Current Pending Sector Count

[osepmiller]

Hello.

I just installed CrystalDiskInfo on my Desktop and it came up with an alert about Current Pending Sector Count.

Is this serious? I have all data backed up on external HDD but I would like to know what this means and if I should replace my Hard Drive or if there is something that can be done to correct this alert.

The details show:
Current - 100
Worst Value - 100
Threshold - 0
Raw Values - 000000000001

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[osepmiller]

Here it is the full report

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CrystalDiskInfo 4.3.0 (C) 2008-2012 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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OS : Windows XP Professional SP3 [5.1 Build 2600] (x86)
Date : 2012/03/15 16:10:13

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
+ Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers [ATA]
- Canal IDE primário (0)
+ Canal IDE secundário (1)
- Hitachi HDS721616PLAT80
- A0L9TULP IDE Controller [SCSI]

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Hitachi HDS721616PLAT80 : 164.6 GB [0-1-0, pd1]

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(1) Hitachi HDS721616PLAT80
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Model : Hitachi HDS721616PLAT80
Firmware : P22OA85A
Serial Number : PV2300Z20L25AF
Disk Size : 164.6 GB (8.4/137.4/164.6)
Buffer Size : 7384 KB
Queue Depth : 1
# of Sectors : 321672960
Rotation Rate : Unknown
Interface : Parallel ATA
Major Version : ATA/ATAPI-7
Minor Version : ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D version 1
Transfer Mode : Ultra DMA/133
Power On Hours : 14192 hours
Power On Count : 2580 count
Temparature : 36 C (96 F)
Health Status : Caution
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, AAM, 48bit LBA
APM Level : 0000h [OFF]
AAM Level : 80FEh [OFF]

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 _93 _93 _16 00000007001C Read Error Rate
02 100 100 _50 000000000000 Throughput Performance
03 119 119 _24 000300A600AA Spin-Up Time
04 100 100 __0 000000000E15 Start/Stop Count
05 100 100 __5 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 100 100 _67 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
08 100 100 _20 000000000000 Seek Time Performance
09 _98 _98 __0 000000003770 Power-On Hours
0A 100 100 _60 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0C 100 100 __0 000000000A14 Power Cycle Count
C0 _97 _97 __0 000000000F26 Power-off Retract Count
C1 _97 _97 __0 000000000F26 Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 166 166 __0 0039000B0024 Temperature
C4 100 100 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 __0 000000000001 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count

-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
000: 045A 3FFF C837 0010 0000 003F 003F 0000 0000 0000
010: 2020 2020 2020 5056 3233 5A32 5A32 304C 3235 4146
020: 0003 39B1 0033 5032 324F 3541 3541 4869 7461 6368
030: 6920 4844 5337 3231 3631 4C41 4C41 5438 3020 2020
040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 0000 2F00
050: 4000 0200 0200 0007 3FFF 003F 003F FC10 00FB 0110
060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0007 0003 0078 0078 00F0 0078 0000
070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
080: 00FC 001A 346B 7FE9 4773 BC01 BC01 4763 047F 0020
090: 0000 0000 FFFE 600B 80FE 00CA 00CA 00F9 2710 0000
100: 5700 132C 0000 0000 00CA 0000 0000 5A87 5000 CCA3
110: 25C8 36D5 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 4010
120: 4010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0009 000B
130: 0000 0000 2982 0DB1 FE20 4000 4000 0004 0000 0000
140: 0000 5DFF 27B7 11FA 0300 3F7F 3F7F 00C0 0040 2A00
150: 8000 0000 324F 4A38 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
180: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
190: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
200: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 003F 003F 0000 0000 0000
210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
220: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 F3A5

 

[HEXiT]

run chkdsk and see if the sector can be remapped. it often shows up when data needs to be moved off a bad sector. it can be caused bt a restart while the hdd is writing or bad memory causing data corruption or worst of all physical damage to the disk...
if its just bad data then chkdsk will fix the sectors checksum if its bad data then its app will crash consistently till you reinstall it. if its physical damage then that sector will be remapped out to another part of the drive but the damage is likely to spread.

your sector count may be set to 1 but directly under is the uncorrectable sector count which is still at 0 which means its a data fault that chkdsk can handle.

 

[osepmiller]

Thanks for your reply HEXiT.

I ran chkdsk and the alert is still showing up on CrystalDiskInfo.

Since no reallocation has ocurred so far, is it possible that some zero-writing over the disk will fix the problem?

I have system image and data backups so I wouldnt bother doing it, if it prevents getting worse.