I have some issues with this hdd since 2014.
The disk since then is showing me these messages, and it's health is on 97%
15/10/2014 2:51:42 ðì,#198 Off-Line Uncorrectable Sector Count 0 -> 2
15/10/2014 2:51:42 ðì,#197 Current Pending Sector Count 0 -> 2
Yesterday, I finally had the chance to move it's files to a new disk and format it. On the check disk options window, I clicked on both boxes and it found and fixed two bad sectors. Right after that, I opened your program and checked the disk and I noticed that the health of my disk dropped to 96% and now I have three weak sectors instead of two. This is the new message added on my log
8/9/2016 9:02:13 ðì,#197 Current Pending Sector Count 2 -> 3
I reinitialize the disk surface through your program and I'll have to wait for 86 hours to be completed.
What is happening exactly and is there anything else that I have to do? Is the disk going to survive or I shouldn't count on it to store important files?
- System Information
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Windows Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Type & Speed #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 3089 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 3090 MHz
BIOS Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Award Modular
Physical Memory Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4096 MB, Used: 2977 MB (73 %)
Display Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Display Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1280 x 1024 (32 bit)
Printer #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Adobe PDF
Printer #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Fax
Printer #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer #4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Send To OneNote 2016
Network Controller #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Network Controller #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . : RAS Async Adapter
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : D: HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B / 0L23 (DVD, CD)
PCI Device Information
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PCI Bus 0; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 975X Memory Controller Hub - 277C
PCI Bus 0; Device 1; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 975X PCI Express Root Port - 277D
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Root Port - 27D0
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 5 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) ICH7 Family PCI Express Root Port - 27E2
PCI Bus 0; Device 29; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
PCI Bus 0; Device 29; Function 1 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9
PCI Bus 0; Device 29; Function 2 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA
PCI Bus 0; Device 29; Function 3 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB
PCI Bus 0; Device 29; Function 7 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC
PCI Bus 0; Device 30; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
PCI Bus 0; Device 31; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) ICH7 Family LPC Interface Controller - 27B8
PCI Bus 0; Device 31; Function 2 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0
PCI Bus 0; Device 31; Function 3 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller - 27DA
PCI Bus 1; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
PCI Bus 3; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
PCI Bus 4; Device 1; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
PCI Bus 4; Device 1; Function 1 . . . . . . . . : Creative Game Port
PCI Bus 4; Device 1; Function 2 . . . . . . . . : 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
PCI Bus 4; Device 6; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : ITE IT8211 ATA ATAPI Controller
PCI Bus 4; Device 7; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Texas Instruments 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #3: WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 --
Hard Disk Summary
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Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SunPlusIT USB/ATA #0
Vendor Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : VID: 04FC, PID: 0C15
Disk Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) N10/ICH7 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC (USB 2.0) [VEN: 8086, DEV: 27CC] Version: 9.1.9.1006, 7-31-2013
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0
Firmware Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 51.0AB51
Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . :
Total Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1907726 MB
Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Active
Current Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 36 °C
Maximum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 36 °C, 8/9/2016 2:09:35 μμ
Minimum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 36 °C, 8/9/2016 2:09:35 μμ
Maximum Temperature (During Entire Lifespan) . . : 43 °C
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 61 days, 0 hours
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1000 days
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ###################- 96 % (Excellent)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
The drive found 2 bad sectors during its self test.
There are 3 weak sectors found on the disk surface. They may be remapped any time in the later use of the disk.
At this point, warranty replacement of the disk is not yet possible, only if the health drops further.
It is recommended to examine the log of the disk regularly. All new problems found will be logged there.
No actions needed.
ATA Information
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Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3876021
Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
ATA Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ATA8-ACS
Transport Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SATA Rev 2.6
Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 488378646
Bytes Per Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4096 [Advanced Format]
Multiple Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Error Correction Bytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 50
Unformatted Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1907729 MB
Maximum PIO Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
Maximum Multiword DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
Highest Possible Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps)
Negotiated Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps)
Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . . . : 120 ns
Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY . . . . . . : 120 ns
ATA Control Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
ATA Checksum Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
Acoustic Management Configuration
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Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Disabled
Current Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Default (00h)
Recommended Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . : Default (00h)
ATA Features
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Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
S.M.A.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Extended Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
48-Bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Device Configuration Overlay . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Read/Write DMA Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
64-Bit World Wide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :
Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
CFast Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Long Physical Sectors (8) . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Long Logical Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
SSD Features
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Data Set Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
TRIM Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Deterministic Read After TRIM . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
S.M.A.R.T. Details
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Off-line Data Collection Status . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
Self Test Execution Status . . . . . . . . . . . : Test Failed By Read Element
Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection : 37080 seconds
Execute Off-line Immediate . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Abort/restart Off-line By Host . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Off-line Read Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Extended Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Conveyance Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Selective Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode . . . . : Supported
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
Extended Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . : 358 minutes
Conveyance Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . : 5 minutes
Last Short Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . . : Test Failed By Read Element
Last Short Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . . : 8/9/2016 12:55:24 μμ
Last Short Self-test Duration . . . . . . . . . : 1 minutes
Last Extended Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . : Test Failed By Read Element
Last Extended Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . : 8/9/2016 1:01:43 πμ
Last Extended Self-test Duration . . . . . . . . : 1 minutes
Last Conveyance Self-test Result . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Conveyance Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Security Mode
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Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 378 minutes
Security Enhanced Erase Feature . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Enhanced Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : 378 minutes
Security Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Locked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Counter Expired . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : High
Serial ATA Features
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S-ATA Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps) . . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host . : Supported
PHY Event Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS . . . . : Not supported
DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization . . . . . . : Supported, Disabled
Device Initiating Interface Power Management . . : Not supported
In-Order Data Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Asynchronous Notification . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Software Settings Preservation . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Queue Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32
Disk Information
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Disk Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Caviar Green
Form Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3.5"
Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2 TB (2 x 1.000.000.000.000 bytes)
Number Of Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
Number Of Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8
Disk Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Serial-ATA/600
Buffer-Host Max. Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 600 MB/seconds
Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 65536 KB
Drive Ready Time (Typical) . . . . . . . . . . . : ? seconds
Average Seek Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? ms
Track To Track Seek Time . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? ms
Full Stroke Seek Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? ms
Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 101,6 mm (4,0 inch)
Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 147,0 mm (5,8 inch)
Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 25,4 mm (1,0 inch)
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 640 grams (1,4 pounds)
Acoustic (Idle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2,4 Bel
Acoustic (Min Performance And Volume) . . . . . : 2,5 Bel
Acoustic (Max Performance And Volume) . . . . . : 2,9 Bel
Required Power For Spinup . . . . . . . . . . . : 1.750 mA
Power Required (Seek) . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4,5 W
Power Required (Idle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2,5 W
Power Required (Standby) . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0,7 W
Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Western Digital Corporation
Manufacturer Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products
S.M.A.R.T.
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No. Attribute Thre.. Value Worst Data Status Flags
1 Raw Read Error Rate 51 200 200 000000000000 OK Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Performance, Statistica..
3 Spin Up Time 21 173 165 0000000018A4 OK Self Preserving, Performance, Statistical, Critical
4 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 0000000001C1 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
5 Reallocated Sectors Co.. 140 200 200 000000000000 OK Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical
7 Seek Error Rate 0 200 200 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Performance, Statistical
9 Power On Time Count 0 98 98 0000000005B8 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
10 Spin Retry Count 0 100 100 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
11 Drive Calibration Retr.. 0 100 100 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
12 Drive Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 0000000001AC OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
192 Power off Retract Cycl.. 0 200 200 00000000019D OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
193 Load/Unload Cycle Count 0 194 194 000000004F04 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
194 Disk Temperature 0 114 107 000000000024 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Statistical
196 Reallocation Event Count 0 200 200 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
197 Current Pending Sector.. 0 200 200 000000000003 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
198 Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0 200 200 000000000002 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count
199 Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0 200 200 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
200 Write Error Rate 0 200 200 000000000002 OK (Always passing) Error-Rate
Transfer Rate Information
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Total Data Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 78.806 MB, 1.470.659 MB since installation (12/7/2011)
Total Data Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 236.419 MB, 902.137 MB since installation
Average Reads Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 780,19 MB
Average Writes Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 478,59 MB
Current Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 25725 KB/s
Maximum Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 39717 KB/s
Current Read Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6557 KB/s
Current Write Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 19168 KB/s
Current Disk Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 98 %