How do I damage a HDD intentionally?
OP
tkin
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See my problem, now my Adata External HDD has 208 such replaced sector, but it has long stopped updating and so I use it, and also never faced any data corruption on it, but on seagate I got corrupt OS, BSOD and data lost, which bugs me, looks like I'll use this as my expendable drive(drive in which I keep only my games, intstalled).Then you'll be having hard time increasing them 10 fold.
gameranand
Living to Play
Well your best bet is to try damaging the drive before warranty goes out of the window and I guess that in future you are never going to get a Segate product. Good thing that I didn't bought any Segate drives either, only WD drives so far. 
OP
tkin
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WD all the way300 bad sectors..this is BS...
Seagate needs to change their RMA policy
Seagate is just robbing us, in daylight, one year warranty, bleh
OP
tkin
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Might cause the PCB to get burnt
gameranand
Living to Play
Good suggestion if they are able to do it by any means.
d6bmg
BMG ftw!!
Disclaimer: I won't be held responsible for anything very bad happens to HDD if anyone actually uses this method
1. Plug the HDD in your rig in such a way that you can yank it out anytime i.e. hot swap bay.
2. Start coping a big continuous file like a >10GB iso or rar or zip file.
3. After the copied content reaches ~30-40% of total size, disconnect the SATA power port from the HDD.
4. After the copied content reaches ~30-40% of total size, disconnect the SATA data port from the HDD.
5. Don't plug in the HDD without restarting your PC.
Repeat the process ~25-30 times using one of the step between 3&4. For best result, Use in this sequence:{ 1-2-3-5, 1-2-3-5, 1-2-4-5, 1-2-3-5, 1-2-4-5 }
Congrats! Now you have successfully damaged your HDD.
1. Plug the HDD in your rig in such a way that you can yank it out anytime i.e. hot swap bay.
2. Start coping a big continuous file like a >10GB iso or rar or zip file.
3. After the copied content reaches ~30-40% of total size, disconnect the SATA power port from the HDD.
4. After the copied content reaches ~30-40% of total size, disconnect the SATA data port from the HDD.
5. Don't plug in the HDD without restarting your PC.
Repeat the process ~25-30 times using one of the step between 3&4. For best result, Use in this sequence:{ 1-2-3-5, 1-2-3-5, 1-2-4-5, 1-2-3-5, 1-2-4-5 }
Congrats! Now you have successfully damaged your HDD.
anirbandd
Conversation Architect
Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
gooood method, but if its discovered that its the effect of a virus, then no RMA
y so..its not written anywhere is it?
@tkin: do u want to damage the HDD or just bad sectors?Congrats! Now you have successfully damaged your HDD.
anirbandd
Conversation Architect
dunno.. are there ways to affirm if a damage is due to virus?
Gaurav265
A PC GAMER
can virus harm any hardware ?
OP
tkin
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d6bmg
BMG ftw!!
OP
tkin
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Is there any way I could overwrite the SMART values?Then go ahead with my method.
OP
tkin
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Gawd Damn It^^ Nope.
What you are asking for is like bypassing a lie detector.
