How to fix disk read error?
Hard disk failure, you will need to replace the hard disk before it totally conks out. You are about to lose all your files. Check the fans in your computer. Overheating is one of the common culprits of hard disk errors. The other is intermittent power supply, forcing the computer to go on and off rapid sequences. No, there is no easy way to fix this. You will have to save all your personal files to a safe place like a CD or another hard disk. Depending on the state of your computer, you may need another computer to do that. Then you will have to replace the hard disk itself(and fan if needed) with a new one and reinstall all the software you are using from scratch. It really is a straightforward process but to the uninitiated, it would be hell. .
Hard Disk drive failing?
I can think of two possibilities. You can clone your still functioning but failing internal HDD to the external one. There are free applications to clone a HDD. The external has to be big enough to accept all the data and operating system, and first uninstall applications you don't need. http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/0... Then you have to change your system settings for both the boot drive and the application paths. This I think is the difficult part because all the software points to the old drive. Another method is first cloning the internal drive to the external one, and assuming the external one is SATA, you can open the external drive and remove it. An external drive is an internal drive and enclosure. Then you replace the failing drive with the HDD from the external one, and if everything was done correctly, your computer will take the HDD from the external drive, now installed as the primary one, as your HDD and should operate without any software changes to your system other than when you added the cloning software. Note that HDDs have come down in price a lot. http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/internal-h... There are various parameters to the drives and you should consider the physical size as 2.5 or 3.5, the SATA 2 or 3 (if your system is SATA III, then SATA III is better, but if system is SATA II, that does not matter), and the RPM. A 1TB drive is $68. It still would need cloning to get your operating system which takes an install as a 2nd drive before removing the 1st one.
What is a read element failure on a hard drive?
I have a western digital drive that the manufacturer's diagnostics says it has a "read element failure" What is that? I ran a program that does very through drive test and it didn't find any problems. The test writes 1's then 0's the entire surface. (http://www.uxd.com/qtpro-features.shtml) I ran WD's test in the first place because a software vendor didn't know how to fix a problem with just one piece of software, and asked me to run thorough hardware tests on the computer
You’re pretty much SOL. RAID 5 is designed to survive one failure. For two failures, you’d have to have been running RAID 6.In the situation you described, it might be possible to reconstruct some of the data, but nothing complete. Since the failure of two drives damaged not just the data, but also the file tables used by your filesystem, the chances of recovering anything at all are slim to none.
Hard Drive Read Error?
You should be going to the Hard Drive manufactures web site and download they Hard Disk diagnostic utility as per there instructions. Once you have ran this utility and determined that the Drive is no good you have a decision to make. First off if there is data on that disc you want you can pull out the hard disk and connect it to one of the secondary slots on a working computer by doing this you will be able to recover data. Reconnect the drive back to the old system and boot into the Diagnostic Utility you downloaded from the manufacturers web site. You can now perform a low level format to write the drive to ZERO. Once done you can try reinstalling the OS. It may install but ultimately be prepared for another failure. Bottom line I guess is that it is alot less work and time to buy another hard disk for $100 bucks
Disk Read Error. Hard Drive or Motherboard Issue?
When you run into the “HDD Not Detected” error, first check the external hard drive interface data lines to see if there is deformation, whether the connection spot have been incorrectly soldered joint. After doing that, remove the hard drive back, the circuit panels appears. Unscrew the control panel fixed screws; separate the main control panel from hard disk. Then you can see two of rows spring on the hard disk. One row is the main electrical power supply, and the other row is the magnetic head mechanical arm drive coil power source and circuit control board interface between the data transmission. solution:
A bad sector on a hard drive is simply a tiny cluster of storage space — a sector — of the hard drive that appears to be defective. The sector won’t respond to read or write requests.Bad sectors can occur on both traditional magnetic hard drives and modern solid-state drives. There are two types of bad sectors — one resulting from physical damage that can’t be repaired, and one resulting from software errors that can be fixed.There are two types of bad sectors — often divided into “physical” and “logical” bad sectors or “hard” and “soft” bad sectors.A physical — or hard — bad sector is a cluster of storage on the hard drive that’s physically damaged. The hard drive’s head may have touched that part of the hard drive and damaged it, some dust may have settled on that sector and ruined it, a solid-state drive’s flash memory cell may have worn out, or the hard drive may have had other defects or wear issues that caused the sector to become physically damaged. This type of sector cannot be repaired.A logical — or soft — bad sector is a cluster of storage on the hard drive that appears to not be working properly. The operating system may have tried to read data on the hard drive from this sector and found that the error-correcting code (ECC) didn’t match the contents of the sector, which suggests that something is wrong. These may be marked as bad sectors, but can be repaired by overwriting the drive with zeros — or, in the old days, performing a low-level format. Windows’ Disk Check tool can also repair such bad sectors.The reality of bad sectors brings home a chilling fact — even if your hard drive is otherwise working properly, it’s possible for a bad sector to develop and corrupt some of your data. This is another reason why you should always back up your data — multiple copies are the only thing that will prevent bad sectors and other issues from ruining your hard drive’s data.A few bad sectors don’t indicate that a hard drive is about to fail — they can just happen. However, if your hard drive is rapidly developing bad sectors, it may be a sign that your hard drive is failing. And if you ask for 21, its a big number.You can continue using it, but with proper backups. Otherwise(I would suggest it) go for a new one. :)
You're reading off the SMART or other disk error information, right? Those are times when the drive went to read a sector and didn't get a good signal. It retries and if that's successful there's no problem. If it retries and it's not, the read error rate is going up quick and it might mean you have a bad sector. The drive has spares and will of course try to copy to a good, spare sector on its own. Enough bad sectors though, make for a drive that can't read or write data at all (though hopefully it will be something you can track, so you can replace the drive before performance tanks.)In the case of an SSD it would suggest that the flash has run past some write limitation and even reads trigger some sort of failsafe check. In a hard drive it means either dust made it to the disk surface or servo data's getting messed with, e.g. by fouled circuit boards (salt corrosion, dusty boards) or poorly shielded motors running nearby.Raw error rate can go up from temperature events, maybe even sunspots. Any error at all suggests some sort of pivot (power off a minute, some PLL's gone nuts, etc.) but it's a good way to monitor and maintain (replace, thankfully) the health of a drive.Antivirus software sometimes like to look aside at that info; there's nothing to say without particulars about how that might decide to present the data, other than that they sometimes crib from the news to get attention and that it probably wasn't aware you were going geocaching.
Hard drive failure, how to extract data?
Hi all, I know my around computers a bit, but I cannot solve this one... my main computer seems to have taken a jolt, as I lost the motherboard (the beeps tell me so). So fine, but I simply cannot get the hard drive to read on another computer so I can extract the data (I want to just dump the drive onto another). Here's what I've tried: 1. Got a properly working Dell, and tried to use a USB caddy to read the failed drive. XP cannot see the drive. 2. Put the failed drive in as a secondary slave in the Dell. Here's the result: BIOS sees the failed drive and correctly auto detects it. Windows XP boots and also sees the drive (as drive D). Trouble is, when I use explorer to view drive D, error comes up that says (I/O Error) So, that's it. I really need to dump this drive onto a portable or something, but how to get the data? If Linux or Solaris has a way, that's fine because I can do that with some help (I'm not to good when it comes to Unix-ey stuff). Help! How can I read this drive? BIOS does detect it.
Whenever this error appears on the screen, you will be asked to press the Ctrl+Alt +Del to restart. But, at most times it won’t help and you won’t be able to boot your computer properly.Here are some possible solutions that you can apply to fix the error:For Corrupted MBR: The most common cause of this error is incorrect or invalid MBR configuration. Try to rebuild MBR and repair Boot Sector to check if it is the cause. You can do this without the help of software also but it is not recommended because it is a little bit complicated for users who have no experience. So take help of free online software available over the internet.Test the Memory: In order to identify & fix Bad RAM memory, use the tool named Memtest86+ and run tests on RAM.Try the Drive on Another Machine: Take the hard drive out and connect it up to another machine or connect it to the same machine via external USB. If you are not able to access the drive then take it to hard drive recovery store. And if you are able to access all your files without a problem, then the issue will likely be related to other hardware in your machine. In this situation, replace all the external hardware device one by one in order to find out the real culprit.Check or Replace Cables: Faulty IDE cables can sometimes cause issues such as read or write errors on hard drives as well as optical burners. If you have spare cables, you can replace them, or unplug the current cables, inspect for damage, and then reconnect them.Resetting / Updating the BIOS: Setting the BIOS back to defaults can fix the issue. Many times updating to a newer BIOS has also been reported to work, especially on laptops.Note: Some troubleshooting steps might do bad damage to their data and finally result-in irreversible data loss disaster. In view of this, we recommend you to backup or recover your data first.