HWinfo shows drive warning

kunal_1991

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One of my 2 hdd is showing a yellow exclamation (!) mark, S.M.A.R.T listing shows current pending & unreadable sectors as unstable.
something like current:100,always ok worst:100 data:16,0 on both entries and uncorrectable errors are 23. I know the drive has bad sectors but other than that have no idea what this means, chkdsk says the drive is fine and does not need repairing after an overnight scan (8kb in bad sectors) . Will it fail ? so far theres no change in speed and the drive seems to be performing fine. its just 6 months old so I could go in for replacement.

screenshots:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0tkic-MiEmgaVVqdHJ6QXc4eWs

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0tkic-MiEmgdU1jZEdqUFJuSDg
 
Solution
1. Back up the data to a different drive.
2. Run the manufacturers diagnostic tool.
3. Be prepared to send it back for a new one.

mtoddvan

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SMART drive is built into the drive & communicates to the os to help keep you from a fatal crash. Yes the hard drive is failing replace it before you lose your data!
 

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