End game for my old HP5700 €100 desktop?

danjo-xx

This is the message I just got.

johndoe99

that dialog box can be shown in other cases too such as damaged files or even viruses.

Run system file checker to search for corrupted files and ChkDsk then to repair any minimal damage.

Both of these can be performed from the command prompt, if you can't access Windows.

ED E

Install the program "Speccy"
Click Storage
Expand the HDD entry (ST.....)
Expand the SMART section

Paste the results here, like this:

Attribute?name	Real value	Current	Worst	Threshold	Raw Value	Status
01	Read Error Rate	0	200	200	51	0000000000	Good
03	Spin-Up Time	4300 ms	174	169	21	00000010CC	Good
04	Start/Stop Count	431	100	100	0	00000001AF	Good
05	Reallocated Sectors Count	0	200	200	140	0000000000	Good
07	Seek Error Rate	0	200	200	0	0000000000	Good
09	Power-On Hours (POH)	188d 7h	94	94	0	00000011A7	Good
0A	Spin Retry Count	0	100	100	0	0000000000	Good
0B	Recalibration Retries	0	100	100	0	0000000000	Good
0C	Device Power Cycle Count	425	100	100	0	00000001A9	Good
C0	Power-off Retract Count	113	200	200	0	0000000071	Good
C1	Load/Unload Cycle Count	144,167	152	152	0	0000023327	Good
C2	Temperature	37 ?C	110	98	0	0000000025	Good
C4	Reallocation Event Count	0	200	200	0	0000000000	Good
C5	Current Pending Sector Count	0	200	200	0	0000000000	Good
C6	Uncorrectable Sector Count	0	100	253	0	0000000000	Good
C7	UltraDMA CRC Error Count	0	200	200	0	0000000000	Good
C8	Write Error Rate / Multi-Zone Error Rate	0	100	253	0	0000000000	Good

danjo-xx

thanks for your helps guys, not good at this end of things. When i turned pc on it was in the command screen. It started to do a file check or something, then it did a chdsk check and then told me to do a DPS self test in F10 which I did but no joy. I was afraid to try anything else here so got it to boot up to windows.

Below is the specky report.



X

Edit: the only message I got from the command screen was: ' detects imminent failure'

danjo-xx

Going by this it looks like end game, well it served me well for a €100 yo yo, how bad:)

https://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/311939-dead-hdd-reallocated-sectors-count-decreases.html

johndoe99

if you don't want to fork out for a new desktop, you could try CEX for a replacement HD.

ED E

Realloc count is like your tyre starting to go bald. Uncorrectable sector count is a hole in the side of the tyre. Drive will die reasonably soon.


1. Turn off the PC and leave it off.
2. Go buy a new drive
3. Install new drive and use any imaging program of choice to copy the old drive to the new one
4. Remove dead drive
5. Boot up to a perfectly functional system just how you left off (probably)

A 250GB 3.5" can be purchased for 30-40 now.

bonzodog2

ED E wrote: »

Realloc count is like your tyre starting to go bald. Uncorrectable sector count is a hole in the side of the tyre. Drive will die reasonably soon.


1. Turn off the PC and leave it off.
2. Go buy a new drive
3. Install new drive and use any imaging program of choice to copy the old drive to the new one
4. Remove dead drive
5. Boot up to a perfectly functional system just how you left off (probably)

A 250GB 3.5" can be purchased for 30-40 now.

I've bought 3 1TB SATA 3.5 drives recently for less than 30 STG

degsie

bonzodog2 wrote: »

I've bought 3 1TB SATA 3.5 drives recently for less than 30 STG

So 10 stg per 1TB drive, that's impressive. You have a link?

bonzodog2

degsie wrote: »

So 10 stg per 1TB drive, that's impressive. You have a link?

No, separately. 1st 2 were 20,3rd was 25. Plus UK shipping+PMotel. Look for auction-only with cheap shipping, about to end soon.

danjo-xx

Nearly 70 so wouldn't even attempt to fit new HD and then try to ghost or whatever its called, win7 on to it, a bridge way to far unfortunately..