Current Pending Sector Count warning, how bad is it?

[rscheetah30]

Link to Crystal Disk Info:

https://imgur.com/a/FwrEoYc

 

[SkyNetRising]

1 pending sector.
Not ideal, but not a terrible problem either.

You can resolve pending sectors with mhdd (scan with relocate option).
http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

 

[rscheetah30]

1 pending sector.
Not ideal, but not a terrible problem either.

You can resolve pending sectors with mhdd (scan with relocate option).
http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/

Can you please tell me how do I launch this program? I have downloaded both the .iso file and the separate files.
What do I do now? Do I put those files on a usb dongle and reboot through it? What then?

Sorry I haven't found this information in the FAQ on the official site.

 

[SkyNetRising]

You can burn iso file to CD and boot from it.

With USB it's a bit more complicated.
You need HP USB format tool
https://hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool.en.softonic.com/
Download magic boot disk with mhdd (from mhdd page) and mount it.
Use HP USB format tool to create DOS startup disk on USB flash drive using files from mounted iso image. It copies only DOS system files.
Copy files from mounted iso image to USB flash drive (don't overwrite anything or result will not be bootable).
Boot from USB flash drive.
run mhdd.exe
use commands:
port - to select drive to operate on
scan - to scan the drive selected (from options choose relocate on)

scan will run for several hours depending on size of the drive and will relocate pending sectors.