Dr. Blip's PC-Doctor Forum
General Category => Ask Our Experts => Topic started by: Frankziken on March 31, 2010, 08:17:41 am
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Hello, i just ran a hardware diagnostic and my hard drive has failed the first surface test with the error HD535-2w. Other hard drive related tests are Ok. Will it affect my computer and how can the error be fixed?
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PC-Doctor's Surface Scan Test reads entire tracks beginning with the center track and moving outward to the maximum track. If any errors occur when reading a track, the Hard Drive test logs an error. This test scans for surface defects on the hard disk media. A quick summary from HP for surface scan test error code:
HD535-2W: Surface scan Error on disk surface
A chkdsk /f should mark this area as bad and avoid it in the future. You should however keep a close eye on this disk. In my experience when drives start getting bad sectors it can escalate rapidly. If there is a surface defect, scraped off oxide on the platter, the particles can float around inside the drive wreaking havoc and eventually causing complete failure.
-Fred
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Thanks, very usefull information. I will keep an eye on it.
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Frankziken,
You are most welcome.
-Fred