Seagate HDD fix/broken/help

[Lord DN]

My Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 64MB 2TB drive seems to have failed (check attached images). Today when I was busy laying games I started getting random hangups that last several minutes only to occur again a few seconds after one wears off, making gaming undoable. Luckily this isn't my boot drive and just a steam+random junk drive, but it'd still suck if it was beyond saving. Copying files is a pain as explorer.exe crashes every few minutes while doing it, forcing me to reboot as waiting for it to restart doesn't help for some reason. All the important documents, pictures, etc. are saved, so any possible data loss doesn't matter at all.

I got the drive about a year ago, but I do not have the complete packaging or receipt.

Should I try to claim a replacement anyways? Should I buy a new drive? Is there a way to "fix" this drive?

If I have to get a new one, any suggestions of a good reliable 2TB drive that won't kick the bucket within a year?

 

Help me guys

 

[Technomancer__]

A good new drive is the Toshiba p300 3tb

Cheap, fast and reliable

[Technomancer__]

And yea rma it if they don't sent a new one get the Toshiba p300 3 tb

[jools]

if within warranty period for drive try getting a replacement, did you pay by credit card/paypal they are reciepts

[jools]

yep go with ethno , Toshiba make good reliable drives

[Lord DN]

I only use around 1.1tb on my current hdd, and the premium for 1TB more storage is not worth it for me. Any good 2TB drives?

Is there any way at all to fix my drive? Make windows ignore the broken sectors and reduce the total storage space while keeping a functional drive?