[SOLVED] How many uncorrectable sectors is bad?

[Mystik141]

I ran crystal disk and got 688 pending and uncorrectable sector count. Is this bad?

 

[TerryLaze]

It's only bad if the number increases constantly because that would show a physical problem with the drive, software like hard disk sentinel allows you to do a surface scan with validation which will sort out if the blocks are really bad or just tagged bad by the os because there was whatever issue with communicating with the drive, lose cable or something.
You don't have to do that though, just always have a backup of all important files even on a brand new disk because you can never have enough backups.

I have a drive with ~300 bad sectors that I'm using for years now without any issues YMMW.

 

[Mystik141]

It's only bad if the number increases constantly because that would show a physical problem with the drive, software like hard disk sentinel allows you to do a surface scan with validation which will sort out if the blocks are really bad or just tagged bad by the os because there was whatever issue with communicating with the drive, lose cable or something.
You don't have to do that though, just always have a backup of all important files even on a brand new disk because you can never have enough backups.

I have a drive with ~300 bad sectors that I'm using for years now without any issues YMMW.

its increased to 744 now

should i be worried?

 

[TerryLaze]

its increased to 744 now

should i be worried?

Yes, you should back up as fast as possible if you have anything important.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Time for a new drive

 

[Mystik141]

Yes, you should back up as fast as possible if you have anything important.

i only have games but ive backed up most of them

thanks for the responses