After using for roughly around 2 and a half months, a popup windows says that I have to replace or repair the Hard Drive, what should I do? Thanks.
1811658
i think you sould contact asus , your HDD is certainly giving smart errors to the OS
2192892
That's a tough one to answer. My drive just crashed a few months after getting it but there's a few reasons why. One reason? Faulty hardware. Another reason? You over worked it or let it get corrupted / broke your OS but that's an easy fix. There are more complex ones like ram causing it to bottleneck and use your hard drive to take the slack. Imagine always running a light bulb non stop for a long time. It's all relative to the amount you use the product. I'd say one of this caliber should last a few years at least, but not always. It's a solid drive, just don't push it too hard, as these things CAN break.
354989
it could be several things. perhaps your table isn't completely straight so the cable moves, or the connection is not great in the port you are using, or your usb jack is starting to fail, the hard drive cable is going bad, or windows itself decided to start randomly ejecting things. in any of these cases the one thing I wouldn't recommend is relying on this hd alone as your backup, and even less if you are going to keep it connected to your computer all the time. they are NOT stable... they are NOT made to last... they WILL fail at some point.
1436664
Sorry to tell you, yeah it's a bad drive. These aren't official Microsoft hard drives, so sometimes they won't work. Try returning it. Mine works pretty nice, but had I known that it wasn't actually produced by Microsoft, I wouldn't have bought it.
227746
I've had this computer for about 3 months and haven't had this problem (or any problem for that matter)... What have you downloaded recently? Maybe a program or something you downloaded caused this.Worst case scenario, used "system restore" to reset the computer back to a certain time when the problem didn't exist
2261166
I had no issues. I took out one screw. Attatched the cable and slide the drive in replaced screw. It was a very simple process. I am no expert on computers. I can only share my experience with repairing it.
1345133
I had to replace the hard drive , just a couple of months after I received this laptop....it works great now!
1128356
Did you replace your hard drive. I am interested in doing the same thing. Thanks!!
145105
maybe your drive isn't assigned a drive letter?Try going to Computer Management program and choose your HDD and assign a letter... Besides that, I can't think of any other issues right now...
294855
You might try a repair install of Windows. Perhaps try System File Checker first, but if your Windows installation is corrupted sfc won't fix it. Btw, you go to Run, then type cmd in the field, then in the DOS window you type sfc /scannow and hit enter. This is something to do just for yucks every now and then as routine maintenance.Also, don't forget to defragment as another necessary maintenance item to do routinely.
382736
No the hard drive doesn't work anymore and it's less than a years time. Also wd would not rma the product for me.
1319854
The drive I purchased was new. Not sure about any warranty. That was 2 maybe 3 years ago.
1653109
First: do not open the drive until you check the warranty with WD. If the drive was made for HP or Dell good luck. Since my drive was still sealed I was able to send it back to the seller and they paid shipping. If I had to buy another drive I will go to Newegg.com.
1879559
That's interesting. I just kept mine in a box, but that was fortunate because when the new drive failed they were able to retrieve my data (again) from my original drive. I would think a computer place that does repairs could help you.Sounds like a great idea, good luck.
2275022
I am not quite sure since this was for my son and he used it. I said Used it because just last week when he turned it on he was asked to format it. We took it to a computer store to get it looked at and they said it was no data on the drive to recover. It had a bad sector and won't work. So we are in the process to see what we should do now. Soooo upset since we had just bought this November 26, 2011. Sorry that I could not help you.
519993
Don't know, but the vendor is willing to work with you. Besides it is a brand new hard drive and I haven't had any problems.
183770
I do not what to say about the drive, i installed the drive in my laptop and in less than a month the drive failed.I had to reformat and install everything again. Now the drive is apparently working fine.I'll wait a bit longer before I conclude my opinion in this matter.