[SOLVED] Bad sectors / should I be looking for a new hard drive?

[oculusvision]

Hey everyone. The drive is Seagate ST2000DM006. It seems to be functioning fine, for the exception of very occasional unreadable bits of data on it. About a month ago Crystal Disk Info started showing 8 bad sectors (I suppose that's what that means) and the number stayed the same since then.

Screenshot:

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I'm on Windows 11 and chkdsk didn't find any problems, however the OS disk management utility says there are errors and the drive is at risk...

So I assume I probably should be getting a new disk, right?

Thank you

 

[USAFRet]

1. You should always have a backup of any data you do not wish to lose.
2. You should be prepared for any drive to die in the next 0.25 sec

 

[oculusvision]

1. You should always have a backup of any data you do not wish to lose.
2. You should be prepared for any drive to die in the next 0.25 sec

I'm aware of backups, I just wonder if this drive could even be used at all. I think I heard of some apps able to block bad sectors and prevent writing onto them. And if those sectors are not increasing then maybe the drive could still be used, at least for some backups

 

[USAFRet]

I'm aware of backups, I just wonder if this drive could even be used at all. I think I heard of some apps able to block bad sectors and prevent writing onto them. And if those sectors are not increasing then maybe the drive could still be used, at least for some backups

If the bad sectors are not increasing (right now), then continue to use it until it DOES die.

But no, you do NOT put backups on a potentially failing drive.

 

[oculusvision]

If the bad sectors are not increasing (right now), then continue to use it until it DOES die.

But no, you do NOT put backups on a potentially failing drive.

Thank you I appreciate it. Although honestly would love to get a secondary opinion 😁

 

[Unolocogringo]

My opinion is the same as USAFRet.
A failing drive can go any second. Why risk it?

 

[SkyNetRising]

however the OS disk management utility says there are errors and the drive is at risk...

I'd like to see screenshot for that.

8 pending sectors is not really considered critical.
You can resolve them with victoria software - scan with remap option.

But yes - be prepared, the drive can die sometime in the future.

 

[oculusvision]

I'd like to see screenshot for that.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Oh. Dynamic disk.
Yeah...

Move data to another drive,
clean the drive,
convert to basic,
repartition and
reformat,
move data back.