Question Is my hard disk failing

[00Andrew00]

I used crystal disk info for the first time and it said that the health status is: Caution and that there were 40 current pending sector count and 40 uncorrectable sector count
Then I checked Hard disk sentinel and it showed me that they are 32 and not 40. So I rechecked crystal and the number changed from 40 to 32
So is the hard disk failing ?
https://ibb.co/Gs6Xc22 Crystal disk
https://ibb.co/6NLgDXr Hard desk sentinel

 

[Grobe]

The hard drive is definitively start failing. It may last some time - but I would strongly recommend taking backup and not using it for storing importing data.

 

[00Andrew00]

The hard drive is definitively start failing. It may last some time - but I would strongly recommend taking backup and not using it for storing importing data.

I have the Seatools program, Should I try the Fix all option? or would it not work?

 

[Grobe]

I have the Seatools program, Should I try the Fix all option? or would it not work?

Assuming you've already backed up any important data, I guess it cannot hurt - i.e. you have nothing to loose since the hdd is already considered faulty.

 

[RolandJS]

Seagate utility might lock out the bad sectors, which is ok. Or, it might actually recover a bad sector or more and return it/them to active service. My caution is: I am not sure if Seagate utility can "tell" you why the bad sectors happened in the first place, and I'm sure it cannot guarantee the no-return of those bad sectors or the no-creating of other bad sectors. Is the hard-drive in or out of warranty? Either way, you might consider simply replacing with a new under-warranty hard-drive.

 

[00Andrew00]

Seagate utility might lock out the bad sectors, which is ok. Or, it might actually recover a bad sector or more and return it/them to active service. My caution is: I am not sure if Seagate utility can "tell" you why the bad sectors happened in the first place, and I'm sure it cannot guarantee the no-return of those bad sectors or the no-creating of other bad sectors. Is the hard-drive in or out of warranty? Either way, you might consider simply replacing with a new under-warranty hard-drive.

I used Hard disk sentinel to do a surface scan and it showed me that the bad sectors are 3 but the number was reduced to only 24
https://ibb.co/m8Lw5W3 Surface scan

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Is this even enough reason to replace it under warranty? Hard disk sentinel says "At this point, warranty replacement of the disk is not yet possible, only if the health drops further"

 

[fzabkar]

AIUI, if you can get SeaTools to produce a failing "test code", then this code will entitle you to a warranty replacement, even if the drive subsequently heals itself. These codes are unique to each drive.