about to die or okay?
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Daniel910191
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about to die or okay?
Started getting sector errors on this drive last night, what do you guys think? is it about to die or is it fine. sadly the drive is almost full.
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Re: about to die or okay?
As you can see, different kind of problems reported with the drive in the text description of Hard Disk Sentinel.
As the error counts are not too high now - the hard disk is still useful, but personally I'd worry because as I see, the status changed and error-counters increased. So I suspect the status is not stable now, further problems may appear soon.
Generally, the "bad sectors" reported in the text description are no longer used by the hard disk: they are already reallocated.
It means that the hard disk moved the contents of these sectors to the spare area and now (instead of the original sector) the spare area is used for all reads and writes targeting those bad sectors. (There is no need to manually "fix" or "isolate" them - as these both already done by the hard disk).
This is why the detected and reported bad sectors can never cause problems, regardless of their position because that problematic area is no longer used.
But the question is: did the hard disk found all bad sectors and fixed them by re-allocating?
Or are there any further problems with the drive which may cause problems?
Because of the other issues (weak sectors, data communication problems), there is high chance for further problems and further decrease of the reported health.
By the tests in Hard Disk Sentinel, you can verify if the currently used data area is error-free, there are no further errors reported (no weak, damaged sectors, no further problems) - or reveal any possible issues.
If this is true and the tests show no problems, then you can be sure that the hard disk drive is stable and can be used - even if the health shows less than 100% percent.
And in this case, you can manually acknowledge the reported problems in Hard Disk Sentinel, to clear the error(s) reported from the text description and restore the health to 100%. That way the software will no longer display the current problems, just reports any possible new issues, errors (if there will be in the future).
Personally I'd recommend a backup (at least the important data) before any further steps and diagnostics.
For more information about bad sectors and further steps, please click on the "?" next to the text description and check
http://www.hdsentinel.com/faq.php#health and
http://www.hdsentinel.com/faq.php#tests
http://www.hdsentinel.com/faq_repair_ha ... _drive.php
Also I recommend to use Report menu -> Send test report to developer option, as then it is possible to check the actual situation (much better than any images), verify the reported information and advise. This is especially true if the status changes - as then multiple reports help to follow the change, compare the values reported.
As the error counts are not too high now - the hard disk is still useful, but personally I'd worry because as I see, the status changed and error-counters increased. So I suspect the status is not stable now, further problems may appear soon.
Generally, the "bad sectors" reported in the text description are no longer used by the hard disk: they are already reallocated.
It means that the hard disk moved the contents of these sectors to the spare area and now (instead of the original sector) the spare area is used for all reads and writes targeting those bad sectors. (There is no need to manually "fix" or "isolate" them - as these both already done by the hard disk).
This is why the detected and reported bad sectors can never cause problems, regardless of their position because that problematic area is no longer used.
But the question is: did the hard disk found all bad sectors and fixed them by re-allocating?
Or are there any further problems with the drive which may cause problems?
Because of the other issues (weak sectors, data communication problems), there is high chance for further problems and further decrease of the reported health.
By the tests in Hard Disk Sentinel, you can verify if the currently used data area is error-free, there are no further errors reported (no weak, damaged sectors, no further problems) - or reveal any possible issues.
If this is true and the tests show no problems, then you can be sure that the hard disk drive is stable and can be used - even if the health shows less than 100% percent.
And in this case, you can manually acknowledge the reported problems in Hard Disk Sentinel, to clear the error(s) reported from the text description and restore the health to 100%. That way the software will no longer display the current problems, just reports any possible new issues, errors (if there will be in the future).
Personally I'd recommend a backup (at least the important data) before any further steps and diagnostics.
For more information about bad sectors and further steps, please click on the "?" next to the text description and check
http://www.hdsentinel.com/faq.php#health and
http://www.hdsentinel.com/faq.php#tests
http://www.hdsentinel.com/faq_repair_ha ... _drive.php
Also I recommend to use Report menu -> Send test report to developer option, as then it is possible to check the actual situation (much better than any images), verify the reported information and advise. This is especially true if the status changes - as then multiple reports help to follow the change, compare the values reported.