Hard Disk Monitoring

no , the sent me a new drive (same model , other serial) so , i have 2 drives spare right now...

if i buy a 2,5 sata => usb connector , can i perform this test you are talking about ?

Thank you very much for your fast replies.

Tom

dear hdsentinel,

Lenovo has sent me exactly the same drive.
I installed your tool with the following result (please see attachment)

This means that this is the 3rd broken disk from lenovo ?

kind regards, Tom.

Thank you very very much for your time and effort.

I have asked support to replace my disk (other brand/model this time...) based on this thread.

thank you again.
Tom

Ok, a few more questions : when you look at the screenshot (from hd sentinel offcourse ;-) ) from my first post, you see param number 196 (reallocation event count) with the numbers 30 (threshold) / 100 (Value) / Worst (100) / OK (Status) / Data (86F800000163) I do not understand those ... Under the...

indeed, lenovo has sent me exactly the same disk as a replacement for the previous one. I do not know if testing / reinitializing would resolve things, because the value keeps rising every day, (and i do not have another test system available). What does the rapid increase of this (and no other smar...

hd sentinel

Could you, or anyone that knows the answer, please look at my question ?

Thank you very much,

Tom

Hi hdsentinel, (finally someone that knows what he is talking about when it comes to SMART...) Allow me to explain my situation. The drive in question is part of a brand new (1 month old) lenovo w510 portable. It is already a warranty replacement of the original drive... The first day i received the...

Hi hdsentinel,

thanx for your quick reply.

I was talking about number 196 "reallocation event count".

kind regards, Tom

Hi, Please see attached image. I guess this is not a good sign. - The drive functions just fine. - The value increases every day... - i do not understand the values displayed there - the smart check tool from the manufacturer says everything is fine (= seagate) Can you please help me ? kind regards,...