I was having issues with a Seagate momentus xt 750 hybrid drive. Using HD Tach the tranfer rate was all over the place average only 77 Meg per second. A second drive same exact drive, both were bought at the same time did 95 megs average. This was using both on USB 3.0 same enclosure. I quick formatted the slower drive no change. Then full formatted it and now it speed averages 100 meg per second. Both drives pass smart. Now it concerns me that quick format is not the way to go. Both drives had the same reallocated sector count 100. I know that full format remaps bad sectors. I am wondering if I need to start full formatting all my mechanical drives? I use them for games and data my os is always on SSD.
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full vs quick format?
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Using HD Tach the tranfer rate was all over the place average only 77 Meg per second.
To me this is normal and expected. The high spikes will be the part of the drive that is in the cache.
Both drives had the same reallocated sector count 100.
I expect that you are not reading the raw value for reallocated sectors.
I am wondering if I need to start full formatting all my mechanical drives?
I say yes to that. It ensures that your drive is at least reliable enough to write every sector. Remember that regardless of the manufacturer a certain % of all drives will die soon after you get them.
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" I am wondering if I need to start full formatting all my mechanical drives? I use them for games and data my os is always on SSD.
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If you have the time why not. Eventually your IDE drive will settle down to 'normal' speeds
It all depends what information you're accessing, how often, when, where, one file or many.
You are not going to notice and different between the two drives when launching Hello Kitty Isalnd adventure
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If you have the time why not. Eventually your IDE drive will settle down to 'normal' speeds
It all depends what information you're accessing, how often, when, where, one file or many.
You are not going to notice and different between the two drives when launching Hello Kitty Isalnd adventure
To me this is normal and expected. The high spikes will be the part of the drive that is in the cache.
I expect that you are not reading the raw value for reallocated sectors.
I say yes to that. It ensures that your drive is at least reliable enough to write every sector. Remember that regardless of the manufacturer a certain % of all drives will die soon after you get them.
Got to love failure rates