Topic: I hate hard drives

[devnullius]

"New" older drive again appears perfect, but again: problem (still in my Dell pc, not my friend's...)

Info's:

Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive. Cleaning up 1 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9. Cleaning up 1 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9. Cleaning up 1 unused security descriptors. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal... Usn Journal verification completed. 78121983 KB total disk space. 24486976 KB in 89876 files. 38252 KB in 16588 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 296283 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 53300472 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 19530495 total allocation units on disk. 13325118 allocation units available on disk.

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  -- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #0: Maxtor 6L080M0 --

    Hard Disk Summary
   -------------------
    Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
    Interface  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA
    Disk Controller  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) ICH8 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2820 (ATA)
    Disk Location  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0, Device: 0
    Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Maxtor 6L080M0
    Firmware Revision  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : BACE1G10
    Hard Disk Serial Number  . . . . . . . . . . . . : L214QECH    L214QECH
    Total Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 76293 MB
    Power State  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Active
    Logical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : C: []
    Current Temperature  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 41 °C
    Power On Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 876 days, 5 hours, 0 minutes
    Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 948 days
    Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
    Performance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ###################- 98 % (Excellent)

    The hard disk status is PERFECT. Problematic or weak sectors were not found and there are no spin up or data transfer errors.
      No actions needed.

    ATA Information
   -----------------
    Hard Disk Cylinders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 155010
    Hard Disk Heads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Hard Disk Sectors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
    ATA Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D version 0
    Total Sectors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 156250000
    Bytes Per Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 512
    Buffer Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8192 KB
    Multiple Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Error Correction Bytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
    Unformatted Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 76294 MB
    Maximum PIO Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
    Maximum Multiword DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
    Maximum UDMA Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 150 MB/s (6)
    Active UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 150 MB/s (5)
    Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time  . . . . . . : 120 ns
    Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time  . . . . : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY  . . . . : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY . . . . . . : 120 ns
    ATA Control Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
    ATA Checksum Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid

    Acoustic Management Configuration
   -----------------------------------
    Acoustic Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Acoustic Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Disabled
    Current Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Default (00h)
    Recommended Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . : Balanced performance and volume (C0h)

    ATA Features
   --------------
    Read Ahead Buffer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
    DMA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Ultra DMA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    S.M.A.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Write Cache  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Host Protected Area  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Advanced Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Disabled
    Extended Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Power Up In Standby  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    48-Bit LBA Addressing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Device Configuration Overlay . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    IORDY Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Read/Write DMA Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NOP Command  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Trusted Computing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    64-Bit World Wide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Streaming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Media Card Pass Through  . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    General Purpose Logging  . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Error Logging  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    CFA Feature Set  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    CFast Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Long Physical Sectors (1)  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Long Logical Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Write-Read-Verify  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NV Cache Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NV Cache Power Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NV Cache Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Free-fall Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Free-fall Control Sensitivity  . . . . . . . . . : Not supported

    SSD Features
   --------------
    Data Set Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    TRIM Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Deterministic Read After TRIM  . . . . . . . . . : Not supported

    S.M.A.R.T. Details
   --------------------
    Off-line Data Collection Status  . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Self Test Execution Status . . . . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
    Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection  : 841 seconds
    Execute Off-line Immediate . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Abort/restart Off-line By Host . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Off-line Read Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short Self-test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Extended Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Conveyance Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Selective Self-Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode . . . . : Supported
    Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave  . . . . . . . : Supported
    Error Logging Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
    Extended Self-test Estimated Time  . . . . . . . : 36 minutes
    Last Short Self-test Result  . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Short Self-test Date  . . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Extended Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Extended Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started

    Security Mode
   ---------------
    Security Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Security Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Security Erase Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Feature  . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Security Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Locked  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Frozen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Security Counter Expired . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : High

    Serial ATA Features
   ---------------------
    S-ATA Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps)  . . . . . . . : Supported
    S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps) . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps) . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host . : Supported
    PHY Event Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS . . . . : Not supported
    DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization . . . . . . : Not supported
    Device Initiating Interface Power Management . . : Not supported
    In-Order Data Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Asynchronous Notification  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Software Settings Preservation . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
    Native Command Queuing (NCQ) . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Queue Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32

    Disk Information
   ------------------
    Disk Family  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : DiamondMax 10
    Form Factor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3.5"
    Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 80 GB (80 x 1.000.000.000 bytes)
    Number Of Disks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
    Number Of Heads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
    Rotational Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 7200 RPM
    Rotation Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8,33 ms
    Average Rotational Latency . . . . . . . . . . . : 4,17 ms
    Disk Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Serial-ATA/150
    Buffer-Host Max. Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 150 MB/seconds
    Buffer Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8192 KB
    Drive Ready Time (Typical) . . . . . . . . . . . : ? seconds
    Average Seek Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 9,0 ms
    Track To Track Seek Time . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? ms
    Full Stroke Seek Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? ms
    Width  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 101,6 mm (4,0 inch)
    Depth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 147,0 mm (5,8 inch)
    Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 26,1 mm (1,0 inch)
    Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 630 grams (1,4 pounds)
    Acoustic (Idle)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3,5 Bel
    Acoustic (Min Performance And Volume)  . . . . . : 2,7 Bel
    Acoustic (Max Performance And Volume)  . . . . . : 2,7 Bel
    Required Power For Spinup  . . . . . . . . . . . : 1.520 mA
    Power Required (Seek)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 12,2 W
    Power Required (Idle)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 7,3 W
    Power Required (Standby) . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0,9 W
    Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Seagate Corporation
    Manufacturer Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : http://www.seagate.com/maxtor/

    S.M.A.R.T.
   ------------
No.  Attribute                Thre.. Value  Worst  Data                Status                   Flags                                                 
3    Spin Up Time             63     226    226    0000000027D3        OK                       Self Preserving, Performance, Statistical, Critical   
4    Start/Stop Count         0      253    253    0000000001EB        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
5    Reallocated Sectors Co.. 63     253    253    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical   
6    Read Channel Margin      100    253    253    000000000000        OK                       Critical                                               
7    Seek Error Rate          0      253    251    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                               
8    Seek Time Performance    187    248    232    00000000DF31        OK                       Self Preserving, Performance, Statistical, Critical   
9    Power On Time Count      0      196    196    0000000040AC        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
10   Spin Retry Count         157    253    252    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Statistical, Critical     
11   Drive Calibration Retr.. 223    253    252    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Statistical, Critical     
12   Drive Power Cycle Count  0      252    252    0000000001EE        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
192  Power off Retract Cycl.. 0      253    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
193  Load/Unload Cycle Count  0      253    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
194  Disk Temperature         0      39     253    000000000029        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
195  Hardware ECC Recovered   0      253    223    000000000618        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                               
196  Reallocation Event Count 0      253    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate                                             
197  Current Pending Sector.. 0      253    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate                                             
198  Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0      253    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate                                             
199  Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0      199    199    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate                                             
200  Write Error Rate         0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                               
201  Soft Read Error Rate     0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                               
202  Data Address Mark Errors 0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                               
203  Run Out Cancel           180    253    252    000000000000        OK                       Error-Rate, Statistical, Critical                     
204  Soft ECC Correction      0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                               
205  Thermal Asperity Rate    0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate, Statistical                               
207  Spin High Current        0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Statistical               
208  Spin Buzz                0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Statistical               
209  Offline Seek Performance 0      233    233    0000000000F1        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Performance                           
210  Vendor-specific          0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
211  Vibration During Write   0      253    252    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
212  Shock During Write       0      253    243    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             

    Transfer Rate Information
   ---------------------------
    Total Data Read  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 536 MB,  12.160 MB since installation  (5-3-2013)
    Total Data Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 446 MB,  9.735 MB since installation
    Average Reads Per Day  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 12.160,00 MB
    Average Writes Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 9.735,00 MB
    Current Transfer Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2972 KB/s
    Maximum Transfer Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 30527 KB/s
    Current Read Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2513 KB/s
    Current Write Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 459 KB/s
    Current Disk Activity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 59 %

Karma...

devnullius

[jheysen]

grab notepad:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(){
FILE* f = fopen("a.txt","a");
while(true){
fprintf(f,"adsdasdasdasadsadsadsdasqe76fdavhdasyuvasd wdaybbdfesxcbbdas_hgbasdfgvdas\n");
printf("asddasdas\n");
}
printf("asdf");

return 0;
}

Now, grab your favourite C compiler and compile
Run your executable for hours and watch the HDD be filled.
Check logs

I don't know if the sintax is 100% OK, since I haven't touched C/C++ in a while , but that should do or give the idea... it basically makes a text doccument and appends data to it.. so it can eventually cope your hard-drive (slow process though). Maybe you'll see the errors while it runs... just and idea.

Regards,
J.

[devnullius]

(running XP)

3th disk

Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk. Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive. Cleaning up 6 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9. Cleaning up 6 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9. Cleaning up 6 unused security descriptors. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal... Usn Journal verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)... File data verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)... Free space verification is complete. 78121983 KB total disk space. 24518620 KB in 89818 files. 28532 KB in 12859 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 299355 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 53275476 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 19530495 total allocation units on disk. 13318869 allocation units available on disk

=== http://kb.acronis.com/errorcode/bookmark/WINLOG_Winlogon_1001/1507/1362563595/249F6316-18B0-49FA-953A-F851C6FB46B7
===

  -- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #0: WDC WD800JD-75MSA3 --

    Hard Disk Summary
   -------------------
    Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
    Interface  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA II
    Disk Controller  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) ICH8 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2820 (ATA)
    Disk Location  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0, Device: 0
    Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : WDC WD800JD-75MSA3
    Firmware Revision  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.01E04
    Hard Disk Serial Number  . . . . . . . . . . . . : WD-WMAM9XW20319
    Total Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 76293 MB
    Power State  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Active
    Logical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : C: []
    Current Temperature  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 42 °C
    Power On Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 544 days, 15 hours
    Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1000 days
    Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
    Performance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)

    The hard disk status is PERFECT. Problematic or weak sectors were not found and there are no spin up or data transfer errors.
      No actions needed.

    ATA Information
   -----------------
    Hard Disk Cylinders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 155010
    Hard Disk Heads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Hard Disk Sectors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
    ATA Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ATA/ATAPI-7
    Total Sectors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 156250000
    Bytes Per Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 512
    Buffer Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8192 KB
    Multiple Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Error Correction Bytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 65
    Unformatted Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 76294 MB
    Maximum PIO Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
    Maximum Multiword DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
    Maximum UDMA Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 300 MB/s (6)
    Active UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 300 MB/s (5)
    Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time  . . . . . . : 120 ns
    Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time  . . . . : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY  . . . . : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY . . . . . . : 120 ns
    ATA Control Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
    ATA Checksum Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid

    Acoustic Management Configuration
   -----------------------------------
    Acoustic Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Acoustic Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Disabled
    Current Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Min performance and volume (80h)
    Recommended Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . : Min performance and volume (80h)

    ATA Features
   --------------
    Read Ahead Buffer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
    DMA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Ultra DMA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    S.M.A.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Write Cache  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Host Protected Area  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Advanced Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Extended Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Power Up In Standby  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    48-Bit LBA Addressing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Device Configuration Overlay . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    IORDY Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Read/Write DMA Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NOP Command  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Trusted Computing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    64-Bit World Wide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Streaming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Media Card Pass Through  . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    General Purpose Logging  . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Error Logging  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    CFA Feature Set  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    CFast Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Long Physical Sectors (1)  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Long Logical Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Write-Read-Verify  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NV Cache Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NV Cache Power Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NV Cache Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Free-fall Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Free-fall Control Sensitivity  . . . . . . . . . : Not supported

    SSD Features
   --------------
    Data Set Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    TRIM Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Deterministic Read After TRIM  . . . . . . . . . : Not supported

    S.M.A.R.T. Details
   --------------------
    Off-line Data Collection Status  . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
    Self Test Execution Status . . . . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
    Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection  : 2460 seconds
    Execute Off-line Immediate . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Abort/restart Off-line By Host . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Off-line Read Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short Self-test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Extended Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Conveyance Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Selective Self-Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode . . . . : Supported
    Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave  . . . . . . . : Supported
    Error Logging Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
    Extended Self-test Estimated Time  . . . . . . . : 33 minutes
    Conveyance Self-test Estimated Time  . . . . . . : 6 minutes
    Last Short Self-test Result  . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Short Self-test Date  . . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Extended Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Extended Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Conveyance Self-test Result . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Conveyance Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . : Never Started

    Security Mode
   ---------------
    Security Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Security Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Security Erase Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Feature  . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Security Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Locked  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Frozen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Security Counter Expired . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : High

    Serial ATA Features
   ---------------------
    S-ATA Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps)  . . . . . . . : Supported
    S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps) . . . . . . . . : Supported
    S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps) . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host . : Supported
    PHY Event Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS . . . . : Not supported
    DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization . . . . . . : Supported, Disabled
    Device Initiating Interface Power Management . . : Supported, Disabled
    In-Order Data Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Asynchronous Notification  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Software Settings Preservation . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
    Native Command Queuing (NCQ) . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Queue Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32

    Disk Information
   ------------------
    Disk Family  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Caviar SE
    Form Factor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3.5"
    Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 80 GB (80 x 1.000.000.000 bytes)
    Number Of Disks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
    Number Of Heads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
    Rotational Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 7200 RPM
    Rotation Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8,33 ms
    Average Rotational Latency . . . . . . . . . . . : 4,17 ms
    Disk Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
    Buffer-Host Max. Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? MB/seconds
    Buffer Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8192 KB
    Drive Ready Time (Typical) . . . . . . . . . . . : 9 seconds
    Average Seek Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8,9 ms
    Track To Track Seek Time . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2,0 ms
    Full Stroke Seek Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 21,0 ms
    Width  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 101,6 mm (4,0 inch)
    Depth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 147,0 mm (5,8 inch)
    Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 25,4 mm (1,0 inch)
    Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? grams (0,0 pounds)
    Required Power For Spinup  . . . . . . . . . . . : ? mA
    Power Required (Seek)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? W
    Power Required (Idle)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? W
    Power Required (Standby) . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? W
    Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Western Digital Corporation
    Manufacturer Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products

    S.M.A.R.T.
   ------------
No.  Attribute                Thre.. Value  Worst  Data                Status                   Flags                                                 
1    Raw Read Error Rate      51     200    200    000000000000        OK                       Error-Rate, Performance, Statistical, Critical         
3    Spin Up Time             21     166    166    000000000A62        OK                       Statistical, Critical                                 
4    Start/Stop Count         0      100    100    00000000014C        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
5    Reallocated Sectors Co.. 140    200    200    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical   
7    Seek Error Rate          51     200    200    000000000000        OK                       Error-Rate, Performance, Statistical, Critical         
9    Power On Time Count      0      83     83     00000000330F        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
10   Spin Retry Count         51     100    100    000000000000        OK                       Event Count, Statistical, Critical                     
11   Drive Calibration Retr.. 51     100    100    000000000000        OK                       Event Count, Statistical                               
12   Drive Power Cycle Count  0      100    100    00000000014C        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
190  Airflow Temperature      45     58     52     00000000002A        OK                       Self Preserving, Statistical                           
194  Disk Temperature         0      101    95     00000000002A        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Statistical                           
196  Reallocation Event Count 0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
197  Current Pending Sector.. 0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Event Count, Statistical                               
198  Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Event Count                                           
199  Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Error-Rate, Performanc..
200  Write Error Rate         51     200    200    000000000000        OK                       Error-Rate, Critical                                   

    Transfer Rate Information
   ---------------------------
    Total Data Read  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 731 MB,  71.739 MB since installation  (5-3-2013)
    Total Data Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 302 MB,  99.541 MB since installation
    Average Reads Per Day  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 71.739,00 MB
    Average Writes Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 99.541,00 MB
    Current Transfer Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
    Maximum Transfer Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 23605 KB/s
    Current Read Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
    Current Write Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
    Current Disk Activity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 %

[devnullius]

Ok, these tests do not turn out the way I expected :s

Normally, replacing the hard drive would solve problems like incorrect volume bitmap. But my testing now does not trigger that exact problem... Still it is something that has been bugging me for years. Example links:
- http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-system/autochkexe-keeps-corrupting-and-lead-into-bsods/9800c175-f190-4d1d-b2f2-139b3f09fffd
- http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-system/stopc000021afatal-system-error-the-session-manager/e3e30d8f-8326-4096-9187-0b2162847732

So I followed the link, give by HD Sentinel. There I went to: http://www.microsoft.com/products/ee/transform.aspx?ProdName=Windows%20Operating%20System&ProdVer=&EvtID=1001&EvtSrc=Winlogon&FileVer=&FileName=&EvtType=&LCID=1033

Copy Paste:
If the media does not accept write-through semantics, inconsistencies in the file-system metadata might occur when there is a sudden loss of power or a system failure.

--> Could it be that the Index-problems are caused by a premature power off when shutting windows down?

:s

Baaaad karma

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[devnullius]

FROM: http://www.eventid.net/display-eventid-1001-source-Winlogon-eventno-2555-phase-1.htm

There seem to be a lot of answers, all pointing to more or less the same thing.

IF ANYONE still has an EventID.net subscription... DO some copy pastes, pretty please? :)

Snippets offered:
-  if you check your hard disk drive with CHKDSK in Read Only mode and it has files currently open or in use by Windows NT. See M109524 for details.
- As per Microsoft: "This problem occurs because if Chkdsk is run against an NTFS volume, Chkdsk.exe may report that security descriptors are in the database that are no longer referenced by any file or folder and that it is removing them. However, Chkdsk.exe just reclaims the unused security descriptors as a housekeeping activity, and it does not actually fix any kind of problem". See M255008 and M218461 to fix this problem.


So basically I should just ignore this warning as non-important...? ???

If so, one day I'll revive this thread when I encounter an unstable disk again, one that constantly gives incorrect volume bitmap problems instead of "just" the index problems.

The index problems, for now, are going to be ignored by me. STILL a PAIN that Acronis marks it as a real error. Which it, in my opinion, is  ;p

Karma...

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[Pez]

What I can find out you have the lates firmware at the disk.

One thing I was wonder have you checked so the mounting screws do not touch the PCB board on the HD. That can give some very nasty effects and fails that is difficalt to find. Check also the ventilation around the disk. WD is famus to be hot and that can in the end give read/writ fault.

Her is a few thred that you can checkout if ther help you:

Symptoms of Western Digital WD800JD 75MSA3 Disk Failure:

WDC WD800JD-75MSA3 ATA Device -
 update driver

WDC WD800JD-75MSA3 ATA Device driver problems

Western Digital WD800JD-75MSA3 Data Recovery Information

[devnullius]

Pez, thank you for thinking along.

But I also had a Maxtor disk with these problems...? It (=index problem) seems to be a software problem, not a hardware problem...?

BUT again, my original post was mainly made for Incorrect Volume Bitmap problems that will re-appear time after time. The index problem appears to be different :s

Karma...

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[Pez]

Could something like this help you then?:

Error message when you run the ChkDsk.exe utility in read-only mode on a Windows-based computer: "The Volume Bitmap is incorrect" or "Error detected in index $I30 for file 5"

The Volume Bitmap is incorrect.

Volume bitmap is incorrect - just an error in the error checking diagnostics or sympt

I also found this:

Cleaning up 6 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9

What causes this "Cleaning up 12 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9"

What do you make of these chkdsk errors?

[devnullius]

@Pez now we seem to be on the same level

Lots of reading, little time & KVM Switch awaits me too! But I most certainly gonna check it out!

Karma...

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[devnullius]

From Pez's links... Some snippets!

http://web.archive.org/web/20050409193042/http://mike.steinbaugh.com/journal/2002/08/28/ntfs-file-system-glitch.html (select everything on the page to make text visible...)

--->

"Just wanted to post my experience with this Volume Bitmap problem.

First I began to see it on my external hard drive connected to my USB 2.0 port. It ran perfectly for a while and then after what I think may be a stalled system requiring a Power Off button push to resolve (don’t you just hate those failures?). After the machine rebooted (WinXP Pro on ThinkPad A31p system) I noticed that when I manually chksdsk’d the external drive that I would get the error message everyone is seeing. The problem actually got worse because at one point the system would schedule a chkdsk on the drive EVERY TIME. Man, was this frustrating.

Anyway, I complained to the external drive provider (Apricorn, but Fujitsu made the drive), they sent me a new circuit board adapter (it attaches to the drive’s connector and translates the r/w to USB) and suggested to exchange the old for the new. Did this but kept getting the error message even though the chkdsk on every reboot went away.

Called Apricorn and the tech rep said to stop/disconnect the drive just before the next shutdown. Once I performed this, the drive began to behave properly. Don’t ask me why, but that is what solved my problem and I no longer see it at all.

Hope this helps someone.

Charles (January 2, 2004)"

and:

"Stacey (June 21, 2004)
Strangely enough, if I open a command window and run chkdsk without changing from the default directory, I get this: Correcting errors in the master file table’s (MFT) BITMAP attribute. Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap. Windows found problems with the file system. Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.

But if I change to the root directory first, no errors are reported. Anyone else seeing this?"

and:
 
"Hello,

my feeling is that there could be several different reasons for the problem with the volumebitmap, which occured on my Dell Optiplex GX 270 from one day to the other on drive c:. Nothing helped since I tried to stop all unneeded processes and services.

After I deactivated the “GhostStartupService” the problem was fixed.

Just try."

and:

"Niels (July 28, 2004)
I have an 5 months old IBM Thinkpad with a Toshiba drive. I get the same Volume Bitmap “error”. I started out by reverting the harddisk to what IBM calls “Factory contents” which means that the drive is reformatted, and all IBM software is reinstalled. I still got the error. I have been in contact with IBM and they sent me a tool called Drive Fitness Test. I checks all physical aspects of the drive - NO ERROR. The problem is definately a bug, and not a hardware issue. When NT5 (Win2K) was developed, changes was made to NTFS. Amongst other things to support larger drives. It looks like the problem can be traced back to that time…

Just thought it could be helpful."

and:

Special mention: Regie (October 21, 2004)

and:

"Regie (October 22, 2004) By the way, after I did an defrag, the BITMAP attribute error disappeared!"

and:

"Anonymous (February 6, 2005)
I tried the prefetch thing and lo and behold it gets rid of the volume bitmap message when I run chkdsk. If I enable it again however the message comes back. What gives? I also have an indexes error in Norton Disk Doctor that does not show up in safe mode. I am beginning to think NDD is getting it wrong more than it gets it right."

and:

"Gnugs (March 16, 2005)
Nice idea about the cacheing. Works for you but not for me. NDD still shows a security descriptor error starting it several minutes after the splash screen goes away. I’m in the process of bugging MS about this and will post their response if they ever get around to it. Since they exported their support to ASIA, I’ve been getting extremely polite but uninformed answers to questions about SP2. BTW, I seem to be getting the Bitmap Fixing Error Chkdsk message after another message saying that it’s corrcting a Usn segment. Anybody getting this. Also, I have 5 machines running XP all getting it and two running 2000 and NOT getting it."

Karma,

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