seagate 80gigs failing..

[acuariano]

yeah....
i'm talking about the time to wipe out a haed drive [no reformat..reformat comes after]..
..this failing unit i have takes 3 hours and a half for 1 sibgle pass using killdisk or wipedrive....

-in other forums..i read that a 320 gig -1 single pass- takes 1 hour..

-my question is -- why the difference...
-is it because my hd started to fail ?

 

[acuariano]

after wiping out..reformat takes me like 40 minutes

 

[phucng_10]

You're trying to wipe out unused programs in your current HDD correct? Your HDD takes about 3-1/2 hours just for 1 single pass of KillDisk or WipeDrive. Other people with a 320GB HDD, takes only about an hour to finish either 1 of those 2 programs. The problem could be that your HDD's life span is about to end. Do you get any BSODs?

 

[acuariano]

BSODs= guesss this is bad sectors.. right
-and also...i wipe out the whole hard drive,and this is what it takes [1 single pass=80gigs]
not...after both programs finish..no bad sectors...
-if i run the seagate sacn utility..i get 'file system" fail.. the rest is green...

also file recovery 7.1 reported

Active@ File Recovery is licensed to: FileRecovery, Corporate License
I 08/24/07 16:32:30 Device scan started on Hard Disk 0 (ST380021A 74.53 GB)
I 08/24/07 16:32:30 Scanning ST380021A ...
I 08/24/07 16:32:30 Detected Partition [0:] Starts at 63 sector Sectors: 156280257 Size: 74.52 GB File System: NTFS Status: [Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:32:41 Detected Partition [1:NO NAME] Starts at 870256 sector Sectors: 2097207 Size: 1.000 GB File System: FAT32 Status: [Poor]
I 08/24/07 16:32:41 Detected Partition [2:NO NAME] Starts at 870250 sector Sectors: 2097207 Size: 1.000 GB File System: FAT32 Status: [Poor]
I 08/24/07 16:32:41 Detected Partition [3:NO NAME] Starts at 870260 sector Sectors: 2097207 Size: 1.000 GB File System: FAT32 Status: [Poor]
I 08/24/07 16:32:41 Detected Partition [4:NO NAME] Starts at 870254 sector Sectors: 2097207 Size: 1.000 GB File System: FAT32 Status: [Poor]
I 08/24/07 16:35:44 Detected Partition [5:] Starts at 15309814 sector Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS Status: [Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:35:44 Detected Partition [6:] Starts at 15315987 sector Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS Status: [Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:35:44 Status upgraded to [Poor] for partition [6:] (Start sector: 15315987 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:35:44 Detected Partition [7:] Starts at 15312883 sector Sectors: 10325 Size: 5.042 MB File System: NTFS Status: [Very Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:35:44 Status upgraded to [Bad] for partition [7:] (Start sector: 15312883 Sectors: 10325 Size: 5.042 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:35:44 Status upgraded to [Not Bad] for partition [6:Boot] (Start sector: 15315987 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:35:44 Detected Partition [8:] Starts at 15319091 sector Sectors: 140982397 Size: 67.23 GB File System: NTFS Status: [Very Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:35:44 Status upgraded to [Acceptable] for partition [6:Boot] (Start sector: 15315987 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:35:44 Status upgraded to [Good] for partition [6:Boot] (Start sector: 15315987 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:35:48 Detected Partition [9:] Starts at 15650486 sector Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS Status: [Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:35:48 Detected Partition [10:] Starts at 15656659 sector Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS Status: [Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:35:48 Status upgraded to [Poor] for partition [10:] (Start sector: 15656659 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:35:48 Detected Partition [11:] Starts at 15653555 sector Sectors: 10325 Size: 5.042 MB File System: NTFS Status: [Very Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:35:48 Status upgraded to [Bad] for partition [11:] (Start sector: 15653555 Sectors: 10325 Size: 5.042 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:35:48 Status upgraded to [Not Bad] for partition [10:Boot] (Start sector: 15656659 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:35:48 Detected Partition [12:] Starts at 15659763 sector Sectors: 140641725 Size: 67.06 GB File System: NTFS Status: [Very Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:35:48 Status upgraded to [Acceptable] for partition [10:Boot] (Start sector: 15656659 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:35:48 Status upgraded to [Good] for partition [10:Boot] (Start sector: 15656659 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:43:28 Status upgraded to [Poor] for partition [0:] (Start sector: 63 Sectors: 156280257 Size: 74.52 GB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:43:28 Status upgraded to [Not Bad] for partition [0:] (Start sector: 63 Sectors: 156280257 Size: 74.52 GB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:48:00 Detected Partition [13:] Starts at 72198174 sector Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS Status: [Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:48:00 Detected Partition [14:] Starts at 72204347 sector Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS Status: [Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:48:01 Status upgraded to [Poor] for partition [14:] (Start sector: 72204347 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:48:01 Detected Partition [15:] Starts at 72201243 sector Sectors: 10325 Size: 5.042 MB File System: NTFS Status: [Very Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:48:01 Status upgraded to [Bad] for partition [15:] (Start sector: 72201243 Sectors: 10325 Size: 5.042 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:48:01 Status upgraded to [Not Bad] for partition [14:Boot] (Start sector: 72204347 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:48:01 Detected Partition [16:] Starts at 72207451 sector Sectors: 84094037 Size: 40.10 GB File System: NTFS Status: [Very Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:48:01 Status upgraded to [Acceptable] for partition [14:Boot] (Start sector: 72204347 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:48:01 Status upgraded to [Good] for partition [14:Boot] (Start sector: 72204347 Sectors: 6174 Size: 3.015 MB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:50:22 Detected Partition [17:] Starts at 27357511 sector Sectors: 128943977 Size: 61.49 GB File System: NTFS Status: [Very Bad]
I 08/24/07 16:50:22 Status upgraded to [Acceptable] for partition [0:] (Start sector: 63 Sectors: 156280257 Size: 74.52 GB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 16:50:22 Status upgraded to [Good] for partition [0:] (Start sector: 63 Sectors: 156280257 Size: 74.52 GB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 17:14:08 Status upgraded to [Excellent] for partition [0:] (Start sector: 63 Sectors: 156280257 Size: 74.52 GB File System: NTFS)
I 08/24/07 17:14:08 Device scan completed [found 18 partitions and 0 files]
I 08/24/07 17:17:52 Saving scan results ...
I 08/24/07 17:17:54 Scan results successfully saved to 'C:\Documents and Settings\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\My Documents\ST380021A 3.10 Super Scan Results.scn'

 

[acuariano]

I think formatting also depends on the reading speed of the Optical Drive. When I first built my computer and hooked up my Sony Optical Drive, took about 2 hours to reformat and about another hour just to do the setup. But with this Emprex Optical Drive a buddy gave me, took less then an hour to do the setup and a full reformat.

ok my cd reading speed is 20x....it's only a reader....
my dvd burner can read a cd at 48x..
..this is what you mean right...
--what reading speed[cd] you have on your Emprex Optical Drive

 

[phucng_10]

The reading speed on my Emprex Optical Drive is 16x.

 

[acuariano]

wait... 16x is for dvd.... i mean cd-reading speed
because....these programs come on cd format..

 

[acuariano]

so a faster cd-reader can wipe a hd out in less time ...