Uncorrectable Sector Count

[armand_h]

Hi everyone!
So th story is that i have an 1tb WD black caviar which is faulty and today i was just chenking it and i saw weird results @ C5 and C6, instead of 9 badsectors it's showing A! anyone knows what does it mean!?
Thanks in advance!



WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0
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Model : WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0
Firmware : 05.00K05
Serial Number : WD-WMATV0964200
Disk Size : 1000.2 GB (8.4/137.4/1000.2)
Buffer Size : 32767 KB
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 1953525168
Rotation Rate : Unknown
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ----
Transfer Mode : SATA/300
Power On Hours : 16992 hours
Power On Count : 3045 count
Temparature : 25 C (77 F)
Health Status : Caution
Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : 80FEh [ON]

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 200 200 _51 000000000000 Read Error Rate
03 232 225 _21 0000000020D0 Spin-Up Time
04 _95 _95 __0 000000001748 Start/Stop Count
05 200 200 140 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 100 253 __0 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
09 _77 _77 __0 000000004260 Power-On Hours
0A 100 100 __0 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0B 100 100 __0 000000000000 Recalibration Retries
0C _97 _97 __0 000000000BE5 Power Cycle Count
C0 200 200 __0 0000000002E0 Power-off Retract Count
C1 199 199 __0 000000001747 Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 125 _83 __0 000000000019 Temperature
C4 200 200 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 200 200 __0 00000000000A Current Pending Sector Count
C6 200 200 __0 00000000000A Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000001 UltraDMA CRC Error Count
C8 200 200 __0 000000000000 Write Error Rate

 

[smorizio]

in computers with hex code (16 bit) the pc counts like this (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) (10=a)(11=b)(12=c)(13=d)(14=e)(15=f)
so if there a 4 bit hex code like fe9d it would decode to 1514913. so the reg right now telling you have 11 bad blocks or bits that need to be reassigned. the drive max count is 200.00. so there a small bad spot on the drive. if it starts growing then there an issue with the drive heads hitting the platter.

 

[bignastyid]

Those codes are in hexadecimal. A=10

 

[armand_h]

Thanks for replay!
it's already a month that numbers keeps growing!
anyway to fix this problem or i have to buy another HDD?

 

[smorizio]

go to wd web page and start a rma most drives have more then one year warranty on them. why buy a new drive when all you have to do is pay to ship the bad drive back to wd. (ask for a cross ship so you can do a drive clone and move all your data to the new drive.)

 

[armand_h]

warranty ended 5 months ago!