Question bad attribute for a NEW IronWolf Pro 8 TB

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Mar 7, 2025
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hello guys
i just bought a brand NEW Seagate Ironwolf Pro 8 TB from Amazon
when checking SMART attributes i found suspicious bad values for " Read error rate and Seek error rate "
could anyone explain or Confirm this and what should i do

Seagate Tools
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Hard Disk Sentinel
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Crystal Disk Info
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hello guys
i just bought a brand NEW Seagate Ironwolf Pro 8 TB from Amazon
when checking SMART attributes i found suspicious bad values for " Read error rate and Seek error rate "
could anyone explain or Confirm this and what should i do

Seagate Tools
Sea-Tools-2025-03-07-8-53-09-AM.png

Hard Disk Sentinel
Hard-Disk-Sentinel-2025-03-07-9-10-00-AM.png

Hard-Disk-Sentinel-2025-03-07-9-09-13-AM.png

Crystal Disk Info
Crystal-Disk-Info-20250307151118.png
Absolutely EVERY Seagate drives are having abnormal Read Error Rate values. It reflects their internal work (in most HDDs it's hidden and only real read errors are shown). Make sure your current value is not going below "Worst" that is always 64 and Threshold. Ignore it and only pay attention to the reallocated sectors count / pending sectors and other stuff like temp.

Ye, HDD is a precise device, but imagine spinning 5400/7200 revolutions per minute and seeking data with a tiny needle for hours without single miss/error.