fleng Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Hi, I have had this problem since early on this year, I have bought a 500gb Seagate HD, apparently the first time I used it as a C drive and also made it my utorrent destination download. I downloaded some large torrent files and got CRC errors from the utorrent message. So I replaced the HD for a new one.Again, installed and formated the newly changed 500gb Seagate, and again used it for my destination folder for utorrent... and guess what , Bad Block errors from the event viewer. (No crc msg from utorrent though, files managed to finish download). And this happened after 2 weeks of getting the newly replaced HD. So I went again and changed for a new one..This time, I tried using it again for destination drive and GUESS WHAT, files did managed to download finish.. but BAD BLOCKS.What is happening? I know it's pyshical damage, BUT on all 3 replaced HD?? I'm stumped. Anyone have any suggestions as to why this is only happening on my 500gb.. because I have an 80gb and 320gb in the same pc and have not been having any problem. I have even place the 500gb in different slots and even slots at the 320gb which is still healthy..Am I having bad luck or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Did you format the drive using quick NTFS format, or just a regular NTFS format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleng Posted November 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 normal/regular NTFS formatting which took about 45mins in all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor88 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I don't think it was just bad luck, because I'm having more-or-less exactly the same problem, again with a 500 GB Seagate drive (SATA). The drive is so screwed up, in fact, that when I use SpinRite or Windows's ScanDisc, the programs hang when they get to the bad sectors. If I try to continue downloading the files in uTorrent that reported CRC errors, the PC shuts itself off, and if I try to force a recheck on those files, the PC shuts itself off. There are a few more things I may try, but in the end, I'm probably going to have to delete the files in uTorrent that reported the errors and try to remove the bad sectors of the disc.My research is showing that these are not isolated incidents:http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=21093http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=163633 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Hard drives just often get bad sectors. If it's under warranty, get Seagate to replace it, or just stop using Seagate's awful drives. Their quality control SUCKS.(I've had plenty of bad experiences with Seagates). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 "Seagate disease" is back...and it's only contagious if you continue to use Seagate drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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