually help...

[@PulsarTECH]

Hi, thanks for the tip. Indeed regular or full format also scans the entire disk for bad sectors and marks them as unusable.

[@richardhole8429]

I would not have done quick format on a disk that has sector errors. Bitevthe bullet and do the full format. It will take overnight!

[@PulsarTECH]

OK, I think I'll do that, I will probably take a whole day though.

[@HanMoP]

you don’t store vital files on a drive past it’s warranty time..

[@PulsarTECH]

That's a good practice, though drives usually last much longer than the warranty period.

[@HanMoP]

@@PulsarTECH drives last until they fails and then everything on them is gone. You do get warning by S.M.A.R.T tough.
It's like driving a car a full speed. Somewhere between 100 000 and 150 000 km the car will crash. You don't know where.
I would stop the car at car 100 000km. You continue to 150 000km. Guess who of us survive?

[@redryderaus]

34000 hours? I replaced a 1TB with over 39000 hours. Seriously, never run a HDD for this many hours. You are just asking for a failure.

[@PulsarTECH]

WOW, did it fail too? How old was it? 39,000 hours is more than this one. Mine still works, but it's not reliable anymore, so I only put non-important files on it.