Terrible performance on hard drive

[TheCherryKing]

I have noticed that one of the hard drives in my PC is having serious performance problems compared to when I just purchased it. It is only about 9 months old. Sequential speeds rarely go above 100 MB/s but when the drive was new sequential speeds were close to 200 MB/s. Is the drive almost dead? What troubleshooting steps should I take?

[rn8686]

Probably fine, its normal as the data gets written the the outer parts of the platter it takes longer to access. You could try to de-fragment it, that may help a little.

[TheCherryKing]

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

Probably fine, its normal as the data gets written the the outer parts of the platter it takes longer to access. You could try to de-fragment it, that may help a little.

I defragment the drive on a daily basis. 

[Edwired287]

Hi there download hd sential on google to rule out hard drive problem as this the link https://www.hdsentinel.com/download.php

 

Download the trial to find out if the hard drive dying

 

[rn8686]

1 minute ago, TheCherryKing said:

I defragment the drive on a daily basis. 

Not that much you can do then, that normal as I explained (Get an SSD if you want things to load faster). 

[TheCherryKing]

Just now, rn8686 said:

Not that much you can do then, that normal as I explained (Get an SSD if you want things to load faster). 

I'm saving up for an SSD. Getting a 4 TB is very expensive. 

[Edwired287]

I have seen many hard drives in my time doing computers repairs that hard drive shows the same issue was the sign it about to drop dead like a bag of spuds anytime best to back up or clone asap to the new hard drive

[rn8686]

Just now, TheCherryKing said:

I'm saving up for an SSD. Getting a 4 TB is very expensive. 

Just get a few hundred Gb for frequently used programs (Unless you do video editing, will help with scrubbing). 

[TheCherryKing]

Just now, rn8686 said:

Just get a few hundred Gb for frequently used programs (Unless you do video editing, will help with scrubbing). 

My main boot drive is an SSD. All my documents and programs on on the main boot drive. That hard drive is full of about 2 TB of virtual machines! 

[Edwired287]

Another advise is dont keep defragging the hard drive every day or week once a month will do

 that where the wear and tear kicked in and on ssd try and drfrag that is another way killing it faster due to write lifetime

[TheCherryKing]

The drive is in bad shape. What should I do?

[Edwired287]

Oh nearly forgot what brand is your ssd btw

[TheCherryKing]

1 minute ago, Edwired287 said:

Oh nearly forgot what brand is your ssd btw

The SSD is a Sandisk and the HDD is a Seagate.

[Edwired287]

Oh nearly forgot what brand is your ssd btw. That a big failure you need to back up as much as you can otherwise you going to need a special recovery centre to recover that gonna cost you alot

[TheCherryKing]

Just now, Edwired287 said:

Oh nearly forgot what brand is your ssd btw. That a big failure you need to back up as much as you can otherwise you going to need a special recovery centre to recover that gonna cost you alot

Perhaps I should call them. That hard drive is in warranty for five years.

[Edwired287]

Oh nearly forgot what brand is your ssd btw. That a big failure you need to back up as much as you can otherwise you going to need a special recovery centre to recover that gonna cost you alot

[Edwired287]

Yes that i would do if i was in your shoes. I always keep an eye on my hard drives and as well i notices your hard drive tempature are way too high which causes that failure

[manikyath]

8 minutes ago, TheCherryKing said:

The drive is in bad shape. What should I do?

if that's still in warranty get it the flip back to the retailer. HDD warranty is one of the easiest ones to deal with.

[TheCherryKing]

Just now, Edwired287 said:

Yes that i would do if i was in your shoes. I always keep an eye on my hard drives and as well i notices your hard drive tempature are way too high which causes that failure

Would creating a system image backup an external drive be a good start?

[TheCherryKing]

Just now, manikyath said:

if that's still in warranty get it the flip back to the retailer. HDD warranty is one of the easiest ones to deal with.

Dealing with returns on amazon is a nightmare.

[manikyath]

Just now, TheCherryKing said:

Dealing with returns on amazon is a nightmare.

exactly why i recommend people to stay away from amazon.

[Edwired287]

And the other seagate hard drive is also going as it states 14%. The golden rule i learnt over the years is to keep the hard drive in good health is cooling and keeping above 60% health anything below 60% that when i back up or clone to another hard drive

[TheCherryKing]

I run backups every few days to a server and an external drive. 

[Edwired287]

That good worse case it could have been a wedding album to an normal user would have lost it without backup

[Edwired287]

So use hd sential on every hard drive to check it health otherwise it gonna cost alot more if left unchecked the hd sential is the best tool i used as i have recovered many hard drives depends on the issue