BIOS detects at new HDD failure 6 - what to do?

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  • MIRKOSOFT
    PCHF Member
    • Aug 2016
    • 203

    #1

    BIOS detects at new HDD failure 6 - what to do?

    Hi!

    I bought new WDC 640GB SATA HDD from second hand and attached it to SATA6 port.
    Started PC and at POST it reports error:

    SMART detected HDD/SSD failure 6: WDC WD6400-80HXZT1
    WARNING! Your HDD/SSD might crash at any moment.

    Yes, there is warning and I know what means. But don’t know what means failure 6…
    It was HDD from Mac PowerBook and I deleted all partitions and leave it blank, convertedit to MBR disk and tried again.
    Same error.
    Is posssible to fix this disk or throw it to scrap?

    Thank you for help.
    Miro
  • Antman
    PCHF Member
    • Oct 2016
    • 316

    #2
    SMART attribute 6 records data relevant to Read Channel Margin and is not an attribute commonly included in failure prediction. WD does not track - and does not store and does not report - this value.

    SMART data as a whole is stored on the HDD controller board and does not care if your HDD is formatted for Linux, Apple, Intel, et cetera. SMART data relates to hardware. Disk formats etc are software.

    The 6 refers to SATA port 6.
    Run any SMART tool to read the SMART report to identify the specific failing SMART attribute(s).
    CrystalDiskInfo - Crystal Dew World [en]

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    • MIRKOSOFT
      PCHF Member
      • Aug 2016
      • 203

      #3
      I tested it, found errors - bad sector on begin.
      So, I tried Active@ Partition Tool - allowed me to convert between GPT and MBR, create partition too, but at formatting hangs.
      So, I used Paragon Virtualization Manager and it allows me to create partition - success, but at formatting it requires extra privileges.
      When I try the same with Windows Disk Manager it allows me nothing and even no init disk.

      Always returns error:
      Unable to create Boot Record; Error reading device (Data error (cyclic redundancy check).).

      How to fix CRC? It maybe helps with whole disk…
      Thank you for help.
      Miro

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      • Antman
        PCHF Member
        • Oct 2016
        • 316

        #4
        Buy a new hard drive.

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        • MIRKOSOFT
          PCHF Member
          • Aug 2016
          • 203

          #5
          Ok, really no fix possible?
          Miro

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          • Antman
            PCHF Member
            • Oct 2016
            • 316

            #6
            There are tricks available that will allow you to bypass this catastrophic error.

            Such trickery will, without exception, delay a subsequent catastrophic failure at some random point in the immediate term.

            You could use GParted Live to isolate the lead portion of the disk and forcibly move the boot sector to another area on the disk. Under some circumstances and some trial and error, you could create partitions “around” the flawed portion of this disk platter. But this is pointless and an exercise valid only for proof of concept.

            Your disk has failed due to physical damage - either to a platter or the armature or the read head. If it is the read head, all efforts to bypass the catastrophic failure are pointless. If it is the armature, all efforts to bypass the catastrophic failure are pointless. If it is the platter - and there is no corresponding or related damage to the armature or the read head - the internal environment of the disk assembly is compromised.

            All that being said - you could purchase a copy of SpinRite. The purchase price exceeds the cost of a new disk - and probably will not work. SpinRite is best used to recover data from a disk, not force a catastrophic failure to work for a worthwhile period of time.

            Purchase & Download

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            • phillpower2
              PCHF Administrator
              • Sep 2016
              • 15209

              #7
              Any update for us MIRKOSOFT?

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              • MIRKOSOFT
                PCHF Member
                • Aug 2016
                • 203

                #8
                I tried to repair disk.
                Now BIOS reports no error, but it needs deep repair, I try it this night, but it can be longer than 1 day.
                Miro

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                • Antman
                  PCHF Member
                  • Oct 2016
                  • 316

                  #9
                  That sounds like you tried SpinRite. Please confirm.

                  And to make the point as clearly as I can -
                  SpinRite is a data recovery tool. SpinRite repairs are a temporary solution. SpinRite will not repair the physical damage on the disk. The disk will fail again and when it does, there will be a drastic reduction in the likelihood that SpinRite can perform a second recovery.

                  The difference being that on the first SMART failure, no data was in jeopardy. On the next failure, all data is subject to loss.

                  Buy a new hard drive.

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                  • MIRKOSOFT
                    PCHF Member
                    • Aug 2016
                    • 203

                    #10
                    Finally we can close this thread - trying to repair disk caused only total damage, sadly I throw it to scrap.
                    Miro

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                    • Evan_Omo
                      PCHF Member
                      • Sep 2016
                      • 1257

                      #11
                      I marked the thread as Solved for you.

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