new harddrive is not working properly

[Foz2001]

I'm guessing this is just a faulty drive, but the new samsung 640gb drive I have is taking forever to transfer files onto it. It will transfer very quickly for about a minute or two, then will slow right down and then the bar wont move at all. It then eventually freezes.

Sound like a faulty drive? I tried to scan it for errors before windows starts and that also stops at 10% and wont go any farther.

Any input would be great.

Foz

[Nenu]

Update the motherboard BIOS and get the latest motherboard drivers, that way you almost eliminate the possibility of an incompatibility.

[nitrobass24]

+1 on BIOS and chipset drivers

[Foz2001]

just ran it through seatools and its got tons of errors

[Danny Bui]

Huh, didn't even know Seatools could work on other manufacturer's drives. Run Drive Fitness Test to confirm Seatools' error finding.

But it sounds like you need to RMA.

[Mav451]

I'm guessing this is just a faulty drive, but the new samsung 640gb drive I have is taking forever to transfer files onto it. It will transfer very quickly for about a minute or two, then will slow right down and then the bar wont move at all. It then eventually freezes.

Sound like a faulty drive? I tried to scan it for errors before windows starts and that also stops at 10% and wont go any farther.

Any input would be great.

Foz

Both of these sound pretty bad. Seatools is PLENTY confirmation...especially when an HD can't even finish a Windows chkdsk - *knock on wood* I haven't seen that kinda shit since Windows 95.

Backup your stuff, and fill out the RMA form.