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Warpspasm   11-05-2009 at 10:31:36 PM

I installed Windows 7 last week and I started getting SMART notices I wasn't getting with XP. I downloaded a program called DiskCheckup and ran it on the drive. It returns a FAIL at :

ID 5 Reallocated Sector Count Raw Value: 1264 Value: 42 Worst: 42 Threshold: 140 Predicted TEC Date: N/A

I have no idea what that means or if it's something I really need to be concerned about. If it is, can it be fixed or is the drive about to bite the big one?

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1264 reallocated sectors is quite high; this drive may be failing. You can try to see if it falls under your warranty. If it does; replace the drive and use another drive as backup solution.

I recommend WD Greens, would be an ideal backup drive IMO.
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buwish   11-06-2009 at 01:33:20 AM

It's not good, let's say. My guess is that W7 comes with a newer version of SMART and is picking something up the older version couldn't. I'd play it safe and back up everything on the drive just in case it fails sooner rather than later.

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Warpspasm   11-06-2009 at 03:31:48 AM

What stinks is, THAT'S the drive I use for storing my backups!

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Bronze Storage badge sub mesa   11-06-2009 at 08:02:09 AM
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1264 reallocated sectors is quite high; this drive may be failing. You can try to see if it falls under your warranty. If it does; replace the drive and use another drive as backup solution.

I recommend WD Greens, would be an ideal backup drive IMO.

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amnotanoobie   11-06-2009 at 03:53:16 PM

Probably means that it has reallocated a lot of bad sectors.

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Warpspasm   11-06-2009 at 03:59:54 PM

I just checked and the drive is still under warranty. WD has issued me a RMA, so I'm now waiting for my replacement.

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