Thanks for the answers.

I'm still worried about my HDD, I don't think those write/read errors are a normal thing. Maybe I should RMA the stuff and try another brand.


Well, thanks again.

I'm ashamed for reviving such an old thread, but I just need to know how did it go with the problematic Samsung HDDs. I would really appreciate if the people owning those HDD could tell me if the rising in the "calibration retry count" caused some sort of premature failure or something. (I think it ...