Different Result on my HDD scan

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Brain Heart

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Hi it's my first time to post here,

So i have this 1TB Western Digital Blue Hdd and I tried to check its status in Hdd Sentinel and it shows 100% Performance and 52% Health then I tried to confirm it on "cmd -> chkdsk" and the results is 0 in badsectors. I want to ask if which one is accurate for giving infos(result), Hdd Sentinel or "chkdsk" thanks for response.
 
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SuperSoph_WD
Welcome to the TH Community, @Brain Heart!

I'd strongly recommend you backup your data from the WD Blue somewhere else first! Make sure you have a duplicate of your files on a different storage drive. This way you will avoid any potential data loss. Better safe than sorry, right? Can you please share some screenshots from the diagnostic results? It would be really helpful if you share the SMART attributes from the utility.
Once you have your files copied elsewhere, I'd strongly recommend you run the QUICK and EXTENDED tests from our WD Data LifeGuard Diagnostics for Windows. It will help us determine the health and SMART status of the WD Blue. It should pass both tests.
In the mean time, avoid using chkdsk, until we...
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Welcome to the TH Community, @Brain Heart!

I'd strongly recommend you backup your data from the WD Blue somewhere else first! Make sure you have a duplicate of your files on a different storage drive. This way you will avoid any potential data loss. Better safe than sorry, right? Can you please share some screenshots from the diagnostic results? It would be really helpful if you share the SMART attributes from the utility.
Once you have your files copied elsewhere, I'd strongly recommend you run the QUICK and EXTENDED tests from our WD Data LifeGuard Diagnostics for Windows. It will help us determine the health and SMART status of the WD Blue. It should pass both tests.
In the mean time, avoid using chkdsk, until we determine the SMART status.

Keep me posted!
SuperSoph_WD
 
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