crystaldiskinfo caution current pending sector count rising - now at 1456

[sharneknight]

Hi TomsHardware Users,

I know this has been asked to death already because I have read many pages here since yesterday. The advice is to try and zero rate the drive to see if it corrects itself. However with a pending sector count this high I wonder if any attempts are futile? I have had a few stop errors, Windows 10 has also prompted me to scan the disk for errors twice this week. I cannot access Outlook (just freezes or reads it cannot access the .pst) and when I try to copy Outlooks .pst (5GB), to the same disk, the timer keeps going up. (starts reading as 2 min remaining, then over an hour, eventually gets to 99% and just hangs)

Rebooting Windows, it gets to the desktop, mouse moves but I cannot do anything for about half an hour while in task manager the drive is 100% usage for that duration.

Also note that CrystalDiskInfo also states Reallocated Sector Count at 160. It was on a lower value yesterday that I can't recall.

Your advice is appreciated.

Regards,
S

 

[USAFRet]

The drive is dying.
If you don't already have a backup situation in place, do so now.
Prepare to replace the drive.

It is dying. It won't get better.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Also note that CrystalDiskInfo also states Reallocated Sector Count at 160.

Can you show screenshot?

 

[sharneknight]

Also note that CrystalDiskInfo also states Reallocated Sector Count at 160.

Can you show screenshot?

Not sure why this site is fighting me with incorrect quotes and the image not showing. Here is a LINK. Thanks.

 

[sharneknight]

The drive is dying.
If you don't already have a backup situation in place, do so now.
Prepare to replace the drive.

It is dying. It won't get better.

Unfortunately I don't have a spare HDD. This is also my work laptop. Will grab the backup HDD when I get to work tomorrow though.

Regards,
S

 

[SkyNetRising]

The drive is damaged. 160 Relocated sectors is not terribly high amount, but still a reason to worry.
Pending sectors need to be resolved. You can do that with mhdd (scan with relocate option).
http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

Anyway - you'll need a new drive. You can probably still use the old one for some non-critical data - like downloads.

 

[sharneknight]

The drive is damaged. 160 Relocated sectors is not terribly high amount, but still a reason to worry.
Pending sectors need to be resolved. You can do that with mhdd (scan with relocate option).
http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

Anyway - you'll need a new drive. You can probably still use the old one for some non-critical data - like downloads.

That confirms my suspicions, thanks. Will request a new drive and back this one asap. Thanks.