HELP! Intel X25-M SMART STATUS BAD BACKUP AND REPLACE

[Guest]

My Intel X25-M SSD is giving a "SMART STATUS BAD BACKUP AND REPLACE" message on start up. Do I need to worry? Windows 7 still runs great. No difference in start up time, no freezing, no blue screen or any weird behavior. Drive is cool to the touch. Do I need to be concerned? As always, stuff is backed up. Any help is appreciated.

 

[hang-the-9]

Yes, you need to worry. Drive may run fine for some time, but you have a much larger chance of it failing than normal. And don't ask exactly what the chances are it will fail, it's from 0-100% chance. If you have backups and the drive is no longe under warranty, you can keep using it as it is, just with the thought that any day it can stop working.

 

[Paperdoc]

Think of it this way: AFTER the system tells you the HDD HAS failed and you cannot use the computer, what will you do? You think data recovery is easy?

The purpose of such warnings is to give you time to move everything to a new reliable HDD while the old one is still limping along but fully able to let you read its data. AFTER the failure, you can't do that.

 

[Guest]

It has been running great for the last 3 months. The CrystalDiskMark performance is normal and the CrystalDiskInfo shows bad for something. It is red. I will start the system and see what for and report back.

 

[Guest]

Think of it this way: AFTER the system tells you the HDD HAS failed and you cannot use the computer, what will you do? You think data recovery is easy?

The purpose of such warnings is to give you time to move everything to a new reliable HDD while the old one is still limping along but fully able to let you read its data. AFTER the failure, you can't do that.

Stuff is automatically backed up to a WD 320gb HDD.

 

[Guest]

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OS : Windows 8.1 [6.3 Build 9600] (x64)
Date : 2015/03/02 14:14:10

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
+ Standard SATA AHCI Controller [ATA]
- Corsair Neutron GTX SSD
+ Standard SATA AHCI Controller [ATA]
- INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GN
- Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller [SCSI]

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(1) INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GN : 80.0 GB [0/0/0, pd1] - il
(2) Corsair Neutron GTX SSD : 240.0 GB [1/1/0, pd1] - sf

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(1) INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GN
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Model : INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GN
Firmware : 2CV102HD
Serial Number : CVPO0112002Q080BGN
Disk Size : 80.0 GB (8.4/80.0/80.0/80.0)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 156301488
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA/ATAPI-7
Minor Version : ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D version 1
Transfer Mode : ---- | SATA/300
Power On Hours : 1067 hours
Power On Count : 5026 count
Host Writes : 7928 GB
Temperature : Unknown
Health Status : Bad (99 %)
Features : S.M.A.R.T., 48bit LBA, NCQ, TRIM
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : ----

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
03 100 100 __0 000000000000 Spin Up Time
04 100 100 __0 000000000000 Start/Stop Count
05 100 100 __0 000000000014 Re-Allocated Sector Count
09 100 100 __0 00000000042B Power-On Hours Count
0C 100 100 __0 0000000013A2 Power Cycle Count
C0 100 100 __0 00000000023D Unsafe Shutdown Count
E1 200 200 __0 00000003DF19 Host Writes
E2 100 100 __0 000000001615 Timed Workload Media Wear
E3 100 100 __0 000000000000 Timed Workload Host Read/Write Ratio
E4 100 100 __0 0000DFABF1BA Timed Workload Timer
E8 _99 _99 _10 000000000000 Available Reserved Space
E9 _94 _94 __0 000000000000 Media Wearout Indicator
B8 _59 _59 _99 000000000029 End to End Error Detection Count

-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
000: 0040 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000
010: 4356 504F 3031 3132 3030 3251 3038 3042 474E 2020
020: 0000 0000 0000 3243 5631 3032 4844 494E 5445 4C20
030: 5353 4453 4132 4D30 3830 4732 474E 2020 2020 2020
040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 0000 2F00
050: 4000 0000 0000 0007 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 0110
060: F8B0 0950 0000 0007 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 4020
070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 0506 0000 0048 0040
080: 00FC 001A 746B 7D01 6163 7469 BC01 6163 207F 0001
090: 0001 0000 0003 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
100: F8B0 0950 0000 0000 0000 0008 4000 0000 5001 5179
110: 5926 FA0D 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 401C
120: 401C 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0029 0000
130: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
140: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
150: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001
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 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000
220: 0000 0000 101F 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 01F0 0000 0000 0000 0000
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 89A5

-- SMART_READ_DATA ---------------------------------------------------------
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000: 05 00 03 20 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 30
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1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C9

-- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ----------------------------------------------------
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 05 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00
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(2) Corsair Neutron GTX SSD
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Model : Corsair Neutron GTX SSD
Firmware : M312
Serial Number : 141879150001007900DA
Disk Size : 240.0 GB (8.4/137.4/240.0/240.0)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 468862128
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ----
Transfer Mode : ---- | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 4182 hours
Power On Count : 982 count
Host Reads : 3187 GB
Host Writes : 3008 GB
Temperature : 35 C (95 F)
Health Status : Good (98 %)
Features : S.M.A.R.T., 48bit LBA, NCQ, TRIM
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : ----

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr Raw Values (7) Attribute Name
01 166 166 __6 00000000000000 Raw Read Error Rate
05 _98 _98 _36 00000000000125 Retired Block Count
09 _96 _96 __0 00000000001056 Power-on Hours
0C 100 100 __0 000000000003D6 Power Cycle Count
AB 253 253 __0 00000000000000 Program Fail Count
AC 100 100 __0 0000000000012C Erase Fail Count
B5 253 253 __0 00000000000000 Program Fail Count
B6 100 100 __0 0000000000012C Erase Fail Count
C2 _35 __0 __0 00000D002C0023 Temperature
C9 100 100 __0 00000000000000 Uncorrectable Soft Read Error Rate
CC 100 100 __0 00000000000000 Soft ECC Correction Rate
E7 _98 _98 __0 00000000000003 SSD Life Left
EA 100 100 __0 0000000000A191 Vendor Specific
F1 100 100 __0 00000000000BC0 Lifetime Writes from Host
F2 100 100 __0 00000000000C73 Lifetime Reads from Host
FA 100 100 __0 00000000012CDA Vendor Specific

-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
000: 0040 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000
010: 3134 3138 3739 3135 3030 3031 3030 3739 3030 4441
020: 0000 0000 0000 4D33 3132 2020 2020 436F 7273 6169
030: 7220 4E65 7574 726F 6E20 4754 5820 5353 4420 2020
040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 0000 2F00
050: 4000 0000 0000 0006 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 0110
060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0007 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0000
070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F C70E 0000 005E 0040
080: 01FC 0000 746B 7401 40C3 7469 B401 4063 207F 0000
090: 0000 0000 FFFE 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
100: 44B0 1BF2 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 3030 3020
110: 2020 2020 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 400C
120: 400C 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0009 61CE
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220: 0000 0000 100F 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 02A0 0000 0000 0000 0000
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 9AA5

-- SMART_READ_DATA ---------------------------------------------------------
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 00 00 01 0E 00 A6 A6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 32
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-- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ----------------------------------------------------
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
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[hang-the-9]

You have exactly two options. Replace the drive now so you are doing it on your terms which may include a simple clone of the drive to another one, or wait and if it fails replace it then, which probably means no option to run a disk image.

If the drive is 3 months old, I'd replace it now while it's still in warranty.

 

[Guest]

I had the drive for a couple years. It is out of warranty. How much longer do you think it has? There is nothing I can do to help it. Is there?

 

[Dereck47]

There is nothing I can do to help it. Is there?

No. The Intel X25-M is a 1st Generation SSD. It is the 1st model of Consumer-grade SSDs and was released for sale in 2008. It is a SATA 2 (3Gb/s) SSD with no TRIM support.

It's pretty good that the SSD was able to function all of this time before finally giving SMART errors.

I agree with hang-the-9, continue to use the drive until it dies, or buy a current generation SATA 3 (6Gb/s) SSD and use the X25-M as a storage/data drive until it dies.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Dereck47 is correct. You have a very old first generation solid state drive. I still remember some of the discussions in this forum.

The others are correct. It is time to replace the ssd. What is the brand and model number of your motherboard? We'll have to check and see if it can properly support a modern 3rd generation ssd.

 

[Guest]

It has TRIM. No errors after format. Go figure. Thanks for the help