Backups save files.
2. The Seagate models are not faring well.
Read http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/hdd-reliabilty-for-2014-is-out-scary-634896/
3. Why not? Anything is possible but it is a Seagate. I'd clone it while I can and move this drive out of service.
4. Yes. It means it's drive, head, cables, main or other PCB. It does not tell us much more than there is a failure.
Hi
I have two internal HDD's in my computer. 1.5TB Seagate and 1TB WD
Seagate 1.5 TB HDD is divided into two partitions (using it as a data only drive)
1st Partition size - around 250 GB
2nd Partition size - 1250 GB
I could hear the drive making a slow rotation sound when I accessed it.
When I clean reinstalled Windows 7 after a Windows 10 upgrade (as I thought it had made my computer slow), the problem occured. (I clean installed it in the 1TB WD HDD which I have divided into four partitions - Windows Xp, Windows 7, Partition X, Partition Y)
After installation I was getting a message from the software that I installed Hard Disk Sentinel, that the health of the Seagate HDD was 25% which slowly decreased to 0%.
I was able to backup all data on the 1250GB partition without any problem. (even when the health was 0% according to the software and check disk showing only 8KB in bad sectors) But when I tried to access the 250GB partition, the cursor was spinning forever and was getting unreadable errors in the Check disk and saying it was deleting corrupt entries.
I also ran disk check for all partitions, where it said, it removed some corrupt entries from the 1TB WD four partitions.
Later The disk check used to get stuck on the 250GB Seagate partition and not the 1250GB partition
I finally ran SeaTools for Windows, and the SMART was tripped
I ran a basic test, it gave me an error code
I ran the long test, and it gave me an error code
I ran the acoustic test (spin the disk), and after that the Seagate HDD was not getting detected. I also tried it through USB 2.0 to Sata cable and it was not getting detected
My questions are -
1. Does partitioning the drives make it safer to not lose all data if there is only one partition?
2. If there was a mechanical problem like a crashed head or dust, how was it possible to backup all the data on the 1250GB HDD (it was completely filled)
3. Is it possible the re installation corrupted the Seagate HDD 250GB partition and maybe the installation itself is corrupt? Because (Total six partitions. When I used to check disk before re installation on all six partitions, I had to reboot my computer for only the Windows 7 and Windows Xp partitions to run the checkdisk. And for the other partitions, I could do it in Windows itself (as the drives were not in use). But now all the partitions are in use and checkdisk only works on reboot of computer and does it twice)
4. An unreadable error, does it mean it is mechanical on the disk or head? Or could it do something with the PCB? How to go about recovering the data on the 250GB HDD?
Any help is appreciated
Thank you

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