S.M.A.R.T status BAD

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Geekernatir

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I have just removed a hard drive from a defunct laptop (the motherboard failed on the laptop), I took all interesting files off it and then reformatted it, this is when S.M.A.R.T status bad popped up. Upon doing some research, I discovered I should backup and replace, as it tells me to do, but I have no interest in the information, I do not want the data, all I'm interested in is, can I track the problem and fix it or is it beyond repair?

P.S. I am no hardware expert, so unless I can fix it very simply, I will replace it, but solutions are greatly appreciated, Thanks!
 
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D_Know_WD
Hi there Geekernatir,

The result shows that there are bad sectors on the drive. It is good that you've backed up your data as the drive is considered unreliable. There is not really a way to stop the deteriorating process.
You will need another drive as this could die at any time(This doesn't mean that it should be in two days. The drive could last a while.) You could get an external casing for example and use it as an external drive for non crucial data.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD
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Upon installing speccy and looking at the S.M.A.R.T attributes, I saw this:
Current Pending Sector Count: 1
Reallocated Sectors Count: 1

does this change anything or is ex_bubblehead's still correct?
 
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Hi there Geekernatir,

The result shows that there are bad sectors on the drive. It is good that you've backed up your data as the drive is considered unreliable. There is not really a way to stop the deteriorating process.
You will need another drive as this could die at any time(This doesn't mean that it should be in two days. The drive could last a while.) You could get an external casing for example and use it as an external drive for non crucial data.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD
 
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@Geekernatir, do those two counts reflect the raw attribute values or are they the Current normalised values?

A single reallocated sector would be relatively insignificant, but a value of 1 for the normalised value would typically suggest that the drive has 500 or more bad sectors if it is a WD, or 2500 or more bad sectors if it is a Seagate.

If the counts are raw values, then they wouldn't be responsible for the bad SMART status.
 
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I have detached the hard drive, so can't look it back up again, but I'm pretty sure those were both normalised values as speccy said the reallocated sectors were "Bad" status.

Also upon attempting to install windows on it, it now can't format it and I can't access it any more, so I guess that's good bye drive, thanks guys anyways!
 
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