is this drive going bad? evaluate HD tune results

[Ethan Lipman]

another post of mine on usenet pointed to a drive being the
problematic compenent in a system I was troubleshooting
http://groups-beta.google.com/group...nk=st&q=hupjack&rnum=5&hl=en#fefbade397f42242

sure enough.. swapping out the drive solved the problem.

now I'm helping a friend out with a dell xps b733r and it feels like
his drive is introducing a lot of latency as well.. lots of excessive
clicking instead of quick application launch..

so what's the deal with HD's as they die? I won't necessarily see
"bad sectors"? I ran HD tune, and results are linked to below... I'm
just not to sure quite how to interpret them.. what should I key into
from the results that might indicate that the drive is problematic?

http://infohdtune.notlong.com
http://healthhdtune.notlong.com
http://benchmarkhdtune.notlong.com

thanks for any insight you can offer.

 

[Rod Speed]

another post of mine on usenet pointed to a drive being the
problematic compenent in a system I was troubleshooting
http://groups-beta.google.com/group...nk=st&q=hupjack&rnum=5&hl=en#fefbade397f42242

sure enough.. swapping out the drive solved the problem.

now I'm helping a friend out with a dell xps b733r and it
feels like his drive is introducing a lot of latency as well..
lots of excessive clicking instead of quick application launch..

The clicking is the drive recalibrating on the seek errors.

so what's the deal with HD's as they die?

That sort of problem is one way they die.

I won't necessarily see "bad sectors"?

Yeah, from the SMART data the problem is the seek errors.

That can be a cracked flexible connector to the
heads, a mechanical problem with the heads
which stops it flying reliably over the surface,
or something loose in the head assembly etc.

I ran HD tune, and results are linked to below...
I'm just not to sure quite how to interpret them..
what should I key into from the results that
might indicate that the drive is problematic?

http://infohdtune.notlong.com

That doesnt indicate too much, tho the downward spikes are
likely seek errors. You can see those with a good drive tho.

http://healthhdtune.notlong.com

This one shows a high level of seek errors.

http://benchmarkhdtune.notlong.com

Nothing unusual there.

thanks for any insight you can offer.

Try running Seagate's diagnostic on the drive.