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HDD problem!

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/hdd-problem.100676/

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ratedrsuperstar Original post #1
Oct 26, 2008 at 8:25 PM
i recently got a WD750GB AYPS hard drive as a replacement for my 640GB WD hard drive wich crashed in a month.

but again when i run WD Diagnostics tests on this drive it shows it's faulty.what should i do?

any soft which can tell whether this one is good or not?
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Cool Joe #2
Oct 26, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Speedfan can show the fitness of your HDD.
The drive may be reported as faulty due to damage of the SATA port used. Try plugging it in to a different SATA port.
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ratedrsuperstar #3
Oct 29, 2008 at 6:00 PM
thanks it's solved now.u got it right. thnx a lot!!!!!