0:29 - Use The Command Prompt. 1:31 - Windows ' Check Disk." 2:58 - CrystalDiskInfo 4:58 - Hard Drive Manufacturers Software 6:23 - Hard Disk Sentinel If you're like me & you've bought a new HDD and want to check it *is* brand new and unused, skip to step 3 or step 5. Also, thanks dude, great video; super clear and to the point! I've just ordered a new 5TB HDD from Amazon, but Amazon are notorious for selling returned/used items. If a HDD has been formatted, will these softwares still show me how much it has been used/turned on etc?
Thank you! Yes, if your HDD is formatted, the info will still show up. So if your HDD has been used for 100 hours, drive then formatted, then used for another 100 hours, it will show up as 200 hours usage. It will also keep track of the number of times it's been powered on, formatted or not.
@@EasyPcRepairs Thanks man, I appreciate the info! Just ordered a 5TB HDD from Amazon. Which software is best to use to check? Or are they both just as good?
Thanks, Dave. Sound information and I will certainly check out the programs you mention. And thanks for reminding us to check our hard drives on a regular basis because I haven't done it in quite a while. I do back up though, just to be sure to be sure. :) I love the pace of your videos and the fact that there is no thumping bass in the background and you speak calmly and clearly. Just what an instruction video needs. Cheers.
I like your calm tone so much! Making already clear explanations even enjoyable to listen to. Really appreciate your tutorial. Used Windows bult-in program and CrystalDisk.
something i would like to know, is how do you transfer your Windows OS to a new hard drive you bought to replace the one you have been using all this time...?
Bro the repair option are not 100 % sure that will fix the HDD errors and even if they fix them it will be for a short time . Plus if a HDD stops working you still can manage to get the documents back. I had my HDD like 1% health and still managed to recover all my pictures and documents I had.
Great video. It is good that you pointed out everything in detail. My wife's laptop is really slow. The manual says it has 16 GB of DDR3L ram, but the system shows it only has 4gb. No. 2, it is a 5400 rpm hard drive, but a SATA lll will fit so Samsung here we come. Thank you so much. Windows is just to elaborate for these specs..
Wow sr. this was awesome! Thank you for your help, were straight forward and simple. I did 3 out of the 5 tests and i found out that my disk is in a good healthy shape. Thank you so so much. Keep up the good work
Thank you for the info. I was searching for items that would help with this issue. I think my laptop HD is failing, so backing it up will be step number one! I figure that any method of isolating bad sectors will corrupt the OS. BTW, It appears that someone has just taken your specific 5 methods and shuffled them around a bit to create a " 5 Methods to Check your Hard Drive Health in Windows 10 | Know about Bad Sector" video (uploaded 3 March, 2020). They even use the same two third-party tools as examples. That jumped out at me as, per my searching, i know there are other third-party tools they could have shown. Not much can be done about it, I'm sure. Just though you should know..
Thanks for letting me know about the other video. I checked it out... it's so similar to mine! Good luck with your laptop! It's never good when data is lost, so I hope you manage to sort it out.
Just a quick important UPDATE: WD's "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic" support had ended already and has been replaced by "Western Digital Dashboard" since the 1st of October in 2021.
Comman Line doesn't work for me! I have received the following error message: 'wmic' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Except this problem every hint is good...Thanks for that!
Earlier my hard drive was not detected by my system and after a restart it was. However, it was extremely slow so I looked it up and found this video. My drive shows Pred Fail so I am currently backing it up. Thank you
I'm not surprised by the number of views this video has. Straight to the point. No mumbo jumbo or annoying background music! 🤬 Great video man! It was very helpful for tech challenged individuals like me. 😁 Take care, regards.
My laptop hard drive is almost 7 years old, many turn offs without shutting down like I press the power button to restart, the power goes out, I often carry it in my bag with hard shaking, sometimes beaten by my sister, install lots of games. Now it's a little slow but after I defrag everything is a little smooth again.
An excellent video; thank you for putting the time and effort into producing it! You have a very calm and soothing tone of voice, that lends itself to giving advice. Great work! :)
Can’t say I’d trust disk check ( your second opinion) to be trustworthy I did that before with my old hard drive. ALWAYS came back fine healthy and no errors. Month later. Died, data recovery techs looked at it said was damaged. Disk check didn’t see issue but was dying anyway. So to reliable. Never moved computer let alone reason for it to end up damaged happen non the less. Ideal to ALWAYS have it backed up!
Absolutely. Fabulous. A lot crammed into very little time. It was a pleasure to both upvote and watch the entire ad without Skip Ad as a gesture of appreciation to you. My boss is having some issues, and I watched this for him. (Is that brown-nosing? :-) )
Dear Sir, Great Video! I am deeply thankful to you. Very Neat and Clear Video.. Please do Such kind stuff in future also.. Kind Regards, Basavaraj, From India.
Thank you! Windows will step in if the drive gets too full (it tries to keep 1GB of space on your drive). Other than that, you can fill it up to almost completely full.
ok something is off, my hard drive/disk before i found this video shut down twice on me and was spamming "hard drive disk error" then i got 2 blue screens. now i followed your video and checked my drive but its good nothing is wrong with it :/ maybe all i needed was a restart?
That could be true - a restart can solve a lot of problems. If your hard drive is ok and the errors continue, the problem might be caused by something else. But if you get no more errors then perhaps the problem has gone away.
@@EasyPcRepairs I have the same error but I boot to the desktop but after not long, the light of hard drive on front panel led goes off and my computer restarts.. what should I do :-( Hope you reply!
You could try starting up your computer in safe mode. If your computer stays on, then try running any of the hard drive tests to see if it's a hard drive problem. A computer restarting could be caused by many different things, but booting up into safe mode would be a good place to start.
@@EasyPcRepairs literally i placed it in the sunlight coz the humidity was around 85 percent in my area.... and it worked. then i checked the condition of my drive by using two types of test like one involving command prompt and another app... and it was fine
Please help, my hdd is shown but it won’t open. Current pending sector count appear on the programs you named. But what can I do if I can’t acces the data?
hey, so I did method no.1 and it says prep fail but when i did method 2, it says no errors were found. So does that mean I don't have to back up my hard drive?
Best go to your hard drive manufacturer's website and download their hard drive software to see what it says about your drive's current condition and monitor it too.
Hello, Sir. Great video... May I ask something? Normally, how long is the life span of WD internal HDD 512GB which being used in Asus X453M? I have been using it from 2015 till now. I have checked the disk using the steps you tell in this video.. and everything is ok.. I consider to change from Asus to Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3i 14IAU7 Intel i3 1215U and use the old disk from Asus to be the addition storage.. Is it ok? Can you give an opinion for this case? Thank you..
A Western Digital HDD will typically last for about 5 years if it's used as the main 'C' drive, though this will vary depending on how much it has been used and various other factors. But a WD HDD that is not the main drive (perhaps the 'D' drive for example) will typically last for around 10 years. Again, these are just rough estimates. Some will tell you how their WD drive has lasted 15+ years and is still going strong. I think it's a good idea for you to use your WD drive for additional storage, but check its health now and then with one of the tools that I have shown in the video such as "CrystalDiskInfo".
I recently purchased a new external hard drive with a hdd from WD. It passed all of the tests except for the WD drive utilities test, which resulted in the message "smart statues failed." The hard drive appears to be in great working order, but I'm wondering if this statement may be a caution.
simple and clear. I have a question, my computer show my HDD driver OK but Hard Drive Sentinel software and Cristal Disk Info show my driver unhealthy(it's about 9% in Sentinel and in Cristal it's caution). what do I do whit it? PLZ help me
At that point (9% health left) it's time to back up your data onto another drive in case it fails, especially as Crystal Disk is showing a caution as well. If you know your drive's manufacturer, it might be worth downloading the software for your drive to see if it has any extra information for you and/or backup tools you might like to use.
Everything I’ve tried says my hard drive is good, but it keeps getting blue screen of death, and each one is different. I’m very confused. Can anyone help me out?
search in google the error message which shows up each time you get a blue screen, that way you should know what failed and caused the famous screen of death
Great video! It’s very informative. This video solved my inquiry on how to check health on drives. I think everyone is correct on about your voice. It’s very soothing and easy to follow along with instructional steps. If you were to say “now take off your pants” I undoubtedly would have followed through with that step.
Nice video 👍 Do you have a tutorial for an external HDD recovery? I mean, my disk died (the "needle piece" that reads the disk won't work) and I just want to recover my videos and photos.
My hard drive sounds like a Honda Accord... I think that is a good way to determine it's health.
Lmao , Mine too
Same
Mine also but with twin turbos
Hi Randy
@@todd4713 mine sounds like a jet engine, it's saying it's the fastest.
Clear, simple, well presented, and effective. A rarity in I.T. youtube vids. Thank you.
Thanks, glad you liked the video!
@@EasyPcRepairs I have installed crystaldiskinfo my pc has fall into boot loop. Please help me.
@@gauravvasasali9273 You sure that's the reason?
try uninstall
@@VishalGTitus how can I uninstall it's in boot loop and I am unable to enter the safe mode to...
@@gauravvasasali9273 You sure thats the reason?
maybe format system?
The way he speaks is really clear and nice to hear. Thank you for you nice information and knowledge.
he speaks in 4K
Not every hero wears cape. Thanks mate.
0:29 - Use The Command Prompt.
1:31 - Windows ' Check Disk."
2:58 - CrystalDiskInfo
4:58 - Hard Drive Manufacturers Software
6:23 - Hard Disk Sentinel
If you're like me & you've bought a new HDD and want to check it *is* brand new and unused, skip to step 3 or step 5.
Also, thanks dude, great video; super clear and to the point! I've just ordered a new 5TB HDD from Amazon, but Amazon are notorious for selling returned/used items. If a HDD has been formatted, will these softwares still show me how much it has been used/turned on etc?
Thank you! Yes, if your HDD is formatted, the info will still show up. So if your HDD has been used for 100 hours, drive then formatted, then used for another 100 hours, it will show up as 200 hours usage. It will also keep track of the number of times it's been powered on, formatted or not.
@@EasyPcRepairs Thanks man, I appreciate the info! Just ordered a 5TB HDD from Amazon. Which software is best to use to check? Or are they both just as good?
I would say they are about as good as each other. If I were to use just one I'd probably choose CrystalDiskInfo as it is a little more user friendly.
@@EasyPcRepairs the last time I had this problem it was the cause of bitlocker being🔓 this time the drive is 🔒 & still becoming full.
Thanks!
Absolute legend, helped me save my hard drive with very important stuff on it from corrupting. Thank you very much.
No problem, glad to help!
Thanks, Dave. Sound information and I will certainly check out the programs you mention. And thanks for reminding us to check our hard drives on a regular basis because I haven't done it in quite a while. I do back up though, just to be sure to be sure. :) I love the pace of your videos and the fact that there is no thumping bass in the background and you speak calmly and clearly. Just what an instruction video needs. Cheers.
Thank you! It's good that you do backups. Those that do are very glad of a backup if their hard drive has stopped working completely.
All motherboards will notify you when you boot up if any of the drives is bad using the integrated SMART protocol
Thank you for the beautiful English. Your voice is amazing, very calm, and relaxing. (non creppy way) hahaha
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this ! i found out my Old HDD was failing. got a new m.2 on the way. Great video
Glad it helped you. I'm sure you'll be pleased with a new m.2 drive!
thank u for this video i didnt know how to check if it was healthy or not
You're welcome!
I like your calm tone so much! Making already clear explanations even enjoyable to listen to. Really appreciate your tutorial. Used Windows bult-in program and CrystalDisk.
Thank you!
Those 100+ dislikes had trouble following these forward yet simple instructions.
Simple, elegant and just a lovely instructional video. Well done!
Thank you!
something i would like to know, is how do you transfer your Windows OS to a new hard drive you bought to replace the one you have been using all this time...?
Me too
I'll watch this video in loop mode to help me sleep, this guy should make ASMR videos =Instant hit.
(:
Right
😂😂😂😂😂
it's amazing you can find nice people who want others to repair there pcs simply themselves instead of having to go to a computer repair store
Bro the repair option are not 100 % sure that will fix the HDD errors and even if they fix them it will be for a short time .
Plus if a HDD stops working you still can manage to get the documents back. I had my HDD like 1% health and still managed to recover all my pictures and documents I had.
Great video. It is good that you pointed out everything in detail. My wife's laptop is really slow. The manual says it has 16 GB of DDR3L ram, but the system shows it only has 4gb. No. 2, it is a 5400 rpm hard drive, but a SATA lll will fit so Samsung here we come. Thank you so much. Windows is just to elaborate for these specs..
Thank you! Sounds like a good upgrade you're giving to the laptop!
November 28, 2022 and still relevant! thank you
You're very welcome!
Thank you for your help. I found out the problem so I most certainly will have to get a new hard drive.
It's good when you find the problem. At least it answers the question of 'what is wrong'. Good luck with your computer.
Wow sr. this was awesome! Thank you for your help, were straight forward and simple. I did 3 out of the 5 tests and i found out that my disk is in a good healthy shape. Thank you so so much. Keep up the good work
Thank you very much!
Good information and presentation on this video.
Thank you
Thank you!
very easily explained. as always the British way is the best way to learn.
Thank you for the info. I was searching for items that would help with this issue. I think my laptop HD is failing, so backing it up will be step number one! I figure that any method of isolating bad sectors will corrupt the OS.
BTW, It appears that someone has just taken your specific 5 methods and shuffled them around a bit to create a "
5 Methods to Check your Hard Drive Health in Windows 10 | Know about Bad Sector" video (uploaded 3 March, 2020). They even use the same two third-party tools as examples. That jumped out at me as, per my searching, i know there are other third-party tools they could have shown. Not much can be done about it, I'm sure. Just though you should know..
Thanks for letting me know about the other video. I checked it out... it's so similar to mine!
Good luck with your laptop! It's never good when data is lost, so I hope you manage to sort it out.
Just a quick important UPDATE: WD's "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic" support had ended already and has been replaced by "Western Digital Dashboard" since the 1st of October in 2021.
Everythings good i was worried cause i got the stage 1: somthing other at startup
Comman Line doesn't work for me! I have received the following error message: 'wmic' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Except this problem every hint is good...Thanks for that!
Thank you, very very helpful!
Earlier my hard drive was not detected by my system and after a restart it was. However, it was extremely slow so I looked it up and found this video. My drive shows Pred Fail so I am currently backing it up. Thank you
I'm glad you've found the problem before it was too late.
Simple and helpful, thank you
I'm not surprised by the number of views this video has. Straight to the point. No mumbo jumbo or annoying background music! 🤬
Great video man! It was very helpful for tech challenged individuals like me. 😁
Take care, regards.
Thank you! I'm glad this helped you.
Really valuable information.. well explained
Thanks
My laptop hard drive is almost 7 years old, many turn offs without shutting down like I press the power button to restart, the power goes out, I often carry it in my bag with hard shaking, sometimes beaten by my sister, install lots of games. Now it's a little slow but after I defrag everything is a little smooth again.
daaaaaaaaaaym
Thank you! To the point and very helpful!
This video is pure ASMR! It's so relaxing to watch.
An excellent video; thank you for putting the time and effort into producing it! You have a very calm and soothing tone of voice, that lends itself to giving advice. Great work! :)
Thank you very much!
Can’t say I’d trust disk check ( your second opinion) to be trustworthy I did that before with my old hard drive. ALWAYS came back fine healthy and no errors. Month later. Died, data recovery techs looked at it said was damaged. Disk check didn’t see issue but was dying anyway. So to reliable. Never moved computer let alone reason for it to end up damaged happen non the less. Ideal to ALWAYS have it backed up!
best video for hard drives
Good job.I will have to check my hard drive as is getting to hot
Like the calm voice brother.
Thanks for the help, it also really helped that you increased the size of the cursor
No problem!
Wow, I get benefit from this video and at the same time I wasted my data, because the video was in 2160p and seen all of it in my tiny phone screen
Great information. Easy to understand. CDI works great.
Glad it helped you!
10/10 explanation!
Thank you!
Absolutely. Fabulous. A lot crammed into very little time. It was a pleasure to both upvote and watch the entire ad without Skip Ad as a gesture of appreciation to you. My boss is having some issues, and I watched this for him. (Is that brown-nosing? :-) )
Thank you, very kind of you! Maybe your boss will give you a raise when you sort out his issues!
thank u so much now i can check my hardisk health , thank u again
I did the second one yesterday and fixed my storage drive thanks for the help
Glad I could help
Informative video mate... which screen recorder you're using?
Thank you! I have 2 screen recorders... OBS and Bandicam. I normally use Bandicam.
Peter K said it all. Thank you.
A very detailed and lucid explanation, thanks a lot.
Excellent way of teaching. Hats off sir
Thank you!
photos are not opening after scabning from disk properties from tool bar
Your way of explaining is so incredibly relaxing
Chill out fruit cake...
Very well made. I have a yellow dot but it's acting like a red dot, the good thing is that I'm getting a free replacement
Thank you... I want to buy a used computer so I want to check the disk health of the computer to be sure. Thanks for sharing this info...
Glad it helped you!
Dear Sir,
Great Video! I am deeply thankful to you. Very Neat and Clear Video..
Please do Such kind stuff in future also..
Kind Regards,
Basavaraj, From India.
Thank you, very kind!
Thanks for the great video. By the way how much percentage of a hard disk can you use or can you just fill it completely?
Thank you! Windows will step in if the drive gets too full (it tries to keep 1GB of space on your drive). Other than that, you can fill it up to almost completely full.
Superb commentating and tutorial on this, thanks.
yellow light = caution
🟡reallocated sectors count
how to fix it?
You dont. It cant be fixed. Backup and replace !
@@xxHubert this is fixed after the new update (2004) now it not show
@@Extreme_Noob11 hmm odd .. it does for me :)
Your voice is clear beautiful and any one can understand thnx very much for velueable information
It's my pleasure
ok something is off, my hard drive/disk before i found this video shut down twice on me and was spamming "hard drive disk error" then i got 2 blue screens. now i followed your video and checked my drive but its good nothing is wrong with it :/ maybe all i needed was a restart?
That could be true - a restart can solve a lot of problems. If your hard drive is ok and the errors continue, the problem might be caused by something else. But if you get no more errors then perhaps the problem has gone away.
@@EasyPcRepairs I have the same error but I boot to the desktop but after not long, the light of hard drive on front panel led goes off and my computer restarts.. what should I do :-(
Hope you reply!
You could try starting up your computer in safe mode. If your computer stays on, then try running any of the hard drive tests to see if it's a hard drive problem. A computer restarting could be caused by many different things, but booting up into safe mode would be a good place to start.
@@EasyPcRepairs literally i placed it in the sunlight coz the humidity was around 85 percent in my area.... and it worked. then i checked the condition of my drive by using two types of test like one involving command prompt and another app... and it was fine
I liked the third method for hard drive.
Please help, my hdd is shown but it won’t open. Current pending sector count appear on the programs you named. But what can I do if I can’t acces the data?
Thanks for the video. If multiple errors and warnings appear in the windows event viewer though the laptop is totally new, is it a bad sign?
Windows event viewer will always show problems, even on a good computer. So it's not always a bad sign.
Can I apply all these steps to SSD drive?
Yes, it works with all types of drives.
thx for the help now that i know that my hdd is not broken thx again
That's good to hear.
thank you so much, it really helped
Glad it helped!
nice clear instructions thanx
Thank you for your information. I use the 1st method to check my troublesome drive and repair it.
Glad to help!
hey, so I did method no.1 and it says prep fail but when i did method 2, it says no errors were found. So does that mean I don't have to back up my hard drive?
Best go to your hard drive manufacturer's website and download their hard drive software to see what it says about your drive's current condition and monitor it too.
Hello, Sir.
Great video...
May I ask something?
Normally, how long is the life span of WD internal HDD 512GB which being used in Asus X453M?
I have been using it from 2015 till now.
I have checked the disk using the steps you tell in this video.. and everything is ok..
I consider to change from Asus to Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3i 14IAU7 Intel i3 1215U and use the old disk from Asus to be the addition storage.. Is it ok? Can you give an opinion for this case?
Thank you..
A Western Digital HDD will typically last for about 5 years if it's used as the main 'C' drive, though this will vary depending on how much it has been used and various other factors. But a WD HDD that is not the main drive (perhaps the 'D' drive for example) will typically last for around 10 years. Again, these are just rough estimates. Some will tell you how their WD drive has lasted 15+ years and is still going strong.
I think it's a good idea for you to use your WD drive for additional storage, but check its health now and then with one of the tools that I have shown in the video such as "CrystalDiskInfo".
Great tutorial, very simple and clear!! Thanks so much!❤❤❤
You are very welcome!
The best info out and your presentation is slick. Thanks.
Thank you very much!
thanks for this. my windows c drive shows 4% caution on crystal disk info. but it shows no red or yellow dots.
That's good that you've noticed this early, and that there are no yellow or red dots.
Thank you for doing this video sir, everything was well presented and easy to follow. 🙂
Glad it was helpful.
Thank you very useful information and definitely very helpful
Thank you for the video! I rarely comment on videos, but this really helps.
You're welcome - thanks for the comment!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much
Very helpful
Glad it helped!
Thank You so much
very helpful
I recently purchased a new external hard drive with a hdd from WD. It passed all of the tests except for the WD drive utilities test, which resulted in the message "smart statues failed." The hard drive appears to be in great working order, but I'm wondering if this statement may be a caution.
Thank you for fast forward video.
Very informative. Thank you!
i have a yellow light next to:
Current Pending Sector Count
What am i supposed to do ?
simple and clear. I have a question, my computer show my HDD driver OK but Hard Drive Sentinel software and Cristal Disk Info show my driver unhealthy(it's about 9% in Sentinel and in Cristal it's caution). what do I do whit it? PLZ help me
At that point (9% health left) it's time to back up your data onto another drive in case it fails, especially as Crystal Disk is showing a caution as well. If you know your drive's manufacturer, it might be worth downloading the software for your drive to see if it has any extra information for you and/or backup tools you might like to use.
Everything I’ve tried says my hard drive is good, but it keeps getting blue screen of death, and each one is different. I’m very confused. Can anyone help me out?
search in google the error message which shows up each time you get a blue screen, that way you should know what failed and caused the famous screen of death
Thank you. Very good and educational video.. And very calmly and patiently explanaited😀. Help a lot..
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! It’s very informative. This video solved my inquiry on how to check health on drives. I think everyone is correct on about your voice. It’s very soothing and easy to follow along with instructional steps. If you were to say “now take off your pants” I undoubtedly would have followed through with that step.
Man you helped me a lot, i love how you explicate evrithing, thanks man 😁
Glad this helped!
what a great video. thanks so much
Glad you liked it!
Nice video 👍 Do you have a tutorial for an external HDD recovery? I mean, my disk died (the "needle piece" that reads the disk won't work) and I just want to recover my videos and photos.
Sorry, I don't have a video for that.
Sir can i get get all site to download all the software you mention😊😊😊
can u put the 3rd option on a disk because i cant access anything from the computer
Thanks a bunch.....
This video helps me a lot.....
Glad it helped
In downloading crystal disk , what if it appears as 'the site can’t be reached’, what should I do?
Nice guide, Thanks
Thank you!
Can you do a video of how to get my bios password back if I have forgotten it
LOL The first thing I thought of when I heard his voice was the GEICO Gecko
Stellar video, great work
Thank you!
Very good video, i have a bad cable and though it was the hard drive