Spindle drives don't always give an audible sign when the fail. I use crystal disk info regularly so as long as it is able to read the drive properly and until proven otherwise, I personally trust what it says.ĮDIT: Something to add here.Regardless if you trust the drive or not, you should always be backing up important data. It may have failed because the laptop isn't Lenovo brand or maybe there is something else. I am not familiar enough with "Lenovo vantage hardware scan" to say what to look for. Audible volume can be affected by the drive itself, the mounting solution your computer has, and drive age. The dull fast *thunk thunk* sounds are the sounds a head makes when it is seeking its way around the platter.
simply failed to detect?ģ.My question is isn't the sound coming strange and alarming?Īlarming sounds would be bearing grinding sound, metallic *click click*, tapping, or even beeping (hint here.hard drives typically don't have speakers). When I performed Short self-test on Drive. data does indeed indicate that the drive is functioning correctly, should the failure of the Long Generic SeaTools test be considered proof that there is a problem after all that S.M.A.R.T. Drive D: (Disk 2 & 3) It is a SEAGATE ST1200MM0009 and has no system files but only for file storage. data indicate that the drive is functioning correctly?Ģ. I have no idea how to interpret these results (except that the green dots seemingly indicate success), so I don't know for certain if the drive passed or failed.ġ. Seagate claims the issue to be software (Vista). She advised me to run the DOS version of seatools as well. After telling them that I passed the 'long test,' my hardrive is in good working condition. data of a hard drive, and got the following results: Do the default 'destructive' write/read test, which does several full passes of the media. It was difficult to understand the 'technical service represetnative' through their accent. I then downloaded and ran HDDScan, which can apparently find out the S.M.A.R.T.
The second (Long Generic) reported (in its words) "Long Generic - FAIL". The first one (Short Drive Self Test) passed. So I downloaded SeaTools for Windows and ran two tests. I have been slightly worried about the possibility of it going out, as I've had it for three years now and it seems to be getting a tad noisier and slower to start up lately (although that could be my imagination).
In Seatools, the short generic always fails in Windows 7 but always passes in windows 10 for both drives (and the. I have a 1 TB Western Digital external hard drive hooked up to my computer via USB. I got two identical external Seagate drives.
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