Hard drive failure?

[Towl]

My comp detected a future hard disk failure and it says its gonna die soon what do I do!? I have two (2) hard disks, Win7 primary hard disk and a terrabyte hard disk called (D:) Data. I backed everything up to Data, and if so how will i stop this from happening and how can i fix this? This computer sucks...

[_I_]

try hdtune
http://www.hdtune.com/

look at the health tab, if the reallocated sector count is above 0 it could be going bad

[Towl]

ON my reallocated sector tab it says:Current; 100 Worst: 100 Data: 0, is that ok? (I have alot of knowledge bout computer hardware but not hard disk and memory,) and on my Seek error rate it says current: 29 Worst: 29 Threshhold: 30 and its status says it failed, am i in hot water?

_I_님이 먼저 게시:

try hdtune
http://www.hdtune.com/

look at the health tab, if the reallocated sector count is above 0 it could be going bad

[Towl]

My smart status is bad (backup and replace) is what it says, should i worry about ti??

TheBDK님이 먼저 게시:

Jr.The Talking Towel님이 먼저 게시:

My comp detected a future hard disk failure and it says its gonna die soon what do I do!?

You mean Windows, which makes it a hit or miss. Don't worry about it. Instead, go check your smart values and look for the 'reallocated sector count'.

[Towl]

Thanks man, how do i find my reallocated sector count?

TheBDK님이 먼저 게시:

Jr.The Talking Towel님이 먼저 게시:

My smart status is bad (backup and replace) is what it says, should i worry about ti??

Ignore it. Again, look at your reallocated sector count. 0 = Fine. Above 0 = Look for a replacement and backup your stuff.

[Trevor]

What hardrive is it. if it is seagate go to there website and run there test

[Towl]

Ok im using HD tune and i ran a test and for my reallocated sector count it says this : Current; 100 Worst; 100 Threshhold: 36 Data; 0 Status: ok

TheBDK님이 먼저 게시:

Any app that can read smart values.

[Towl]

Thanks man your knowledge was really useful thanks again!

TheBDK님이 먼저 게시:

Jr.The Talking Towel님이 먼저 게시:

Ok im using HD tune and i ran a test and for my reallocated sector count it says this : Current; 100 Worst; 100 Threshhold: 36 Data; 0 Status: ok

Then you're good to go. Your hdd is still fine and dandy.

[Towl]

TheBDK님이 먼저 게시:

Jr.The Talking Toi was also having GPU probs, and i damn surely did not need another hdd problem. thankswel님이 먼저 게시:

Ok im using HD tune and i ran a test and for my reallocated sector count it says this : Current; 100 Worst; 100 Threshhold: 36 Data; 0 Status: ok

Then you're good to go. Your hdd is still fine and dandy.

[Towl]

_I_님이 먼저 게시:

try hdtune
http://www.hdtune.com/

look at the health tab, if the reallocated sector count is above 0 it could be Thanks for the program,!going bad

[_I_]

data colums is the readings
0 reallocated sectors is good
seek error happen, thats normal

what is telling you the drive is bad?

if you have 2 drives, check select the other one from the drop down list near the temp at the top

[Towl]

Ive had windows pop up and say that its bad and i need replace , so it backed up everything.

_I_님이 먼저 게시:

data colums is the readings
0 reallocated sectors is good
seek error happen, thats normal

what is telling you the drive is bad?

[_I_]

that sounds more like some form of malware or scareware

can you post a ss of it

[Towl]

Thanks man, i see you alot on the forums keep it up and thanks for helping.

_I_님이 먼저 게시:

that sounds more like some form of malware or scareware

can you post a ss of it

[Towl]

What happens if it does fail? ):

TheBDK님이 먼저 게시:

If the reallocated sector count is 0 your drive is still good to go. Windows is just weird sometimes. There's no way it can reliably tell you that you drive is failing or about to fail. Instead, listen for clicks and keep an eye on the sector count as well from time to time.

[Towl]

ok thanks

TheBDK님이 먼저 게시:

Well then you lose your stuff, but Windows is making stuff up all the time. Your hdd is going to fail at some point in time, but the point is, Windows cannot reliably predict when that is going to happen. It could happen tomorrow or in 5 years. So just listen for weird clicks, do regular backups and keep an eye on the sector count and you'll be fine.