Imminent Hard Drive Failure?

[NomNom]

I need to know if I should worry about the following or not.

Current Pending Sector Count
Uncorrectable Sector Count

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[ponder]

Keep an eye on it and see if the values increase.

 

[NomNom]

Keep an eye on it and see if the values increase.

Ok will check on it once a day, going to make a backup of the most valuable stuff so long, don't have enough hard drive space to make a complete backup

 

[zophas]

Got a similar problem. Mine is reallocated sectors tho. Bought a new hard drive but I am dreading the whole reinstall job. Moved most of the data off but still have to take the plunge and do the reinstall. At least yours is a data drive and not your C: drive.

 

[Rickster]

Hmmm...looks like we have very similar HDD's, and my values are also 100/100 but the health is Good.

PRO TIP: Leaving your computer ON will save your hard drive from damage by eliminating the constant spin up/spin down which might have caused this problem.


PS: This PC has been running 7 Months non-stop*

*There were a few power outages though.

 

[zophas]

Think I will do the same once I put my new drive in. How will this affect my electricity bill?

 

[Rickster]

Think I will do the same once I put my new drive in. How will this affect my electricity bill?

It should only cost a couple of thousand more a year but its much better than the heartache of loosing all your data.

Edit: It also depends on how many Watts your PSU is and your current PC specs (CPU,GPU)

 

[zophas]

Currently have a 550W , Q6600, but soon to upgrade to a 650W, i5. Damn the costs, save the data! Lol!

 

[sajunky]

@NomNom:
Full disk scan to see delays. If no delays, I would trust it. In some cases only re-writing affected area removes pending sectors. It happens also to a good drive when power goes off during writing, not neccessary problem with the drive.