[SOLVED] Bad Clusters... Should I worry?

[THRobinson]

So, I downloaded something the other day and was getting crc errors, forced a re-check a few times and finally deleted and started over again. Today, had another download fail error checking when done and a re-check fixed it.

Figured check my drive time.

I have an SSD C:\ and a 2TB HDD for my D:\ where I mapped all My Docs, Images, Downloads, Music, etc... to.

First I right clicked the drive, properties, tools, error checking and both drives were fine.

I then went to a cmd line and did chkdsk as admin, and did the "chkdsk c: /x /r" and same for d: though my main suspicion was the d:\ since it's where downloads go.

C:\ was fine and was run at bootup, D:\ unmounted the drive and ran a few hours and I got the below (well, I got more but this was the tail end).

Should I worry? or is it fixed?

Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...
299443373 free clusters processed.
Free space verification is complete.
Phase duration (Free space recovery): 0.00 milliseconds.
Adding 39 bad clusters to the Bad Clusters File.

Windows has made corrections to the file system.
No further action is required.

1953382399 KB total disk space.
755058144 KB in 100925 files.
46564 KB in 16463 indexes.
156 KB in bad sectors.
504195 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
1197773340 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
488345599 total allocation units on disk.
299443335 allocation units available on disk.
Total duration: 1.40 hours (5065546 ms).

 

[Pimpom]

Years ago, I had a 500GB HDD that developed a few bad sectors during a severe power fluctuation. It ran fine afterwards until I upgraded to a higher capacity.

However, it's best to consider any drive showing bad sectors as being on its way out, especially when there's no known transient reason as in the case of my HDD.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Should I worry? or is it fixed?

Can you show screenshot from HDtune health? Use free version 2.55.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[THRobinson]

It's weird that Windows error check says fine but Windows chkdsk finds errors... kinda tells me that the regular check is kinda rubbish.

Luckily, I have a removable drive bay on the computer and every few months I do a mirror backup of all the changes so, hopefully the drive lasts longer but at least I have backups.

I live in a small hamlet (smaller than a village) here in Ontario (Canada) and sadly the power here is a bit flakey during heavy storms and during heat waves from people using too much AC. Computer has shut off abruptly more than a few times. I use to have a battery backup but after 2yrs needed another $50 battery, then 2yrs later another.... the power grid here improved so decided to go with just a normal protected power strip. That said... again... we still get 1min power outtages on occasion.

 

[THRobinson]

Can you show screenshot from HDtune health? Use free version 2.55.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

Yup... gonna be a while though. Running the check now.

 

[Pimpom]

Power outages are annoying and inconvenient but most home users can live with them. Over here we have them regularly and they last anywhere from a few seconds to hours. IMHO sudden severe fluctuations are more harmful as they can get past a UPS and the PSU's reservoir caps before you have a chance to shut down.

 

[THRobinson]

@SkyNetRising Here we go...

 

[SkyNetRising]

144 pending sectors.
Pending sector means - drive at some point could not read it. It doesn't necessary mean, is a bad sector. But it has to be resolved first.
It gets resolved by overwriting - pending status gets cleared and depending on overwrite result sector is considered fine or gets relocated.

You can resolve pending sectors with mhdd (scan with relocate) or victoria software.

But Seagate Barracuda line are all SMR drives. Generally not recommended.
They can be used for archives and backups only.

 

[THRobinson]

144 pending sectors.
Pending sector means - drive at some point could not read it. It doesn't necessary mean, is a bad sector. But it has to be resolved first.
It gets resolved by overwriting - pending status gets cleared and depending on overwrite result sector is considered fine or gets relocated.

You can resolve pending sectors with mhdd (scan with relocate) or victoria software.

But Seagate Barracuda line are all SMR drives. Generally not recommended.
They can be used for archives and backups only.

So... I can resolve, but not recommended because SMR?

This drive is my files drive, all apps are installed to an SSD, this is just docs, music, photos etc...

So, since not recommended to run those apps to resolve, just wait for the pending sectors to get written to and run another test in a month or so to see if resolved? or, buy another drive?

I've bought the Barracuda drives now for probably a decade or more, except in my NAS I have WD drives. What's a recommended drive for daily use for files? I'm constantly accessing it for photo edits, design work, etc so not a backup drive just not a drive for apps to install/run from.

 

[THRobinson]

Been downloading, transferring, creating etc... and a few downloads I had to delete and re-try because glitchy or when I try to send to my NAS they get part way through and hang.

I think she's pooched.

HD Tune: ST2000DM006-2DM1 Health

ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 117 96 6 160290192 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 95 94 0 0 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 89 89 20 11737 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 100 100 10 0 Ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 84 60 30 278850025 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 66 66 0 30614 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 97 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 20 886 Ok
(B7) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(B8) (unknown attribute) 100 100 99 0 Ok
(BB) (unknown attribute) 1 1 0 608 Ok
(BC) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(BD) (unknown attribute) 12 12 0 88 Ok
(BE) Airflow Temperature 67 56 45 605093921 Ok
(BF) G-sense Error Rate 100 100 0 0 Ok
(C0) Power Off Retract Count 100 100 0 2 Ok
(C1) Load Cycle Count 62 62 0 77309 Ok
(C2) Temperature 33 44 0 33 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 100 99 0 160 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 99 0 160 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 0 Ok
(F0) Head Flying Hours 100 253 0 21466 Ok
(F1) (unknown attribute) 100 253 0 2040626820 Ok
(F2) (unknown attribute) 100 253 0 -1958339871 Ok

Power On Time : 30614
Health Status : Ok