Hi,
I ran a surface test on an hard drive I have.
The test found 0 bad sectors, but one of the squares stands out from the others with a different color. What does that mean?
Different color in surface test
Different color in surface test
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Re: Different color in surface test
Hi,
Please see the Help which clearly, with BOLD shows the answer:
Darker green color means that the sectors are slower and harder to process (read or write depending on the test type) but they are still good.
( https://www.hdsentinel.com/help/en/61_surfacetest.html )
Some such darker blocks are completely normal, but if they form continuous larger areas (near yellow / red blocks), they may likely fail.
This is also described on the above mentioned page with examples.
This also answered on the forum, please see: https://www.hdsentinel.com/forum/viewto ... 74&p=16379
Please see the Help which clearly, with BOLD shows the answer:
Darker green color means that the sectors are slower and harder to process (read or write depending on the test type) but they are still good.
( https://www.hdsentinel.com/help/en/61_surfacetest.html )
Some such darker blocks are completely normal, but if they form continuous larger areas (near yellow / red blocks), they may likely fail.
This is also described on the above mentioned page with examples.
This also answered on the forum, please see: https://www.hdsentinel.com/forum/viewto ... 74&p=16379