Old Hitachi Hard drive check

[Turb0Yoda]

Storage
Hard drives
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 ATA Device
Manufacturer Hitachi
Product Family Deskstar
Series Prefix Unknown
Model Capacity For This Specific Drive 500GB
Heads 16
Cylinders 64,601
Tracks 15,504,240
Sectors 976,767,120
SATA type SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
Serial Number GEA534RV09GHGA
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Power On Count 4018 times
Power On Time 1097.8 days
Speed 7200 RPM
Features S.M.A.R.T., AAM, NCQ
Max. Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Used Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s
Interface SATA
Capacity 465 GB
Real size 500,107,862,016 bytes
RAID Type None
S.M.A.R.T
Status Good
Temperature 37 °C
Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C)
01 Read Error Rate 100 (094) Data 0000000000
02 Throughput Performance 132 (100) Data 000000008C
03 Spin-Up Time 113 (100) Data 0001520154
04 Start/Stop Count 099 (099) Data 0000000FB8
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
07 Seek Error Rate 100 (100) Data 0000000000
08 Seek Time Performance 100 (100) Data 0000000000
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 097 (097) Data 00000066EC
0A Spin Retry Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
0C Device Power Cycle Count 099 (099) Data 0000000FB2
C0 Power-off Retract Count 097 (097) Data 00000010BC
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 097 (097) Data 00000010BC
C2 Temperature 162 (130) Data 00000C0025
C4 Reallocation Event Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 200 (200) Data 0000000000
Partition 0
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #0
Size 100 MB
Partition 1
Partition ID Disk #0, Partition #1
Disk Letter C:
File System NTFS
Volume Serial Number 243D7B95
Size 453 GB
Used Space 224 GB (50%)
Free Space 229 GB (50%)

I wanted to check up on how my hard drive is doing. Its pretty old (about 5-6 years) and I can't read all of that. Is my hd close to failing or is the "power-on-hours" rating limit almost out. Please help, this pc is a s5257c-b by Hewlett-Packard

 

[rehed21]

There is no "power-on-hours" limit. Some hard drives will last 1000 hours, some 10,000 or more. Your S.M.A.R.T. status is "Good" which means your hard drive is in good health for now. Pending Sectors or Uncorrectable Sectors are bad, but you don't have any right now. It is not close to failing, but it wouldn't hurt to check the status every 2 to 4 weeks or if your computer starts acting slow or unstable. Whether you have a new or an old hard drive it is always a great idea to back up data that you don't want to lose.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

How much space would a back-up take (Just files Only, no need for OS and drivers or software)?? I have win 7 Home Premium 64 bit.

 

[rehed21]

It would all depend on the total size of files that you want to back up. Pictures, documents, etc - whatever you don't want to lose in case of failure. Right now everything, including the OS and programs, is taking up 224 gb, so a full windows back up will not take more than that. If you don't want to do a full back up you can just copy the files that you want to save to the media of your choice (DVD, flash drive, external hard drive, "cloud", etc). You do not want to back up to the same hard drive.