since it is used, have you done a disk surface check for bad sectors?
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No I have not. But I did a Disk Kill and reformatted the drive and started from scatch.
2181296
I use it on a mac. I have bumped older ones and received the message "You have removed the disk without first ejecting. Your disk may be damaged" or something to that effect. but found no damage to the info. That said... there is always the first time.
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The unit comes with a software utility that will alert you to a problem drive. There is also a light on the front panel that indicates a drive failure and indicator lights for the individual drives. This has all worked fine for me with the exception of one drive that was damaged in such a way it hung the Mediasonic unit.
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Glen, you need to go measure the thickness of your disk break. It takes five minutes. Good luck.
1128356
Did you replace your hard drive. I am interested in doing the same thing. Thanks!!
897450
Been using it for some time and haven't had that problem. I have 5 drives, three which are on all the time and two which I switch between between power offs. Have never had a drive fry.
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Every drive I have ever purchased has been new - and worked great. If I got one that was old or used I would have certainly returned it - and if you are indeed buying new and got used, I would expect that you could contact Amazon for a return.
814560
Yup. I can fix it. Your whole hard drive must be formatted and firmware update is required alongwith partition table re-creation
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I also bought this laptop recently and am also hearing the strange hard drive noise. It's like a squeaking sound. As long as the hard drive functions well it's not an issue, but if this is a precursor to hard drive failure then I'd be worried.
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Good points. It's still relatively new, and I wonder especially how the hard drive model has held up. My new one arrived DOA, and now I'm really struggling over whether to ask Amazon for a refund or an exchange. This baby may be intended to be Solid State all the way, which means the hard drive models will be unwanted period pieces in another year or two.
1936144
Cant say. I haven't had any issues with my drive at all. Its been working great for me the last few months. Mine has been HIGHLY reliable to the point
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Copy fails. Have not successfully completed a clone when a drive has bad sector(s).
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No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
1128924
That raises the question: What is the "proper packaging" for this drive? And the corollary question: How do you know it when you see it? What I do know is that mine has worked without a qualm since I bought it.
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Try This: Go to Control Panel-> System and Security -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management -> Select the F: Drive by click it (If F: Drive is shown, otherwise the drive is not good)-> Click "Action" MENU -> Move mouse to "All Tasks" and Select "Format"
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I have heard of this issue in ASUS laptops, but have not experienced any kind of Drive failures in mine. Though Ive only had mine for a little over a year now. Sorry to hear about that, hopefully you can recover the data.
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Yup. I can fix it.Your whole hard drive must be formatted and firmware update is required alongwith partition table re-creation