Cloning disk fixes S.M.A.R.T errors ?

El Chupacabura

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Hey guys (girls?) I am helping my friend fix his computer and I have a question for you all. It seems as though his hard drive is about to fail as confirmed by the 2 SMART tests I ran on it. We have come to the point where the drive needs to be replaced. Here is my question, if I use disk cloning software to clone the failing disk onto a new perfectly good disk will the new disk have the same problems/errors as the old failing disk. As far as I know SMART only detects hardware issues so as long as some problems with the hardware on the old disk don't get in the way the new drive should be a-ok, right?

Thanks for your interest and help, :hello:
Nick
 
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Theoretically, if the Smart electronics are doing their job, then...


Theoretically, if the Smart electronics are doing their job, then you should get a clean 'clone' Practically, if there is data in an unrecoverable sector, then you will get a 'clone' with some bad data in it. You will not 'clone' a physical bad sector to a new drive, as both drives only know abour their own structure, not the structure of any other drive. Clear as mud?
 
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Good luck to you and your mate. Hope it turns out well.