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Hmmm
You can try that HDD On another computer and in another SATA port of the same computer
Maybe some problems with the calibration of the drive ( this is bad) or simply a BAD sata port...
I have one of that hard drives Oldies but good ones... so im still in hope thinking that may be not the drive 
for now my wd5000aaks se16 is on a set up box recording TV shows in HD
Ok, extended test finished in 2 hours 40 minutes and no errors were reported. Hooked it up to another system and it did allow me to see the SMART data and it passed.
I used the Disk Smart View utiliy from Nirsoft and was able to post the data into a .txt file:
================================================== Description : Model Raw Value : WDC WD5000AAKS-22YGA0 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Firmware Revision Raw Value : 12.01C02 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Serial Number Raw Value : WD-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Cylinders Raw Value : 16,383 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Heads Raw Value : 16 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Bytes Per Track Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Bytes Per Sector Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Sectors Per Track Raw Value : 63 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : ECC Size Raw Value : 50 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : PIO Timing Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : DMA Timing Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Current Cylinders Raw Value : 16,383 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Current Heads Raw Value : 16 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Current Sectors Per Track Raw Value : 63 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Current Sector Capacity Raw Value : 16,514,064 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Total Addressable Sectors Raw Value : 268,435,455 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Single Word DMA Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Multi Word DMA Raw Value : 7 Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Attributes Raw Value : Normalized Value : Worst Value : Threshold Value : Status : ================================================== ================================================== Description : Read Error Rate Raw Value : 49,165 Normalized Value : 199 Worst Value : 199 Threshold Value : 51 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Spin-Up Time Raw Value : 6,166 Normalized Value : 176 Worst Value : 176 Threshold Value : 21 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Start/Stop Count Raw Value : 1,771 Normalized Value : 99 Worst Value : 99 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Reallocated Sectors Count Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 200 Worst Value : 200 Threshold Value : 140 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Seek Error Rate Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 200 Worst Value : 200 Threshold Value : 51 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Power-On Hours (POH) Raw Value : 15,438 Normalized Value : 79 Worst Value : 79 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Spin Retry Count Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 100 Worst Value : 100 Threshold Value : 51 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Recalibration Retries Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 100 Worst Value : 100 Threshold Value : 51 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Power Cycle Count Raw Value : 1,738 Normalized Value : 99 Worst Value : 99 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Power-off Retract Count Raw Value : 63 Normalized Value : 200 Worst Value : 200 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Load Cycle Count Raw Value : 1,785 Normalized Value : 200 Worst Value : 200 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Internal Temperature Raw Value : 28°C Normalized Value : 122 Worst Value : 115 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Reallocation Event Count Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 200 Worst Value : 200 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Current Pending Sector Count Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 200 Worst Value : 200 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Uncorrectable Sector Count Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 200 Worst Value : 200 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : UltraDMA CRC Error Count Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 200 Worst Value : 200 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : Write Error Rate Raw Value : 156 Normalized Value : 198 Worst Value : 198 Threshold Value : 51 Status : Ok ================================================== ================================================== Description : [132] Raw Value : 2,199,040,033,659 Normalized Value : 49 Worst Value : 1 Threshold Value : 0 Status : Unknown ================================================== ================================================== Description : Reallocated Sectors Count Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 0 Worst Value : 0 Threshold Value : 140 Status : Unknown ================================================== ================================================== Description : Read Error Rate Raw Value : 0 Normalized Value : 0 Worst Value : 0 Threshold Value : 51 Status : Unknown ==================================================
Not sure what most of that means but there it is. I am now 3/3 on startup after changing the sATA cable, maybe that was the issue all along 
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