Hard Disk problem

[piratebay]

My PC was freezing since last couple of days...i found a message in HD sentinel that 3 sectors are weak..

I did defragmentation but it was of little help....
Couple of things i would like to know...

The current HD I am using is of 320gb WD HD and 1gb ram
Shall i buy WD or Go for Seagate or any other brand?
If i use 2 HDs...how much more RAM should i buy?
Do i need to format the existing HD if i use both the disks?

regards,

piratebay Reviewed by piratebay on 26th Nov 2011. Hard Disk problem My PC was freezing since last couple of days...i found a message in HD sentinel that 3 sectors are weak.. I did defragmentation but it was of little help.... Couple of things i would like to know... The current HD I am using is of 320gb WD HD and 1gb ram Shall i buy WD or Go for Seagate or any other brand? If i use 2 HDs...how much more RAM should i buy? Do i need to format the existing HD if i use both the disks? Rating: 5

[Gh0st]

-You can read reviews and buy any quality HD according to your needs.

-You can always add an additional 1GB RAM but it's not necessary if you're not a heavy user.

-No you do not need to format the current HD, but you should make a backup on your new HD and use it as Primary with OS installed in it. Since your old HD could crash or get corrupted as it's got bad sectors.

[Maniac_]

Shall i buy WD or Go for Seagate or any other brand?
It's a matter of taste. both brands are good.

If i use 2 HDs...how much more RAM should i buy?
None really. But having 2GB of ram is pretty standard, since a GB costs under $10 now.


Do i need to format the existing HD if i use both the disks?
No, but since you are having problem with your current one, you could try formatting it, it may fix something.

[sniffdog]

http://www.hdd-regenerator.net/

Try to repair first.

[piratebay]

@ sniffdog

Do i need to take a back up before using it or not needed?

[JGM]

Make a backup just in case, it never hurts to have backups

JGM.

[Phozon]

Follow what JGM says. It's never bad to have backups but remember to have backups of backups sometimes. I used to copy files to two drives at a time, recently though i lost 750gig of data due to a fault with the drives which in turn killed both backups.

[piratebay]

Thanks mates for assistance

[xub]

Right now is the WRONG time to buy hard drives. Wait 2 or 3 months when the prices come back down.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...79R66220111028

[vgnheart]

If data is important, then don't hesitate buy new HDD.

If you are looking to buy SATA HDD, then get WD Black or Segate 2.5inch Constellation