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Re: [hard drive] WD Caviar Blue failure rates?

Well As seeing I can get data off of it using external I'm just going to get the itunes music and videos and that's about it.

For some reason it was acting up still really bad in his system but fine in mine, but the funny thing was why after 2 years?

I just installed windows 7 on the new seagate and it with without a hitch.

After two years I'm not sure what could be going on but that specific model is actually slated for a 3 year warranty check the serial number here: »support.wdc.com/warranty/index_e···?lang=en

I have had before but don't remember the specific reason on why it happened. I think in the end I just replaced the drive as I didn't want to lose any data.

Maybe try the extended test using the WDC LifeGuard Tool (»support.wdc.com/product/download···&x=0&y=0) so it can mark the bad sectors if any and prevent the OS from using them Instruction on how to do extended test if needed: »wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/det···ppZ2w%3D

Edit: sorry for typos, I'm hurting alot today