Re: Hard Disk Corruption After Fail Hibernate Wakeup

xbokZero@xxxxxxxxx wrote

I have a notebook with 250 GB HDD (WD WD2500BEVS : WD Scorpio Blue)
dual boot XP and Ubuntu.

Just before the weekend I try to boot up the notebook to
discover that it has gone into hibernation. The boot proceed
to the point it says that wakeup from hibernation fail and
give me the option to delete the data and start fresh.

Likely the drive subsystem had died and thats what produced that symptom.

It doesn't boot up after that and being a dual boot notebook.
It fails at Grub boot loader.

More evidence that the drive subsystem has died.

So I decide to start fresh and have done bellow:

Its illegal to bellow at your hard drive.

1. Try to install Ubuntu without formating existing partition.
2. Try to install Ubuntu after formating Linux partition, leaving windows partition intact.
3. Got fed up, format the entire hard disk, start from fresh and try to install Ubuntu.
4. Try to reinstall Windows XP SP2.

Install failure is having same symptom. On Ubuntu, halfway through the
installation, either it can't write or can't format partition. Or Windows
installer it manage to format the partition upto 100% and then simply claim
unable to format partition and then quit because can not proceed with installation.

More evidence that the drive subsystem has died.

Trying to install without formating the partition will simply
cause the installer to say that it can not use the partition.

Because the format has failed.

I have test the hard disk with WD diagnostic tools -
Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS (CD). Both Quick and
Comprehensive test pass! I have even zeroes the hard disk.

The notebook is still under warranty (age ~= 8 mth).
But I do need to justify if it is hard disk corruption.

Nope, just that the notebook has a fault that prevents even formatting.

The problem now is that diagnostic software from HDD manufacturer
pass the disk. And personally I don't think the hard disk is broken
because I can create and write partition using gparted (Linux partition
tool) and the manufacturer tool can zeroes the hard disk successfully.

Yes, the fault is likely outside the hard drive, but affects the hard drive.

Anyone face this before? Any Idea how to proceed?

Just make a warranty claim on the notebook.

Notes: I don't use the notebook much. Mostly once or twice a week to check emails.

Not relevant.


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