Bad HDD

[Iver southill]

PLZ HALP.

 

so, my brand new computer works flawlessly , except for one thing

 

The hardrive (st1000dm003-9yn162) is said to have the storage capacity of a thousand gigabytes. but apparently, it doesn't.

 

The drive is separated into two partitions, one at 126 Gb  and the other at the incredibly high number, 1.6 Gb

 

 

 

126 + 1.6 = 127.6                  127.6 < 1000

 

 

Is it any easy way to restore this drive to its days of glory, without loosing ALL of the files currently stored on it?

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if this HDD is brand new then I would just RMA it right now.

[Iver southill]

But it isn't new. i already have like a 100 GB used

[FairladyZ]

If it's under warranty, RMA it. If not, bad hard drives make a great way to have a little fun. You can open the drive and power it on, and do what some people do, and smash the platters while they are spinning at 7,000RPM with a hammer. Or you can kick it and drop it and throw it and run over it, the possibilities are endless.

[Iver southill]

If it's under warranty, RMA it. If not, bad hard drives make a great way to have a little fun. You can open the drive and power it on, and do what some people do, and smash the platters while they are spinning at 7,000RPM with a hammer. Or you can kick it and drop it and throw it and run over it, the possibilities are endless.

I would like to FIX it, so that i can use it with 1 terrabyte

[FairladyZ]

I would like to FIX it, so that i can use it with 1 terrabyte

Fixing hard drives is very difficult, and often involves high risks. Getting dust on the platters and underneath the head actuator can render the drive useless. If you get a new copy or use an old copy of Windows, before installing, just delete all the partitions (recovery too) and see if the total drive capacity is close to 1TB. If the capacity is low, you may have bad sectors, and these can just be platters that don't write well, or the head actuator's electromagnet's timing not being right.

[Iver southill]

what if i saved all the files in an ISO file on my external flash drive, turned of the computer, put the hard drive into another computer, formatted it, unpacked the ISO on it, then put it back int the original computer, and turn it on, would that work?