Loose harddrive when upgraded / possibly causing bad sectors

Hello,
Just recently I upgraded my hard drive (2.5in. Western Digital Scorpio Blue: 640 GB) and put my files on it, set up boot camp, ect…, but then my computer was acting funny (errors, slow performance, stalling) on the second week I used my computer (mostly on my windows side). So I ran some disk checking software (Drive Genius 3) and it found 50+ bad sectors on my hard drive and growing. So before I replace my hard drive I want to find out why my hard drive went bad so quickly. After thinking about it, I noticed my hard drive was loose when I installed it, I tried using the mounts that came with my computer, but they didn’t secure it. So if anyone has any ideas about how to properly secure the drive or what can be causing it to have bad sectors, please let me know.
Thanks in advance
Message was edited by: RobWoo

Sounds like you got a bad hard drive. Sometimes hard drives fail prematurely / unexpectedly. That's why it is good to regularly backup your files. If you got it as recently as implied in your post, the hard drive should be covered by the manufacturer's warranty.
As far as physically mounting the hard drive in your computer, you should look at the repair guides on ifixit.com. The hard drive should be seated securely. If it wiggles around you probably did something wrong (ie didn't reattach the mounting screws). See the following link:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/MacBook-Unibody-Model-A1278-Hard-Drive-Replac ement/816/3

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I use forms (RUN_REPORT_OBJECT) to run and distribute (to email) a report with additional attachments.
I dynamically create the distrubution list and store it and the files to attach on the application server.
The reports run ok, but in the email the attachments looses their name and get defaultnames like "PDD_ORDER07798975" where "PDD_ORDER" is the report name.
My attach tag in the distributionlist looks like:
<attach srcType="file" name="237959.jpg">
<include src="/usr/local/oracle/runtime/reports/prod/distribute/237959.jpg"/>
</attach>
When running the report from a url in the browser and with the same distributionlist the filenames is ok in the mail.
Another problem is that files like gif/jpg/jpeg get corrupted in the mail (pdf-files works fine) - this oocurs both from forms and from url...
Forms [32 Bit] version 10.1.2.0.2 (Produktion)
Report Builder 10.1.2.0.2
Applicationserver on LinuxAnya ideas ?
Regards
Samuel
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Samuel Linjer

Thanks for asking, Paul. Let me give more detail on the two questions:
(1)
We've received a lot of complaints from all over the world that recipients where not able to open our PDF form.
A portion of these complaints were resolved after we explained recipient that they had to upgrade to at least Adobe Reader version 7 or newer.
However, other recipient complained that they were still unable to open the form even with the latest version of Adobe Reader. These are the ones that we're concerned about. We don't know why they are having problems. Apparently, our files works on a number of computers with Readers versions 7, 8, and/or 9. But not on all.
Is it that the recipient who can't open the form have not installed their Reader properly? We don't know. Or is it that the form or form-generating software has some bug that causes problems on some configurations but not on others?
(2)
The behavior is not consistent. What worries us in particular, are recipient reporting that they can open normal PDFs but not this form.
One had the computer crashing, others got simply messages that they couldn't open the file.
Any ideas about the possible causes? Anyone similar observations?

Does the "Zero Out Data" feature in Disk Utility map out bad sectors/blocks?

I would like a definite answer on this one. I have heard that is does and that it doesn't.

Yes it does.
The way it works is this, your drive normally tries to write to sectors and if it can't write to one or more, then it writes someplace else and maps the bad sectors off in the driver software.
That's how it's supposed to work.
What I believe what happens is drives are made, but not checked for bad sectors at the factory as this is a considerable time consuming process.
So when a computer comes down the line, it's hard drive is just injected factory style the data it needs right on the drive, over bad sectors and everything.
Now it could be that, and or it could be the result of time and the drive sitting and being shipped. Normally the heads are locked.
Whatever, if you move a drive while the heads are over the platters, they can strike the platters and cause data loss from bad sectors. So it's important not to move or jar the computer while the hard drive is spinning, why Mac's have Sudden Motion Sensors built in.
So, if data is laid over bad sectors, or one has possibly damaged their drive slightly and the data on it, could result in glitchy or unexplained behavior.
Large files like video that take much space on the drive are more likely to encounter bad sectors and thus become incomplete when read later.
What the Disk Utility > Erase with Zero option does, is it tries to write 0's to EVERY BIT on the drive. A sector is made up of bits, 1's and 0's so this method ensures every bit is checked if it can be written too or not.
If a sector fails, then it's mapped off, never to be written too again.
When one places their data on the drive after a Zero, it's on 100% reliable bits and sectors. Thus there is less chance of file corruption when it's read later.
A video production guy told me this little trick as they have huge files so thus needed very reliable data retention and recovery.
I've been using this technique with all new drives for decades now and it's worked for me, unless I forget to do it.
Like anything, others may not require perfection. Regular users with small files all the time likely will lose a file here and there and go about living with it.
Big files are a different story obviously. So optional, not mandatory.
If your confident you can reinstall your operating system, then that's one thing, but if your not, then don't bother.

Hard drive bad sectors?

Hello All,
I have a 15 inch MacBook pro, early 2011 model, with the Fujitsu 7200 rpm hard drive. I'm using the latest version of Yosemite. ( 10.10.2) My computer is loaded with maximum memory, the optional video card. I recently bought a program called Drive Genius 4 because my computer seemed slow and Safari was locking up. I then started getting frequent bad sector error messages from the programs resident hard drive module. It advised me to immediately reformat the hard drive with one pass of zeros, to mark off the bad sectors.
Testing with Mac's hard drive utility, with one of Apple's technician's on the phone, indicated that everything was alright. I decided to re-formated the hard drive using one pass of zeros to mark off the bad sectors. I used Mac's hard drive utility for this. I left one small partition intact because I thought it might have important information that identifies my computer as a real Macintosh product. I then did a clean re-instalation of Yosemite from a download I stored on a backup drive. I then restored my programs from a recent backup. However, I was using a third party backup program called "SuperDuper!" for Mac from Softonic. I used it because it is much faster than Mac's backup. Now, my computer is running much faster. I'm also having no trouble with Safari, except for last night. I got stuck into some internet code that looked like it was trying to get me to install malware by clicking "OK" in a box. I couldn't get out of the tab, even by trying to force quit Safari. So I closed down by using the shut down button. Strangely enough, the site reappeared after I rebooted my computer, even though I have "Safari opens with a new window" in the general Safari preferences. But this time I was able to close the bad window.
I can't get any information about the effectiveness of Drive Genius 4 from Mac tech support because they're not allowed to comment about third party software. But it has excellent reviews from users and Mac publications.
Question 1: Should I take Drive Genius 4s bad sector warnings seriously and replace the hard drive? I did a thorough physical drive test with "Drive Genius 4" immediately after my re-format and it tested alright. I just received a bad sector warning this morning from a module in Drive Genius 4 called "Drive Pulse." It's supposed to constantly monitor ones hard drive for failure. I have read many complaints about my Fujitsu hard drive failing. I've been using computers since the early DOS days and I never had a hard drive fail. I occasionally would develop bad sectors but I used a utily like "Norton" to mark off the bad sectors and move the data. Even though this would occasionally happen, I never had a catastrophic hard drive failure. But now, I'm reading recommendations all over the web to replace any hard drive with the first bad sector warning.
Question 2:, Should I try to reformat the drive again and include the small sector I left intact the last time? This time, I would use Mac's built in backup program, simply out of superstition. I have no knowledge whether any particular backup program is better than another. I don't completely trust Mac tech support because they are restricted by their company's proprietary regulations. (Sorry Mac, I was once a big fan, but your new note books, with their soldered in components, is a low blow. It's obviously made, IMHO, as a form of planned obsolescence.)
Question 3: I read several complaints from self installers who stripped screws to gain access to the had drive. Some people claimed that the screws are made from very soft metal. This actually happened to me with an older 13 inch Mac Notebook, when I added more memory. Luckily, the compartment stays closed with one bad screw.
I don't trust the local Apple's genius crew to do the installation. Why? After numerous visits, they couldn't even diagnose a simple iPhone problem. They were very unpleasant and arrogant, suggesting that my phone's problem didn't exist. I became so exasperated that I threatened to pay off my AT&T phone contract early if they didn't help me. They sent me a new phone if I would agree to leave a deposit until they received my old one. Now that's service!
Thanks in advance for any advise. I apologize for my lengthy letter.

I can't get any information about the effectiveness of Drive Genius 4 from Mac tech support because they're not allowed to comment about third party software. But it has excellent reviews from users and Mac publications.
I can comment about it. Drive Genius will report false positives and may be responsible for causing disk corruption. Get rid of it. It's junk your Mac does not need.
"Mac publications" that accept advertising are necessarily biased, and cannot be relied upon for accurate information. Do you really think they'll publish a negative review about a product from a company supplying the revenue they need to survive?
But now, I'm reading recommendations all over the web to replace any hard drive with the first bad sector warning.
You should. Hard disk drives are wear items. Fortunately, they are also inexpensive enough to have several backups. At the first sign of failure, plan to replace it ASAP. Having a backup plan such as Time Machine makes that a non-event.

Error during installation phase when upgrading from oracle 10 to 11g

hi,
We have going to upgrade oracle 10.2.0.4 to 11.2.0.3 in SAP ECC 6.4(DB:oracle, OS:AIX6.1). By mistake I run RUNINSTALLER from wrong path oracle/stage/11203 <dump folder>/database instead of SAP folder.it gives some error message during installation but i continue to installation and installation is completed.
now i worried about error and and wrong path selection, i removed manually new oracle home folder 112_64 and continue to new installation from proper path but now i am getting below error when running RUNINSTALLER from SAP folder
"[INS-10008] Session Initialization failed".and log are as
ERROR) - Oracle Database software installation finished with errors.
. The Oracle executable <OH>/bin/oracle is empty or does not exist.
. Possible cause(s): link error, installation was cancelled or interrupted, or fatal error.
. (INFO) - Fatal error occurred during installation

Hi Pawan
Could you refer the SAP Note for Oracle Installation error
1431796 - Oracle 11.2.0: Troubleshooting the Software Installation
BR
SS

Loose harddrive when upgraded / possibly causing bad sectors

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