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Hitachi HDD Problem - How long should DFT take to run?

Wrench97 As I noted, its a 500GB drive so its big but not in the TB range! DFT is slowly and steadily updating its LBA count and the progress "petrol gauge". I just can't understand why a low level reformat should be 48+ hours slow.
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- Apr 24, 2013
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Hitachi HDD Problem - How long should DFT take to run?

Hi there. I'm trying to fix a 500GB Hitachi Travelstar laptop drive which has developed bad sectors. It's an OEM drive from a Fujitsu laptop which is just 3 weeks out of warranty. I DL'd the botable ISO for Hitachi DFT from Carrona.org and the drive passes SMART tests and the "Quick Test" but...
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- Apr 24, 2013
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- Forum: Hardware

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