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New hard drive problem

Wolgulc Posted messages 166 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
Wolgulc Posted messages 166 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello!

Having bought a new hard drive (HDD SMR)

Because an old hard drive started showing signs of failure (strange noises, slowdown)

I transferred all files and folders from the old one to the new one (the content wasn't important, just a few video and image files).

And since then this one seems to have difficulties, it takes a long time to display things while another one does not, then after restarting the PC it performed a mini chkdsk at startup (on the Windows icon)

At the moment I’m writing, this disk remains stuck at 100% activity time (indicated by the Performance tab).

Moreover my defragmentation system, which runs every two months, happened to run just before I’m writing here and the defragmentation started with a very long process; I stopped it after an hour (is it due to the large number of transferred files?).

My previous hard drive is still connected but seems to be working.

I can provide more information if I’ve forgotten anything.

Is this a failure issue or could it come from elsewhere? Knowing that this hard drive is new.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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    jfmimi Posted messages 13654 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   1 930
     

    Hello

    did you partition it well in GPT mode?

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    1. Wolgulc Posted messages 166 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   27
       

      As I replied to someone lower down, ever since I moved the PC tower, the activity time instantly dropped from 100% to 0% and it started a defragmentation that is still in progress, and the hard drive no longer blocks at 100%.

      Compared to the previous defragmentation that I had to interrupt, this one is proceeding normally, but it will take a long time because of the many files that were transferred.

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  2. fabul Posted messages 42240 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 082
     

    Hello,

    From Terminal (Admin) (PowerShell) run a chkdsk /f x:

    (Replace x with the drive letter)

    You can then download Puran Defrag and perform a startup defragmentation of this drive, Unrelated option and without reboot, which will shut down the PC afterwards.

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    1. Wolgulc Posted messages 166 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   27
       
      It's strange; I just moved my PC tower, and since then the 100% activity stayed on zero. And it started an automatic defragmentation (after a big freeze when I moved the PC), from Auslogics Disk Defrag, and everything seems faster now. It also showed me a notification to restart the PC to fix disk errors. Could this be a problem with the SATA connection inside the case?
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      1. fabul Posted messages 42240 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 082 > Wolgulc Posted messages 166 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        You should never move a disk while it is spinning.

        Answer O for yes for CHKDSK

        Unplug and replug the cables.

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      2. Wolgulc Posted messages 166 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   27 > fabul Posted messages 42240 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         

        A defragmentation is currently in progress and the disk is no longer at 100% blocked with scandisk; it won't go higher than 95-98%

        I don't dare to move my PC tower too much right now ^^

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