Piriform Speccy Hard Drive Status: "Warning"

[Alberto Bj]

Hello Piriform Speccy Has Told me that my other HDD Status Is "warning" but when i expand the S.M.A.R.T Attributes, all values and lines are "Good",

It can't be repaired by Seagate Seatools for Windows because it says that some sectors are hard to read. (Tried Both Long and Short Tests)
So instead i Used Seagate Tools For DOS, used it and found bad sectors, it repaired it and could now be ran on a Basic Test on Seatools For Windows (not like before)
But Piriform Speccy still shows as "Warning" but if you expand, the values are still "Good" and seems like nothing changed after the bad sector repair.


Can anyone help me with this?

 

[hang-the-9]

Replace the drive, or just ignore the warning and use it till it fails. Just don't use it to store files that are not backed up somewhere else.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Alberto Bj,

In case the drive is under warranty, you can just RMA it. If it is not, you can use it but just don't store crucial data on it as hang-the-9 mentioned.
It seems that there are some bad sectors on it. That means that it could degrade really fast or, on the other hand, work for years.
Keep in mind that bad sectors can't really be repaired(unless they are software/logical ones). They will eventually continue to appear until the HDD fails.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[Alberto Bj]

Hi there Alberto Bj,

In case the drive is under warranty, you can just RMA it. If it is not, you can use it but just don't store crucial data on it as hang-the-9 mentioned.
It seems that there are some bad sectors on it. That means that it could degrade really fast or, on the other hand, work for years.
Keep in mind that bad sectors can't really be repaired(unless they are software/logical ones). They will eventually continue to appear until the HDD fails.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

Ohh. okay.. but i have my OS Installed in it.. and its not under warranty.,
the other HDD is also seagate, this is where all of my backups are stored.. Speccy Says its good.. but i dont see much difference on the S.M.A.R.T Attributes.. i dont know why my 1st HDD Says warning and my 2nd Says its Good
(which my 1st HDD is much more newer than the 2nd HDD and the 2nd HDD Was More "used")
The first HDD , After the Seagate DOS test.. it seems that it improved.. before it cannot be run on Seatools for Windows for Long and Short tests.. but now after the DOS Test. it found bad sectors and repaired it.. and could now be ran in Seatools for windows.. and says it passes. But still, speccy states it as "Warning"

 

[D_Know_WD]

It would be useful if you can provide screenshot of the S.M.A.R.T. report.
Also, it will not hurt to test the problematic drive with other tools as well: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Usually, this repair thing means reallocation. The bad sector is still there. My guess would be that there are just a few of them on your newer HDD.
Anyway, test it with some of these tools and provide some screenshots of the results.

D_Know_WD

 

[Alberto Bj]

It would be useful if you can provide screenshot of the S.M.A.R.T. report.
Also, it will not hurt to test the problematic drive with other tools as well: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Usually, this repair thing means reallocation. The bad sector is still there. My guess would be that there are just a few of them on your newer HDD.
Anyway, test it with some of these tools and provide some screenshots of the results.

D_Know_WD

Hmm What is the best that you could recommend me? Theres HD Tune or CrystalDiskInfo, i tried Seatools / Piriform Speccy / Piriform Defraggler

And By the way How do i upload a screenshot?

 

[hang-the-9]

Hi there Alberto Bj,

In case the drive is under warranty, you can just RMA it. If it is not, you can use it but just don't store crucial data on it as hang-the-9 mentioned.
It seems that there are some bad sectors on it. That means that it could degrade really fast or, on the other hand, work for years.
Keep in mind that bad sectors can't really be repaired(unless they are software/logical ones). They will eventually continue to appear until the HDD fails.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

Ohh. okay.. but i have my OS Installed in it.. and its not under warranty.,
the other HDD is also seagate, this is where all of my backups are stored.. Speccy Says its good.. but i dont see much difference on the S.M.A.R.T Attributes.. i dont know why my 1st HDD Says warning and my 2nd Says its Good
(which my 1st HDD is much more newer than the 2nd HDD and the 2nd HDD Was More "used")
The first HDD , After the Seagate DOS test.. it seems that it improved.. before it cannot be run on Seatools for Windows for Long and Short tests.. but now after the DOS Test. it found bad sectors and repaired it.. and could now be ran in Seatools for windows.. and says it passes. But still, speccy states it as "Warning"

Age of the drive does not have much bearing on if/when it will fail (although there is some, some very in-depth tests show that a drive has the most chances to fail at 3 years). I have seen brand new hard drives be bad when installed.

You can keep going around asking about the drive but the fact is simple, it's risky to use after you see these errors. If you don't care if it will fail suddenly, or want to just take a chance of it running fine till you toss the computer, then keep using it, if you want to take action before it fails, buy a new drive and use that. You can use a cloning program like clonezilla to copy the drive contents of the current drive to the new one and not lose anything.

Asking but what about this tool or what about this report or anything like that won't magically make the drive work better, if you are looking for someone to re-assure you that the drive is fine, you are out of luck. It MAY run OK for a while, maybe even years, but you have a much greater chance than it will fail before you started to see the errors even if some programs said it was better or good. And it will likely be performing slower and slower as Windows and the drive marks bad sectors to avoid using them.

The way I look at things, the hard drive is the #1 thing in your computer you want healthy. You can replace anything else without much loss aside from a bit of money. If the hard drive fails and you don't have backups, you lose years of bookmarks, emails that are stored locally, addresses if local, pictures, movies, years of game progress, etc... Spend the $50 on a new hard drive, clone yours, and sleep better