Hard Drive question (again)

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friendlyone20

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Okay, I don't know which one to believe now.
So back in July I had asked about whether my hard drive is failing. I had used CrystalDiskInfo. Which said I had 4 reallocated sector count or something.

For CrystalDiskInfo I got this result:
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So I just left my computer alone for a month or so. Then today, while I was updating it, I decided to check the hard drive again, this time using Hard Drive Sentinel. It also recognized the 4 reallocated sectors but said my computer's hard drive was at 94% health and had more than 1000 days left in it's lifetime.
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also ran HDD Health for good measure, which also said my hard drive was at 85% health.
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That 4 reallocated sector count is still 4. It hasn't moved up or down in the last 2 month.
I don't know anymore. Computers are so confusing.
 
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jsmithepa
Nobody can give you firmer answer because the numbers given to you is an estimate, that's all. Is like they tell you the average life-span for a United State male is xx years but nobody knows for sure. That's a reason you are told to monitor that number. The best thing is, that day-left doesn't move or move so slowly, the drive gets obsolete before it gets to zero.

Always have your irreplaceable stuff backed up and don't obsess about it.
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It's kind of like going to two doctors and one says you're in excellent health and the other says you are in good health. Are you going to sign up for a heart transplant because they don't agree?

You're obviously not stressing the hard drive since it's got ~350Gb free on a 500Gb drive. It never hurts to keep an eye on it, though.

Just be aware the drive is going to die at some point just like every hard drive in the world. Tomorrow? Probably not. Just keep your backups up to date and there's nothing to worry about - for now. You should be doing that anyway.
 
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friendlyone20

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Oh I"m aware it's going to die eventually. No computer lasts forever. I just didn't know which one I was supposed to go by, (even though CrystalDiskInfo didn't really say it was dying, it just said Caution). I'm starting to think I shouldn't have a computer since I keep worrying about the computer's hard drive failing, something I really have no control over. -_-

Thank you for your answer. I don't really use that computer, except once a month, I'll play Sims 2 on it. I don't have any important documents or anything on it. All my important stuff is on my new computer.
 
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Nobody can give you firmer answer because the numbers given to you is an estimate, that's all. Is like they tell you the average life-span for a United State male is xx years but nobody knows for sure. That's a reason you are told to monitor that number. The best thing is, that day-left doesn't move or move so slowly, the drive gets obsolete before it gets to zero.

Always have your irreplaceable stuff backed up and don't obsess about it.
 
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