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Fragmented HD, why I miss SSD's

Psychatog
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So I was working with my first mechanical HD for a friend. He got a nasty bug and asked me to reload it with all sorts of programs.  It was running a bit slow an saw the HD was 43% fragmented.  I only loaded windows and about 100GB of games and holy crap...

 

UPDATE: I ran WD's tool on my drive and after 4 hours it finished and it said my drive is perfectly fine.  Problem is, it's a tad louder than I'd like, but after that test the drive went from 0% to 23% fragmented.  I am returning the drive I think and getting a WD Blue Drive.

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Jesus, what drive is it?

 

I did the same with my WD Blue and I think it only got like 2% fragmented

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Jesus, what drive is it?

 

I did the same with my WD Blue and I think it only got like 2% fragmented

Some white label HD he bought from an Ebay Vendor :)

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Some white label HD he bought from an Ebay Vendor :)

 

Ahh that'll be why then, give it a week and it'll blow up for destroy the Earth or some shit lol

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Ahh that'll be why then, give it a week and it'll blow up for destroy the Earth or some shit lol

Nah, it's brand new.  There's a company that sells brand new white label drives with a full warranty on it.  How can I test to see if it's bad though because he just ordered it last week.

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Nah, it's brand new.  There's a company that sells brand new white label drives with a full warranty on it.  How can I test to see if it's bad though because he just ordered it last week.

 

There is no way to test it, just run it and see if it died though I would highly advise against buying hard drives from eBay, it is just asking for trouble in my opinion.

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There is no way to test it, just run it and see if it died though I would highly advise against buying hard drives from eBay, it is just asking for trouble in my opinion.

This company sells about a thousand a month.  They are based out of CA and they buy new old stock, sell them as white labels in bulk.

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This company sells about a thousand a month.  They are based out of CA and they buy new old stock, sell them as white labels in bulk.

 

Something about it doesn't seem right, I think I'll stick with the reputable PC companies

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Something about it doesn't seem right, I think I'll stick with the reputable PC companies

I've used them alot haven't had an issue with them yet tbh.  I got my storage drive from them :)

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So I was working with my first mechanical HD for a friend. He got a nasty bug and asked me to reload it with all sorts of programs.  It was running a bit slow an saw the HD was 43% fragmented.  I only loaded windows and about 100GB of games and holy crap...

 

Perhaps your friend was doing more with the drive than you thought. It is fairly easy to fragment a drive.

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Perhaps your friend was doing more with the drive than you thought. It is fairly easy to fragment a drive.

Oh no, I wiped the drive and put it in for him.  His last drive was old and IDE.

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Oh no, I wiped the drive and put it in for him.  His last drive was old and IDE.

 

Wow! Did you defrag the hdd? If so, what was the percentage afterwards?

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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Wow! Did you defrag the hdd? If so, what was the percentage afterwards?

0% afterwards.

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Installations do copy lots of temporary files that they then remove and if there were lots of Windows updates I suppose the drive could get that fragmented. The fact fragmentation went to 0% suggests that the unit has no issues.

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UPDATE: I ran WD's tool on my drive and after 4 hours it finished and it said my drive is perfectly fine.  Problem is, it's a tad louder than I'd like, but after that test the drive went from 0% to 23% fragmented.  I am returning the drive I think and getting a WD Blue Drive.

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