Question "05 Reallocated Sector Count 0x0033 1 16376 50 Bad" ?

Jul 27, 2025
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Hi, I hope somebody can help me out here please.

Over the last week my plug and play Toshiba MQ01UBB200 HDD has been playing up. It has been making unusual sounds. When I go to play some .WAV music files, part of the track plays and then it freezes. I've tried to recover files directly from the HDD through Disk Drill and EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, some have been recoverable although these tracks weren't freezing before recovering them i've found. The tracks which have been freezing, only part of the files have been recovered, i.e. 10+ seconds of a 5+ minute track. I can't even drag and drop certain files from the HDD to my desktop.

On Disk Drill, there's a section on the software indicating ''1 issue(s) found'' and next to it in red it states
''05 Reallocated Sector Count 0x0033 1 16376 50 Bad''

I've no idea what this means? Is there a way to fix it? Fortunately I had some of the stuff backed up elsewhere but there's some stuff i'd like to get back I ripped/recorded from vinyl.

I've tried to recover these remaining files from my C: drive as that's where I originally ripped/recorded them to through Audacity from April 2025 to present before I transferred them to my Toshiba MQ01UBB200 HDD and after I done that, I moved them to my recycling bin before I selected ''Empty Recycle Bin'' however both Disk Drill and EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard can't find the files I deleted after scanning my C: drive?

 
Is this a completely new device?
Only 33 power on hours?

Anyway - is has over 16k relocated sectors.
Failure threshold has been reached on your drive is considered failed.

If it only has been used for 33h, then most likely it has not been handled properly, probably was dropped.

RMA the drive.
 
Is this a completely new device?
Only 33 power on hours?

Anyway - is has over 16k relocated sectors.
Failure threshold has been reached on your drive is considered failed.

If it only has been used for 33h, then most likely it has not been handled properly, probably was dropped.

RMA the drive.
I've had the HDD for around 10 years.
 
The drive is considered failed.
There is no way fixing it.
Replace.
Grrr, and for some reason my file recovery software isn't finding my recently deleted files from my recycle bin on my C: drive for the only other files I didn't back up since April 2025. I've barely downloaded anything on my C: drive since. I even deleted some files the other week and I still can't find them through recovery software so I know 100% I havent overwritten them. Infact I haven't been able to download much on my C: drive due to low disk space, around 30GB.
 
I've barely downloaded anything on my C: drive since.
Have you run any Windows Updates since deleting the files from the Recycle Bin on your C: drive?

When I run Disk Clean-up and tell it to clean up system files, it often finds 3GB to 9GB of unnecessary Windows Updates.

If you've run several Windows Updates on the second Tuesday of each month and the drive's getting full, this might account for the lack of success finding old audio files.

Another possibility is that TRIM has wiped all the deleted files, if your C: drive is an SSD:

https://superuser.com/questions/1628004/does-trim-instantly-deletes-files-deleted-in-on-ssd

https://www.newsoftwares.net/blog/truth-does-trim-securely-delete-data/

I keep an absolute minimum of 3 copies of all important files scattered across different machines. For super important files, I keep 5 or 6 copies. Ransomware and other disasters can happen when you least expect.

At least you can probably re-rip the audio if you still have the original media.

I've had the HDD for around 10 years.
I have drives that are 15 years old and they still work, but it's rare to find a hard disk with a warranty longer than 5 years. Many commercial drives have shorter warranties, e.g. 3 years or less.

Your 10-year old drive with a unique copy of ripped files was a disaster waiting to happen.
 
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