Hard Disk Monitoring

Thank you for the very through reply.

Here is the log for the surface test: 8/29/2023 4:09:52 PM Sequential test, Disk: [2] 3726 GB WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0 [WD-WCC4E2VAJD7N] [Read] 8/29/2023 4:10:00 PM ! Error: 23 Data error (cyclic redundancy check)., Sector: 726000 8/29/2023 4:10:16 PM ! Error: 23 Data error (cyclic redundancy check)., S...

Thanks for the response. I also ran a surface test overnight and it reported 3 bad sectors. Just surprised that the health still shows 100%. I in no way trust this drive for any type of critical data. I was going to discard it, but since it still reads and writes, I might fill it up with documents a...

I had a drive that is 8 years old in a TrueNAS server. I just replaced it today because of too many errors. I put it in my Windows machine and ran short and long test with HD Sentinel and it failed both of those. http://www.kirkdickinson.com/temp/failed-smart-tests.jpg But in the general info, it sh...