Hi guys, is my external hard drive dying? About a week ago I noticed my external HDD start slowing down until it started displaying cyclic redundancy errors, so I tried to use chkdsk to fix it. The chkdsk never completed and I was forced to abort it, but it noticeably improved its slow performance. Other thing I tried was switching the usb cables as well as uninstalling and reinstalling the USB 3.0 port drivers which also temporarily improved its performance.
Still, I noticed this to be temporary and started using it only when I needed to retrieve some files. Eventually I decided to use a software I heard about called Spinrite, which I found out too late may have been a mistake.
I can still use the external hdd as of this moment at slow performance and sometimes disconnects, but I doubt it will last much longer. Does this hddscan report confirm my thoughts?
HDDScan S.M.A.R.T. Report
Num Attribute Name Value Worst Raw(hex) Threshold
001 Raw Read Error Rate 105 081 0000000089-6F70 006
003 Spin Up Time 093 092 0000000000-0000 000
004 Start/Stop Count 100 100 0000000000-0233 020
005 Reallocation Sector Count 051 051 0000000000-FCB8 036
007 Seek Error Rate 063 060 0000000022-7DC2 030
009 Power-On Hours Count 097 097 0000000000-0D97 000
010 Spin Retry Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 097
012 Device Power Cycle Count 100 100 0000000000-01D5 020
183 SATA Downshift Error Count 099 099 0000000000-0001 000
184 End To End Error Count 099 099 0000000000-0001 099
187 Reported Uncorrectable Error 001 001 0000000000-0885 000
188 Reported Command Timeouts 100 059 0000310035-003B 000
189 High Fly Writes 100 100 0000000000-0000 000
190 Airflow Temperature 071 035 29 C 045
190 Airflow Temperature Minimum 071 035 29 C 045
190 Airflow Temperature Maximum 071 035 29 C 045
190 Airflow Overheated Count 071 035 63916 045
191 G-sense Rate/Servo tracking 100 100 0000000000-0000 000
192 Emergency Retract Count 100 100 0000000000-019B 000
193 Load/unload Cycle Count 097 097 0000000000-1EA0 000
194 HDA Temperature 029 065 29 C 000
197 Current Pending Errors Count 100 096 0000000000-0028 000
198 Uncorrectable Errors Count 100 096 0000000000-0028 000
199 UltraDMA CRC Errors 200 200 0000000000-0000 000
240 Heads Flying Hours 100 253 24111A0000-0348 000
241 Total Host Writes 100 253 000308425A-64F8 000
242 Total Host Reads 100 253 0004FBC362-DDF6 000
Still, I noticed this to be temporary and started using it only when I needed to retrieve some files. Eventually I decided to use a software I heard about called Spinrite, which I found out too late may have been a mistake.
I can still use the external hdd as of this moment at slow performance and sometimes disconnects, but I doubt it will last much longer. Does this hddscan report confirm my thoughts?
HDDScan S.M.A.R.T. Report
Num Attribute Name Value Worst Raw(hex) Threshold
001 Raw Read Error Rate 105 081 0000000089-6F70 006
003 Spin Up Time 093 092 0000000000-0000 000
004 Start/Stop Count 100 100 0000000000-0233 020
005 Reallocation Sector Count 051 051 0000000000-FCB8 036
007 Seek Error Rate 063 060 0000000022-7DC2 030
009 Power-On Hours Count 097 097 0000000000-0D97 000
010 Spin Retry Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 097
012 Device Power Cycle Count 100 100 0000000000-01D5 020
183 SATA Downshift Error Count 099 099 0000000000-0001 000
184 End To End Error Count 099 099 0000000000-0001 099
187 Reported Uncorrectable Error 001 001 0000000000-0885 000
188 Reported Command Timeouts 100 059 0000310035-003B 000
189 High Fly Writes 100 100 0000000000-0000 000
190 Airflow Temperature 071 035 29 C 045
190 Airflow Temperature Minimum 071 035 29 C 045
190 Airflow Temperature Maximum 071 035 29 C 045
190 Airflow Overheated Count 071 035 63916 045
191 G-sense Rate/Servo tracking 100 100 0000000000-0000 000
192 Emergency Retract Count 100 100 0000000000-019B 000
193 Load/unload Cycle Count 097 097 0000000000-1EA0 000
194 HDA Temperature 029 065 29 C 000
197 Current Pending Errors Count 100 096 0000000000-0028 000
198 Uncorrectable Errors Count 100 096 0000000000-0028 000
199 UltraDMA CRC Errors 200 200 0000000000-0000 000
240 Heads Flying Hours 100 253 24111A0000-0348 000
241 Total Host Writes 100 253 000308425A-64F8 000
242 Total Host Reads 100 253 0004FBC362-DDF6 000
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