[SOLVED] Help understanding my hard drive smart info

[tmanmr]

Hi.
I'm trying to figure out if I should be purchasing a new hard drive for my laptop or not. Here's the smart info taken from crystaldisk info and the OS I'm running is windows 10 home.

Do the values for the smart data mean it's failing?
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CrystalDiskInfo 8.8.7 (C) 2008-2020 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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OS : Windows 10 [10.0 Build 18363] (x64)
Date : 2020/10/13 10:31:47

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
+ Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850 [ATA]
- ATA Channel 0 (0)
+ Standard SATA AHCI Controller [ATA]
- WDC WD2500BEVT-08A23T1

• ATA Channel 0 (0) [ATA]
• Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller [SCSI]

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(01) WDC WD2500BEVT-08A23T1 : 250.0 GB [0/1/0, pd1]

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(01) WDC WD2500BEVT-08A23T1
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Model : WDC WD2500BEVT-08A23T1
Firmware : 02.01A02
Serial Number : WD-WXC1A1185261
Disk Size : 250.0 GB (8.4/137.4/250.0/250.0)
Buffer Size : 8192 KB
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 488397168
Rotation Rate : 5400 RPM
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ATA8-ACS
Minor Version : ----
Transfer Mode : SATA/150 | SATA/300
Power On Hours : 9804 hours
Power On Count : 2012 count
Temperature : 36 C (96 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, AAM, NCQ
APM Level : 0060h [ON]
AAM Level : 80FEh [OFF]
Drive Letter : C:

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 200 200 _51 000000000000 Read Error Rate
03 136 133 _21 00000000086E Spin-Up Time
04 __1 __1 __0 0000000280F5 Start/Stop Count
05 200 200 140 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 100 253 _51 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
09 _87 _87 __0 00000000264C Power-On Hours
0A 100 100 __0 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0B 100 100 __0 000000000000 Recalibration Retries
0C _98 _98 __0 0000000007DC Power Cycle Count
C0 200 200 __0 000000000058 Power-off Retract Count
C1 __1 __1 __0 00000023A206 Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 107 100 __0 000000000024 Temperature
C4 200 200 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 200 200 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 253 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count
C8 100 253 __0 000000000000 Write Error Rate
F0 _90 _90 __0 000000001E0E Head Flying Hours

Thank you in advance for any help in this matter.

 

[jay32267]

I don't see anything that would indicate to me that drive is going bad.
It looks normal to me.

 

[kanewolf]

What I see in your post that would make me replace it is that it is a250GB spinning disk and a 5400RPM disk. A 500GB SSD is $55 on Amazon PRIME day -- https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-500GB-SSD-WDS500G2B0A/dp/B073SBZ8YH

 

[tmanmr]

I'll keep that in mind thank you.

 

[tmanmr]

I don't see anything that would indicate to me that drive is going bad.
It looks normal to me.

Thank you all for the help.

 

[tmanmr]

I'll keep that in mind thank you but I still need to know how reliable the drive I have at the moment is.

How do I mark this as solved?
UPDATE: Figured it out just click best answer on a post.

 

[jay32267]

Thank you all for the help.

You're welcome.

 

[tmanmr]

You're welcome.

Can you help me with one final question please? Does a spinning hard drive hold data for longer powered off than an ssd or is this just a myth. This has been the main reason I've stuck with rotating hard drives for so long I feel more comfortable with them as far as reliability you know.

 

[jay32267]

Can you help me with one final question please? Does a spinning hard drive hold data for longer powered off than an ssd or is this just a myth. This has been the main reason I've stuck with rotating hard drives for so long I feel more comfortable with them as far as reliability you know.

I think that for all practical purposes...both hold data more than long enough.
I used to run hard disks...just like you...for decades.
I switched to SSDs maybe 5 years ago or so and I've never had an issue with an SSD drive.
I run Samsung and Crucial.
I wouldn't let "how long an SSD holds data" stop you from getting an SSD because I think it will hold data longer that you will ever need it to.
If you are really concerned....back up your SSD to your old HDD with cloning software.

 

[tmanmr]

I think that for all practical purposes...both hold data more than long enough.
I used to run hard disks...just like you...for decades.
I switched to SSDs maybe 5 years ago or so and I've never had an issue with an SSD drive.
I run Samsung and Crucial.
I wouldn't let "how long an SSD holds data" stop you from getting an SSD because I think it will hold data longer that you will ever need it to.
If you are really concerned....back up your SSD to your old HDD with cloning software.

Thank you so much for your advice Jay. Hearing your experience and perspective on SSDs really helped me. In fact I may invest in an SSD very soon!

After all I'm still running a thinkpad t61 from 2007 as my daily use system! Primarily because I love the touchpad it has and the keyboards clickly keys along with the built in typing light,. Who knows maybe an SSD would really speed this old system up tremendously.

Thanks again.

 

[jay32267]

Thank you so much for your advice Jay. Hearing your experience and perspective on SSDs really helped me. In fact I may invest in an SSD very soon!

After all I'm still running a thinkpad t61 from 2007 as my daily use system! Primarily because I love the touchpad it has and the keyboards clickly keys along with the built in typing light,. Who knows maybe an SSD would really speed this old system up tremendously.

Thanks again.

You're welcome.
SSDs speed things up dramatically.