IO error in diskpart/diskmgmt

[Gyuwona]

Hey guys

 

today i decided to pull out a 2TB drive from an old computer.

however, when i tried to convert it into gpt/mbr, it threw a io error at me

I really have no idea whats going on and I need help.

Thanks  

[ProjectBox153]

What does CrystalDiskInfo show for the drive?

[Gyuwona]

 I have no idea what that is, but i will try it

 

[ProjectBox153]

1 minute ago, Gyuwona said:

 I have no idea what that is, but i will try it

It's a free program that can show the health of your hard drives. It's wonderful. 

[kb5zue]

For situations such as yours, I use a piece of software and it works great.  The best parts are that it is easy to use along with being FREE.  A lot of people suggest using the regular windows commands like diskpart, etc., but I find using this is better for me because I don't have to worry about  spelling the command correctly or using the correct commands like format, partition, etc.  Give it a shot, if you don't like it or it doesn't work for you, then just remove it.

 

https://www.disk-partition.com/

 

[Gyuwona]

2 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

For situations such as yours, I use a piece of software and it works great.  The best parts are that it is easy to use along with being FREE.  A lot of people suggest using the regular windows commands like diskpart, etc., but I find using this is better for me because I don't have to worry about  spelling the command correctly or using the correct commands like format, partition, etc.  Give it a shot, if you don't like it or it doesn't work for you, then just remove it.

 

https://www.disk-partition.com/

 

I shall try it and tell you, thanks for the advice

 

9 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

It's a free program that can show the health of your hard drives. It's wonderful. 

says caution in a yellow box, what could that mean?

 

[ProjectBox153]

6 minutes ago, Gyuwona said:

I shall try it and tell you, thanks for the advice

 

says caution in a yellow box, what could that mean?

 

It could mean anything. Could you post a screenshot of the window?

[Gyuwona]

here. is there a test i can run?

[kb5zue]

6 minutes ago, Gyuwona said:

I shall try it and tell you, thanks for the advice

 

says caution in a yellow box, what could that mean?

 

If you receive a yellow caution box, that is a true indication there are problems with the drive.  I don't remember right off the top whether or not it shows what the problems are, but I think it does, just not sure.  Of course you must understand that if you partition the drive, ALL the information on the disk such as documents and photos will be lost.

 

One of the things that software will do is scan the drive for errors.  You may want to consider doing that before going any further with saving data to the drive.  Need to make sure that all errors and bad spots are identified prior to using.  If the drive is experiencing large amounts of failures or bad spots, it could be a clear sign the drive is failing and it is time to consider a replacement.

 

 

[Gyuwona]

Just now, kb5zue said:

If you receive a yellow caution box, that is a true indication there are problems with the drive.  I don't remember right off the top whether or not it shows what the problems are, but I think it does, just not sure.  Of course you must understand that if you partition the drive, ALL the information on the disk such as documents and photos will be lost.

 

One of the things that software will do is scan the drive for errors.  You may want to consider doing that before going any further with saving data to the drive.  Need to make sure that all errors and bad spots are identified prior to using.  If the drive is experiencing large amounts of failures or bad spots, it could be a clear sign the drive is failing and it is time to consider a replacement.

 

 

I think youre right. AOMEI's test is telling me that every sector is bad. Time for a new drive I guess

[kb5zue]

If using CrystalDiskInfo, just click on the yellow box and it will open a window with a brief synopsis of what condition the drive is in.

[kb5zue]

Yep, could be time for a replacement.

[Gyuwona]

1 minute ago, kb5zue said:

Yep, could be time for a replacement.

 

9 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

It could mean anything. Could you post a screenshot of the window?

I have no idea what that is

[kb5zue]

From looking at the pic, you need to scroll down.  Your pic is not showing all the information available.  One of the things you should be looking at are items B5, B6, B7 and BB.

 

B5 - Program Fail Count (Total)

B6 - Erase Fail Count (Total)

B7 - Runtime Bad Block (Total)

BB - Uncorrectable Error Count (Total)

 

[kb5zue]

Just now, kb5zue said:

From looking at the pic, you need to scroll down.  Your pic is not showing all the information available.  One of the things you should be looking at are items B5, B6, B7 and BB.

 

B5 - Program Fail Count (Total)

B6 - Erase Fail Count (Total)

B7 - Runtime Bad Block (Total)

BB - Uncorrectable Error Count (Total)

 

Oh yea, also....C3, and C7.

 

C3 - ECC Error Rate

C7 - CRC Error Count

 

 

 

[Gyuwona]

5 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

From looking at the pic, you need to scroll down.  Your pic is not showing all the information available.  One of the things you should be looking at are items B5, B6, B7 and BB.

 

B5 - Program Fail Count (Total)

B6 - Erase Fail Count (Total)

B7 - Runtime Bad Block (Total)

BB - Uncorrectable Error Count (Total)

 

This is all I can see. no scrolling down, it seems

Edited March 4, 2018 by Gyuwona
fixed grammar

[kb5zue]

Ah, good pic.  Looking at the pic, you can see that items C5 and C6 are yellow.  This indicates where the problems with the drive are located.  If you're getting a SMART warning with pending sectors, that typically means your disk can't (or isn't) reallocating sectors correctly. This disk can probably fail hard at anytime.  I checked both of the items marked in yellow and my humble opinion is this drive is getting ready to fail.

 

I would seriously consider backing up all the data on this drive that you want to save as soon as possible.  Just looking at Newegg, you can get a 2Tb drive for a decent cost.  But, yea......  Need to back up that drive and seriously consider a replacement.

 

[Gyuwona]

Just now, kb5zue said:

Ah, good pic.  Looking at the pic, you can see that items C5 and C6 are yellow.  This indicates where the problems with the drive are located.  If you're getting a SMART warning with pending sectors, that typically means your disk can't (or isn't) reallocating sectors correctly. This disk can probably fail hard at anytime.  I checked both of the items marked in yellow and my humble opinion is this drive is getting ready to fail.

 

I would seriously consider backing up all the data on this drive that you want to save as soon as possible.  Just looking at Newegg, you can get a 2Tb drive for a decent cost.  But, yea......  Need to back up that drive and seriously consider a replacement.

 

aite thanks man

 

[ProjectBox153]

9 minutes ago, Gyuwona said:

This is all I can see. no scrolling down, it seems

It seems that you just have a bum drive. Whenever I've encountered drives that were going bad with that low number of hours being powered on, it's been a bad drive. I have drives with more than 6 years of abuse that are fine. 

[Gyuwona]

awh. this sucks

 

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, Gyuwona said:

awh. this sucks

Yeah, it's the sad part about using mechanical drives. They fail. 

[kb5zue]

Sorry about the bad information on your drive but I didn't want to give you any bad information and then later on the drive failed and you lost everything on it.  Back it up somewhere soon as possible and you'll be alright when you can replace the drive.  Glad to help, Good luck.