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Old February 9th, 2010, 08:05 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Is my hard drive going bad? Please help...

The hard drive on my laptop consistently fails (10+ times tested; specs below) the Hutil (Samsung hard drive test) once it gets to the random read test and the self diagnostic bios test and won't boot windows, just stays on the loading screen with the bar moving back and forth or a black screen.

BUT after sitting and warming up for about 5 minutes, it will pass (100%) both of these tests consistently (again 10+ times tested), boot up with no problem and I can do anything all day without any issues.

Is this drive going bad? Should I look for other problems?

The laptop is a HP dv2550se; 160GB Samsung SATA HD, 2GB ram, Windows Vista, Core 2 Duo @ 1.5GHz, 14.1" screen, large 12 cell battery.

The hard drive is as silent as it was new over 2 years ago, I haven't occurred an issues while accessing or moving files or freezing. I have tried to test this by filling it up with large high def movies and they all seem to work fine (video card just can't quite keep up). If I turn it off and let it cool for a couple of hours it will go back to failing at bootup.

Your input is greatly appreciated!
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Old February 9th, 2010, 08:30 AM     #2 (permalink)
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Since you make extensive backups of your important data - its not a big deal - right?

But for about 40 bucks - you can do the when in doubt get a new drive thing..
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Old February 9th, 2010, 09:22 AM     #3 (permalink)
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I'm not worried at all about the data, got what I need backed up. But money is super tight right now until a job comes, but I'm leaning towards going to get a new one just want to be sure of it.
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