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15 Passes of write zeros? I don't think even the most expensive deep level scanners in a lab would find the data. Since I think even 5 passes would already be impossible to recover something.

Could be a possible controller driver issue. You can try to use IRST drivers to find out if the issue still persists.

I assumed it is a multi-bay enclosure, have you tried swapping the drive into a different bay within the enclosure?

The Hitachi GST Deskstar 7K3000 sound a best buy...

Hard drive prices will eventually fall down but not really that quick. Thinking that a 80GB hard drive 15 years ago cost as much as a 4TB drive today. :)

I think Runtime DriveImage XML could let you do this since it supports hot imaging/cloning. Meaning you could be able to clone your system drive while it is in use. I have tried it in XP machines before .

This trick might actually work on some older drives that still had low density platters. But is not totally recommended on todays earlier high density platter drives.

Try to get it RMAed though and see if the replacement would give you better results like the first drive.

I think that the QAs just missed to let that 2nd drive pass the quality check. :)

I'd prefer HGST Desktar 7200 over Barracuda ST2000DM001.

I'd probably suggest you to image the drive using ddrescue in Linux. Then it would be much easier for you to recover the files you wanted from the image you got.

I'd better go with the single 1TB SSD in AHCI mode than doing 2x512GB in RAID 0. There seems no big difference in performance.

Have you able to check the SMART status of that drive using CrystalDiskInfo?

You can try to replace the optical drive or make a bootable USB windows 7 installation disk from the Windows 7.iso that you have and try to install Windows 7 on that PC from the bootable USB that you've made.(That is if the BIOS of this PC already supports booting from USB)

Yes, any SSD is far better than HDD in performance but then it then comes to the next question. What brand gives you a better quality SSD?.. ;)

Yes, any mechanical drive has the same chances of failing. Even if you're just using it in normal conditions, you can't just simply point out how long it will last and when it will fail.

If you're not feeling comfortable with the drive's behavior then back up the data and make a low level diagnostic of your drive using MHDD or HDDscan.

Typically a lose cable connection. Either data or power cable I think.

You can also try UFS explorer (not free) if you find the procedure of ddrescue to be a bit more complex for you.

It could be possibly a bad PCB or corrupt HDD firmware that disrupts the PC's BIOS to be able to follow the designated boot priorities in your system.

You might also be interested to consider HGST Ultrastar over the Desktar.

I have this HGST-Travelstar 2.5-Inch 5K1500 drives which I used one as an internal and 2 for external drives and these drives pretty works fine with no issues.

You can try Active@ Kill Disk as it also supports SSD secure wiping.

For me, this seems to be a more complicated idea. And yes I think this would be an ideal option.

Yes, I think you should be good doing that in that way to ensure a clean install with no conflicts from the other drives.

You can also try to use CystalDiskInfo but I think that SSD had already served you well enough and already deserves a replacement.

Yeah I Agree with this. Just run the stress test though to verify its health before you start storing your data to that drive.

Yes those mech drives often cause system locks if they start to fail.

I Agree with those HGST drives. Those drives are quite reliable and haven't had any issues yet compared to the Seagates I have.

Is your storage drive also an SSD or a mechanical drive?

The Intel 3500 is a good SSD though but cost more compared to Samsung 840 EVO. So I'd say 840 EVO would be a good option for cost and performance.

Yeah, you may need to install and use CrystalDiskInfo to check and verify your drives health status or SMART reports. And its also much safer if you do back up your data before the drive will fail though.

Right.;)

This is been a HIT or MISS option so far. Connecting the SSD to the Intel SATA controller ports would be the ideal way as what was suggested above.

You can try UFS explorer or R-Studio. Both applications works great for various data recovery procedures.

True ;)

Single partition on each drive would do I think. You can merge those partitions though with some Partition tools from Acronis, Easeus or Partition Wizard if you want.

Definitely a RAM problem I think.

You can try to use HWMonitor.

I'd say yes stick to your Intel 520 for your OS drive. You can use HDD Low Level Format tool to wipe it clean as the tool can also be used on SSDs.