gameranand
Living to Play
Around 30
Then you'll be having hard time increasing them 10 fold.
Around 30
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.
WD all the way300 bad sectors..this is BS...
Seagate needs to change their RMA policy
Might cause the PCB to get burntyou could try and kepp it running in a hot place. use a hair dryer on it while only plugging the power cord to rotate the platters..
^if u want more BadSectors then google for a virus/malware which creates Bad Sectors (I think so)
^if u want more BadSectors then google for a virus/malware which creates Bad Sectors (I think so)
gooood method, but if its discovered that its the effect of a virus, then no RMA
@tkin: do u want to damage the HDD or just bad sectors?Congrats! Now you have successfully damaged your HDD.
y so..its not written anywhere is it?
dunno.. are there ways to affirm if a damage is due to virus?
I want it to fail a SMART test, period.y so..its not written anywhere is it?
@tkin: do u want to damage the HDD or just bad sectors?
Nope.can virus harm any hardware ?
I want it to fail a SMART test, period.
Is there any way I could overwrite the SMART values?Then go ahead with my method.
Gawd Damn It^^ Nope.
What you are asking for is like bypassing a lie detector.