Re: partitioning and use thereof

Paul wrote:
> On 10/11/2021 1:34 AM, Robert Baer wrote:
> 
>>    Well, i let the slow, long-winded "normal" format run. Over an hour 
>> or so later, i got responses:
>> The new file system is NTFS.
>> WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVEABLE DISK DRIVE N: WILL BE LOST!
>> Proceed with format(Y/N)?   y
>> Formatting 238470M
>> 488386560 bad sectors were encountered during the format - thesse 
>> sectors cannot be guaranteed to have been cleaned/.
>> Volume label (32 characters, ENTER for none)?  NewN
>> Creating file system structures.
>> All NTFS boot sectors are unwriteable. Cannot continue.
>> Format failed.
>>
>>    Wonderful!  DOA.
>>    Seems impossible to format that second partition.
>>
>>    So i deleted all that bushwah and started with the HD as one 
>> partition, simple volume,
>>    "quick" format .. all of which takes quite a while.
>>    That works.
>>    So.. what the heck..Use Properties and run error checking, scan for 
>> and attempt recovery of bad sectors.
>>
>>    331007 free clusters processed.
>>    Number seems slow to change, and the "progress" bar is maybe one 
>> tenth across (15 minutes so far).
>> ..looks liker it will take hours, so signing off till done.
>>    Will report results.
> 
> http://hdtune.com/files/hdtune_255.exe            # 628KB
> 
> Install that, and use the Health tab to collect SMART data
> about the drive in question. Use the menu near the top,
> to select the drive you are trying to format.
> 
> I do two things with Hard Drives:
> 
> 1) Read transfer curve, with the left-most tab.
>     This is a sensitive test for platter surface conditions.
> 
>     The more modern the Windows OS, the harder it is to get the
>     OS to shut the fuck up, while you're trying to run this test.
>     Win2K was the best at this job. Win10 has the irritating properly,
>     that the instant you start the bench running, you look in Task
>     Manager, and Windows 10, on purpose, will fork a maintenance
>     task of its own.
> 
> 2) Health tab, check "Reallocated" raw data column. Value should
>     be zero. If you see a finite number, like 123, that means
>     you're getting low on spare sectors. One of my drives here,
>     the remaining health claimed to be 5500 sectors, and you could
>     watch the "Reallocated" raw value grow from one day to the next
>     as the drive was used.
> 
> It might take five to ten minutes to do that much work.
> 
> *******
> 
> 3) You can use the right-most tab to scan the surface for errors,
>     but you've already done that effectively several times now,
>     and waiting another two hours would be a bore. You know something
>     is wrong with this drive, then it's a question of how much time
>     to spend and so on.
> 
> The HDTune window misbehaves in some display managers, so if
> you see some weirdness, "this is normal" for it :-)
> 
>    Paul
> 
> 
   Checking disk is still running, maybe 1/4 "done" so i would say 2-3 
daze (19,xxx,xxx free clusters processed so far).
   Maybe i should let it run to bitter end for a report from the process?

   We are talking about a brand new drive.
   Send it back?


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