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I have a HP Pavilion g6 2136tx Laptop which was functioning correctly until one day Windows 7 Ultimate x64 couldn't boot up. Tried System Restore and Windows Startup Repair tool, both of which failed. Finally removed the HDD and connected it as external to another laptop. Tried many HDD Scan SW all of which could diagnose only 1 problem:
Raw Read Error Rate: Threshold Value: 51, Current Value: 1, Worst Value: 1 All the softwares predicted imminent drive failure and that all data should be backed up.
Hard Drive Model: Samsung Spinpoint ST500LM012 500GB manufactured by Seagate, 5400RPM
The Date of manufacture is May 2012 and the drive has never failed ever. I removed all partitions and also did a deep format of the entire disk, but the error is still there.
- What are the options that I have except replacing the disk?
- Can I modify the SMART value of Raw Read Error Rate Worst Value to be greater than 1 as I saw many manufacturers allow it be greater than 1? Is it editable and if yes, how to do it?
I just want to install Windows 7 onto the drive. I have another 2TB drive for back up. That is why I want to edit the values so as to fool Windows to get installed on the drive – John Paul – 2014-12-17T13:03:18.907
1@JohnPaul, as derobert already said, changing the value wouldn't make the drive work any better. I also doubt that Windows refuses to install because of the SMART error. It's more probable that it just fails to install because the drive is broken. – n.st – 2014-12-17T13:09:33.367
@n.st: I just wanna make the drive bootable. And I just transferred some iso files of size 13 to 25 GBs and am able to read and write smoothly. Also tried copying and deleting small files like pictures and they worked well too. The HDD was working really smooth earlier and it still is. The only nitpick is the SMART error. Windows setup specifically says that the drive has a SMART error, and hence installation wont continue.I understood that changing the value wont affect the disk performance, I just want to boot Windows 7 from the disk. – John Paul – 2014-12-17T19:35:29.747
@JohnPaul sounds like you need to ask a question about how to bypass that check in the Windows installer. – derobert – 2014-12-17T19:46:34.790
@derobert: Instead of asking a whole new question, wouldn't it be better if you just tell me how to do it - bypassing SMART check in Windows installer? – John Paul – 2014-12-18T05:47:56.663
@JohnPaul I'd tell you if I knew... But I don't, and couldn't even Google up a reference to the Windows installer having that behavior, much less how to bypass it. So that's why I suggest a separate question. – derobert – 2014-12-18T05:55:36.567