Problem with Portable Harddisk

[CBSk]

I have used the new Samsung 320GB portable Hard disk over a month.  Hard disk have four NTFS partitions which is partitioned by me from the single FAT32 partition.

Frequently while accessing a hard disk partition, its corrupted automatically.  Hard disk repair tools can't help to recover the partition files. So, I format that partition to get access. All files are gone after the format.

Can I prevent this corruption? 

[Geek-9pm]

Did you buyn it new? If so, contact the vendor and ask for repair or replacement.

[Transfusion]

You could use chkdsk to check for partition table errors.
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/chkdsk.htm


You could also use http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Testdisk to perform a scan of your portable HDD to check for corrupted sectors.

[CBSk]

That's new one.

chkdsk takes huge time to process over the 80 GB partition. It shows me the error like ....
"Segment 210 is Unreadable" for every segment. 

I just cancel it after waiting ~ 1 Hour for 15% to complete.  The data is not a matter to recover.  I have an another backup.

Please assist me to choose the correct file system (Windows or Linux file system) for the portable hard disk. I need the stable file system without any data loss (Mainly for backup). 

[Transfusion]

Well, NTFS supports volumes larger than 32GB-which is the limit for FAT32. I would stick with NTFS.

[CBSk]

Thanks.

Earlier I prefer NTFS. But the transfer speed is < 500kbps and there is complete data corruption over the partition.   

Also I have some NTFS partitions on my internal HDD but its speed is > 15MBps even that partition is 85 % full with out any problem or corruption for past three years.   

Is NTFS worth for External HDD?

[patio]

Since 5 years ago there is no valid reason to not use NTFS as your file system...on any HDD.

[Salmon Trout]

chkdsk takes huge time to process over the 80 GB partition. It shows me the error like ....
"Segment 210 is Unreadable" for every segment.

I just cancel it after waiting ~ 1 Hour for 15% to complete.

This disk is FAULTY. It needs to be replaced. It won't get better, whatever filesystem type you use.

As Geek-9PM wrote,

contact the vendor and ask for repair or replacement.

[Transfusion]

Since 5 years ago there is no valid reason to not use NTFS as your file system...on any HDD.

Well unless you are on a Mac with its funky HFS+ file system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFS_Plus

[patio]

Somehow i doubt he's on a MAC...

[jaydeee]

I rather send it back for warranty.