Hard Disk Monitoring

Sorry, one last thing. I just looked at the log, and it read: Warning: Multiple problems were found in the past days. 2/16/2013 12:34:46 AM,#197 Current Pending Sector Count 1 -> 0 2/12/2013 4:57:05 PM,#197 Current Pending Sector Count 2 -> 1 Originally there was a pending sector flagged and when I ...

I did a surface test (write) on two SATA II 1 TB WD blacks first, which fixed 1 weak sector. Otherwise they were perfect, which I was quite happy with since they are about 4 years old and have been running almost nonstop and the overview estimates > 1000 days left. I'm not sure what 'power on' expli...

Thanks for the quick response. You answered my questions perfectly, and yes I love that weak sector fixing feature (though I haven't actually used it yet - I have one weak sector right now). I have yet to start to take advantage of all its features as I am in the middle of an ongoing substantial sys...

I have a 5 license pro version and had a couple of (hopefully) quick questions If I run a test and it identifies bad sectors and remaps them, what happens if I repartition, re-format or change the type (mbr to GPT) of the drive? will the bad sectors stay hidden? Will any operation destroy the remapp...