Can i use this HDD as a back up external

[DAZ187]

Hi there i have double zerofilled this HDD. will the hardrive get worse if i eg backup stuff onto it every maybe one month and pack it away. i will already have the data on my main pc. this will just be an assurance if a HDD on my main pc crashes. i will be prepared if it crashes.

ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 120 77 6 240064592 ok
(03) Spin Up Time 95 94 0 0 ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 20 226 ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 74 51 36 34464 warning
(07) Seek Error Rate 84 60 30 331353440 ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 76 76 0 21294 ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 97 0 ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 20 188 ok
(B8) End To End Error Detection 100 100 99 0 ok
(BB) Uncorrectable Error Count 1 1 0 2347 ok
(BC) Command Timeout 100 90 0 81605623829 ok
(BD) Unknown Attribute 1 1 0 4266 ok
(BE) Airflow Temperature 60 41 45 8994418982952 failed
(BF) G-sense Error Rate 100 100 0 0 ok
(C0) Unsafe Shutdown Count 100 100 0 149 ok
(C1) Load Cycle Count 79 79 0 43571 ok
(C2) Temperature 40 59 0 64424509480 ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 100 90 0 104 warning
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 90 0 104 ok
(C7) Interface CRC Error Count 200 200 0 1 attention

Health Status : warning

 

[13thmonkey]

The point of a backup is that it is there when you need it, putting data on a failed harddrive is only slightly better than not bothering.

 

[TMTOWTSAC]

Using an unreliable drive as a backup is the next best thing to not having a backup at all. Those warnings indicate it's overheated in the past and sectors have been going bad, probably at an increasing rate. If your primary drive crashes you can't count on this drive being readable. Even if it just sits in a drawer somewhere it could still be degrading. Oxidation, contamination, demagnetization, etc are all possibilities for these problems, and can worsen while not in use.