Hard disk health status "Caution"

[ElusiveNinja]

So I just ran CrystalDiskInfo and my hard disk health status was "Caution". Now after I installed Windows 8.1 and the couple of updates with it to prepare myself for Windows 10, I felt that my laptop is slower. It's not annoying, my laptop is still working fine but I'm wondering whether I should be worried or not any are there any things I could be doing to help my problem.

 

[Samat]

Can you post a screenshot of the smart status window? I would backup any important files the drive to external harddrive or something else (you should do this with healthy drives aswell).

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Can you post a screenshot of the smart status window? I would backup any important files the drive to external harddrive or something else (you should do this with healthy drives aswell).

Sorry I can't post a screenshot, but right now I just set the value of reallocated sectors count to 0 and now the status is Good, how did it turn to good? What did the reducing the value of reallocated sectors count to 0 do?

 

[Samat]

Can you post a screenshot of the smart status window? I would backup any important files the drive to external harddrive or something else (you should do this with healthy drives aswell).

Sorry I can't post a screenshot, but right now I just set the value of reallocated sectors count to 0 and now the status is Good, how did it turn to good? What did the reducing the value of reallocated sectors count to 0 do?

How did you set it to 0, what was the number before that?

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Can you post a screenshot of the smart status window? I would backup any important files the drive to external harddrive or something else (you should do this with healthy drives aswell).

Sorry I can't post a screenshot, but right now I just set the value of reallocated sectors count to 0 and now the status is Good, how did it turn to good? What did the reducing the value of reallocated sectors count to 0 do?

How did you set it to 0, what was the number before that?

It was 1.

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Also these are the details of the scan after the status turned to "Good".

ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 100 100 _62 000000000000 Read Error Rate
02 100 100 _40 000000000000 Throughput Performance
03 212 100 _33 000E00000001 Spin-Up Time
04 _98 _98 __0 000000000EC5 Start/Stop Count
05 100 100 __5 000000020010 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 100 100 _67 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
08 100 100 _40 000000000000 Seek Time Performance
09 _94 _94 __0 000000000B0B Power-On Hours
0A 100 100 _60 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0C _98 _98 __0 000000000EBA Power Cycle Count
B7 100 100 __0 000000000000 Vendor Specific
B8 100 100 _97 000000000000 End-to-End Error
BB 100 100 __0 000000D90000 Reported Uncorrectable Errors
BC 100 100 __0 000300040000 Command Timeout
BE _57 _38 _45 00001C2C002B Airflow Temperature
BF _91 _91 __0 0000000009FC G-Sense Error Rate
C0 100 100 __0 000000220022 Power-off Retract Count
C1 _93 _93 __0 000000011BB1 Load/Unload Cycle Count
C4 100 100 __0 000000000002 Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 100 100 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count
DF 100 100 __0 000000000000 Load/Unload Retry Count

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Should I set the value back to 1? What really happens when I change the value other than the status changing for Good to Caution?

 

[Samat]

One reallocated sector shouldn't be a problem yet, but it's a number you should keep an eye on if they start accumulating.

 

[ElusiveNinja]

One reallocated sector shouldn't be a problem yet, but it's a number you should keep an eye on if they start accumulating.

If I change the value to 1 and the status changes to Caution, when I hover over the status it says Reallocated Sectors Count: 131088

 

[ElusiveNinja]

So what value should I leave on? 0 or 1?

 

[Samat]

So what value should I leave on? 0 or 1?

You shouldn't be able to change it, it's the amount of sectors the drive had to reallocate due to them going bad (all drives have some spare area that they use for this, if it runs out of spare sectors you will start getting corrupted data and the drive will fail eventually).

 

[ElusiveNinja]

So what value should I leave on? 0 or 1?

You shouldn't be able to change it, it's the amount of sectors the drive had to reallocate due to them going bad (all drives have some spare area that they use for this, if it runs out of spare sectors you will start getting corrupted data and the drive will fail eventually).

But how does my hard disk look like from the details I posted above?

 

[Samat]

So what value should I leave on? 0 or 1?

You shouldn't be able to change it, it's the amount of sectors the drive had to reallocate due to them going bad (all drives have some spare area that they use for this, if it runs out of spare sectors you will start getting corrupted data and the drive will fail eventually).

But how does my hard disk look like from the details I posted above?

That reallocated sector count seems high, is this a ssd or a hdd?

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Hdd

 

[Samat]

Ok, make backups and keep checking that number. If it keeps going up be prepared to get a new drive.

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Ok, make backups and keep checking that number. If it keeps going up be prepared to get a new drive.

But howcome when I change the reallocated sectors count to 0 from 1 the health status changes to good?

 

[Samat]

Ok, make backups and keep checking that number. If it keeps going up be prepared to get a new drive.

But howcome when I change the reallocated sectors count to 0 from 1 the health status changes to good?

Because the program thinks that the drive is ok then, but you shouldn't be able to change that number at all (it is read from the drives smart data).

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Ok, make backups and keep checking that number. If it keeps going up be prepared to get a new drive.

But howcome when I change the reallocated sectors count to 0 from 1 the health status changes to good?

Because the program thinks that the drive is ok then, but you shouldn't be able to change that number at all (it is read from the drives smart data).

Does it affect the hard disk if I change the number? Should I download CrystalDiskInfo again and make sure the value is 1?

 

[Samat]

Ok, make backups and keep checking that number. If it keeps going up be prepared to get a new drive.

But howcome when I change the reallocated sectors count to 0 from 1 the health status changes to good?

Because the program thinks that the drive is ok then, but you shouldn't be able to change that number at all (it is read from the drives smart data).

Does it affect the hard disk if I change the number? Should I download CrystalDiskInfo again and make sure the value is 1?

I just checked my own drives with the latest version and I can't change the numbers, and changing the number wouldn't fix the possible bad sectors anyway.

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Ok, make backups and keep checking that number. If it keeps going up be prepared to get a new drive.

But howcome when I change the reallocated sectors count to 0 from 1 the health status changes to good?

Because the program thinks that the drive is ok then, but you shouldn't be able to change that number at all (it is read from the drives smart data).

Does it affect the hard disk if I change the number? Should I download CrystalDiskInfo again and make sure the value is 1?

I just checked my own drives with the latest version and I can't change the numbers, and changing the number wouldn't fix the possible bad sectors anyway.

Ok, it's weird how I could change my numbers though, doesn't matter anyway. Also I really can't do anything about this, I can't buy a new hard disk and backing up my laptop won't matter as I really don't have any important files, I just hope now the hard disk will last for a longer time, what do you think?

 

[Samat]

Ok, make backups and keep checking that number. If it keeps going up be prepared to get a new drive.

But howcome when I change the reallocated sectors count to 0 from 1 the health status changes to good?

Because the program thinks that the drive is ok then, but you shouldn't be able to change that number at all (it is read from the drives smart data).

Does it affect the hard disk if I change the number? Should I download CrystalDiskInfo again and make sure the value is 1?

I just checked my own drives with the latest version and I can't change the numbers, and changing the number wouldn't fix the possible bad sectors anyway.

Ok, it's weird how I could change my numbers though, doesn't matter anyway. Also I really can't do anything about this, I can't buy a new hard disk and backing up my laptop won't matter as I really don't have any important files, I just hope now the hard disk will last for a longer time, what do you think?

How long it will last is as good as anyones guess. It could still last a good long while. You can keep using it like normal, just don't put any important data on it without a backup.

Edit. Maybe check the manufacturers site on instrcutions for creating restoration media so you have it handy if you need it later on.

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Ok, make backups and keep checking that number. If it keeps going up be prepared to get a new drive.

But howcome when I change the reallocated sectors count to 0 from 1 the health status changes to good?

Because the program thinks that the drive is ok then, but you shouldn't be able to change that number at all (it is read from the drives smart data).

Does it affect the hard disk if I change the number? Should I download CrystalDiskInfo again and make sure the value is 1?

I just checked my own drives with the latest version and I can't change the numbers, and changing the number wouldn't fix the possible bad sectors anyway.

Ok, it's weird how I could change my numbers though, doesn't matter anyway. Also I really can't do anything about this, I can't buy a new hard disk and backing up my laptop won't matter as I really don't have any important files, I just hope now the hard disk will last for a longer time, what do you think?

How long it will last is as good as anyones guess. It could still last a good long while. You can keep using it like normal, just don't put any important data on it without a backup.

Okay, thanks for your help!

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Quick question, will update/installation of Windows 10 affect my hard disk? As in make it go slower??

 

[Samat]

Quick question, will update/installation of Windows 10 affect my hard disk? As in make it go slower??

It shouldn't effect the harddisk, disk usage might be different though.

 

[ElusiveNinja]

Quick question, will update/installation of Windows 10 affect my hard disk? As in make it go slower??

It shouldn't effect the harddisk, disk usage might be different though.

What will happen to the disk usage?