Okay this is about a seagate external HDD i got like a month back
Tested with HDSentinel, both health and performance are reported as 100%, but certain non critical attribute values are degrading.
Values that are not perfect are:-
1.Throughput performance is at 58 (Should be 100 I guess?)
2.Drive Calibration Retry Count
3.Write Error Rate
4.Load Unload Retry Count
I'm pasting HDSentinels report here, please take a look:-
Why is my not even one month old HDD doing this? I had an exact same Seagate drive that died and has been with Seagate warranty service for a month. I still haven't got it back. Every time I call them, they tell me "we understand your problem but please bear with us, we'll mail you a replacement within just a few more days". Can't wait for a whole month without having a backup drive, so I purchased this new drive, and it's showing bad smart values. Since all these attributes are non-critical, Seagate says Warranty replacement isn't possible. Maybe I should give up on Seagate and switch completely to Western Digital. What do you guys say? Should I just trash this drive and purchase yet another? That would be my 3rd external HDD in 2 months! 🙁
Tested with HDSentinel, both health and performance are reported as 100%, but certain non critical attribute values are degrading.
Values that are not perfect are:-
1.Throughput performance is at 58 (Should be 100 I guess?)
2.Drive Calibration Retry Count
3.Write Error Rate
4.Load Unload Retry Count
I'm pasting HDSentinels report here, please take a look:-
Code:
-- General Information --
Application Information
-------------------------
Installed Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hard Disk Sentinel 4.00 PRO
Registered To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : John Winchester
Current Date And Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 11/24/2014 2:22:44 PM
Health Calculation Method . . . . . . . . . . . : Analyse data field (default)
Computer Information
----------------------
Computer Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : PROBOOK
User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Admin
Computer Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mobile
IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 68-A3-C4-A5-71-25
System Uptime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 days, 0 hours, 26 minutes, 47 seconds
System Up Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 11/24/2014 1:55:57 PM
CPU Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : CPU #1: 12 %, CPU #2: 9 %, CPU #3: 11 %, CPU #4: 10 %
Virtual Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 18117 MB, Used: 2415 MB (13 %)
System Information
--------------------
Windows Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Windows 8.1 Pro Server (Terminal Server Edition)
CPU Type & Speed #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz, 2095 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz, 2095 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz, 2095 MHz
CPU Type & Speed #4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz, 2095 MHz
BIOS Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : HPQOEM - f
Display Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
Display Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1366 x 768 (32 bit)
Printer #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Fax
Printer #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Send To OneNote 2010
Network Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b|g|n WiFi Adapter
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Z: PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTD11RS / 1.01 (CD)
PCI Device Information
------------------------
PCI Bus 0; Device 2; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
PCI Bus 0; Device 22; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Management Engine Interface
PCI Bus 0; Device 26; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1C2D
PCI Bus 0; Device 27; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : High Definition Audio Controller
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 1C10
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 2 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 - 1C14
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 3 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 - 1C16
PCI Bus 0; Device 28; Function 7 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 - 1C1E
PCI Bus 0; Device 29; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1C26
PCI Bus 0; Device 31; Function 2 . . . . . . . . : Standard SATA AHCI Controller
PCI Bus 2; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : JMicron PCIe SD/MMC Host Controller
PCI Bus 2; Device 0; Function 2 . . . . . . . . : JMicron PCIe SD Host Controller
PCI Bus 2; Device 0; Function 3 . . . . . . . . : JMicron PCIe MS Host Controller
PCI Bus 3; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 802.11b|g|n WiFi Adapter
PCI Bus 4; Device 0; Function 0 . . . . . . . . : Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller
-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #0: WDC WD5000LPVX-00V0TT0 --
Hard Disk Summary
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Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA Gen3, 6 Gbps
Disk Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Standard SATA AHCI Controller (AHCI)
Disk Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bus Number 0, Target Id 0, LUN 0
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : WDC WD5000LPVX-00V0TT0
Firmware Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 01.01A01
Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . : WD
Total Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 476937 MB
Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Active
Logical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : C: [Windows] D: [Data] E: [Software]
Current Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 28 °C
Maximum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 35 °C, 11/22/2014 4:36:43 PM
Minimum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 26 °C, 11/23/2014 3:17:00 AM
Maximum Temperature (During Entire Lifespan) . . : 42 °C
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1 days, 6 hours
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1000 days
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
The hard disk status is PERFECT. Problematic or weak sectors were not found and there are no spin up or data transfer errors.
No actions needed.
ATA Information
-----------------
Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 969021
Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
ATA Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ATA8-ACS
Transport Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SATA Rev 2.6
Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 122096646
Bytes Per Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4096 [Advanced Format]
Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 8192 KB
Multiple Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Error Correction Bytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Unformatted Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 476940 MB
Maximum PIO Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
Maximum Multiword DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
Maximum UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6 Gbps (6)
Active UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6 Gbps (6)
Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . . . : 120 ns
Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY . . . . . . : 120 ns
ATA Control Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
ATA Checksum Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
Acoustic Management Configuration
-----------------------------------
Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Disabled
Current Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Default (00h)
Recommended Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . : Default (00h)
ATA Features
--------------
Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
S.M.A.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
Advanced Power Management Level . . . . . . . . : Minimum power consumption without standby (128)
Extended Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
48-Bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Device Configuration Overlay . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Read/Write DMA Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
64-Bit World Wide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0150E64EC458C818
Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
CFast Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Long Physical Sectors (8) . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Long Logical Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Nominal Media Rotation Rate . . . . . . . . . . : 5400 RPM
SSD Features
--------------
Data Set Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
TRIM Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Deterministic Read After TRIM . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
S.M.A.R.T. Details
--------------------
Off-line Data Collection Status . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Self Test Execution Status . . . . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection : 8880 seconds
Execute Off-line Immediate . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Abort/restart Off-line By Host . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Off-line Read Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Extended Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Conveyance Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Selective Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode . . . . : Supported
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
Extended Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . : 103 minutes
Conveyance Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . : 5 minutes
Last Short Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
Last Short Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . . : 11/23/2014 4:56:28 PM
Last Short Self-test Duration . . . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
Last Extended Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
Last Extended Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . : 11/23/2014 7:15:28 PM
Last Extended Self-test Duration . . . . . . . . : 2 hours, 18 minutes
Last Conveyance Self-test Result . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
Last Conveyance Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . : 11/23/2014 4:53:28 PM
Last Conveyance Self-test Duration . . . . . . . : 4 minutes
Security Mode
---------------
Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 47 minutes
Security Enhanced Erase Feature . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Enhanced Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : 47 minutes
Security Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Locked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Security Counter Expired . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : High
Serial ATA Features
---------------------
S-ATA Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps) . . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host . : Supported
PHY Event Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS . . . . : Not supported
DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization . . . . . . : Supported, Disabled
Device Initiating Interface Power Management . . : Supported, Enabled
In-Order Data Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Asynchronous Notification . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Software Settings Preservation . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Queue Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32
S.M.A.R.T.
------------
No. Attribute Thre.. Value Worst Data Status
1 Raw Read Error Rate 51 200 200 0 OK
3 Spin Up Time 21 153 153 1325 OK
4 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 17 OK (Always passing)
5 Reallocated Sectors Co.. 140 200 200 0 OK
7 Seek Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK (Always passing)
9 Power On Time Count 0 100 100 30 OK (Always passing)
10 Spin Retry Count 0 100 253 0 OK (Always passing)
11 Drive Calibration Retr.. 0 100 253 0 OK (Always passing)
12 Drive Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 17 OK (Always passing)
192 Power off Retract Cycl.. 0 200 200 8 OK (Always passing)
193 Load/Unload Cycle Count 0 200 200 217 OK (Always passing)
194 Disk Temperature 0 115 101 28 OK (Always passing)
196 Reallocation Event Count 0 200 200 0 OK (Always passing)
197 Current Pending Sector.. 0 200 200 0 OK (Always passing)
198 Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0 100 253 0 OK (Always passing)
199 Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0 200 200 0 OK (Always passing)
200 Write Error Rate 0 200 200 0 OK (Always passing) Error-Rate
Transfer Rate Information
---------------------------
Total Data Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1,662 MB, 347,211 MB since installation (11/11/2014)
Total Data Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 76 MB, 537,792 MB since installation
Average Reads Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 26,708.54 MB
Average Writes Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 41,368.62 MB
Current Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Maximum Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 63265 KB/s
Current Read Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Current Write Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Current Disk Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 %
-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #1: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB --
Hard Disk Summary
-------------------
Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SAT Standard USB/ATA
Vendor Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : VID: 0BC2, PID: 2321
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB
Firmware Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2BA30002
Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . :
Total Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 953867 MB
Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Active
Logical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : H: [Data_backup] I: [backup2] J: [Software_backup] K: [Images]
Current Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 29 °C
Maximum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 39 °C, 11/22/2014 4:21:43 PM
Minimum Temperature (Ever Measured) . . . . . . : 23 °C, 11/24/2014 1:51:07 PM
Maximum Temperature (During Entire Lifespan) . . : 47 °C
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3 days, 1 hours
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1000 days
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
The hard disk status is PERFECT. Problematic or weak sectors were not found and there are no spin up or data transfer errors.
No actions needed.
ATA Information
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Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1938021
Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
ATA Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ATA8-ACS version 6
Transport Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SATA Rev 2.6
Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 244190646
Bytes Per Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4096 [Advanced Format]
Buffer Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16384 KB
Multiple Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Error Correction Bytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
Unformatted Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 953870 MB
Maximum PIO Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
Maximum Multiword DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
Maximum UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6 Gbps (6)
Active UDMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6 Gbps (6)
Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . . . : 120 ns
Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY . . . . . . : 120 ns
ATA Control Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
ATA Checksum Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
Acoustic Management Configuration
-----------------------------------
Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Enabled
Current Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Min performance and volume (80h)
Recommended Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . : Max performance and volume (FEh)
ATA Features
--------------
Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
S.M.A.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Disabled
Extended Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
48-Bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Device Configuration Overlay . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Read/Write DMA Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
64-Bit World Wide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0050F24CCE0DB8A3
Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
CFast Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Long Physical Sectors (8) . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Long Logical Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Nominal Media Rotation Rate . . . . . . . . . . : 5400 RPM
SSD Features
--------------
Data Set Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
TRIM Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Deterministic Read After TRIM . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
S.M.A.R.T. Details
--------------------
Off-line Data Collection Status . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Self Test Execution Status . . . . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection : 13080 seconds
Execute Off-line Immediate . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Abort/restart Off-line By Host . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Off-line Read Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Extended Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Conveyance Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Selective Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode . . . . : Supported
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
Extended Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . : 218 minutes
Last Short Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Short Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Extended Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Extended Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Security Mode
---------------
Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 105 minutes
Security Enhanced Erase Feature . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Enhanced Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : 105 minutes
Security Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Locked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Counter Expired . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : High
Serial ATA Features
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S-ATA Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps) . . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host . : Not supported
PHY Event Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS . . . . : Not supported
DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization . . . . . . : Supported, Disabled
Device Initiating Interface Power Management . . : Supported, Disabled
In-Order Data Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Asynchronous Notification . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Software Settings Preservation . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Queue Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32
S.M.A.R.T.
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No. Attribute Thre.. Value Worst Data Status
1 Raw Read Error Rate 51 100 100 0 OK
2 Throughput Performance 0 56 56 11931 OK (Always passing)
3 Spin Up Time 25 90 90 3172 OK
4 Start/Stop Count 0 100 100 120 OK (Always passing)
5 Reallocated Sectors Co.. 10 252 252 0 OK
7 Seek Error Rate 51 252 252 0 OK
8 Seek Time Performance 15 252 252 0 OK
9 Power On Time Count 0 100 100 73 OK (Always passing)
10 Spin Retry Count 51 252 252 0 OK
11 Drive Calibration Retr.. 0 100 100 1 OK (Always passing)
12 Drive Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 77 OK (Always passing)
191 G-Sense Error Rate 0 252 252 0 OK (Always passing)
192 Power off Retract Cycl.. 0 100 100 1 OK (Always passing)
194 Disk Temperature 0 64 53 47; 23; 29 OK (Always passing)
195 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 100 100 0 OK (Always passing)
196 Reallocation Event Count 0 252 252 0 OK (Always passing)
197 Current Pending Sector.. 0 252 252 0 OK (Always passing)
198 Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0 252 252 0 OK (Always passing)
199 Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0 200 200 0 OK (Always passing)
200 Write Error Rate 0 100 100 9 OK (Always passing)
223 Load/Unload Retry Count 0 100 100 1 OK (Always passing)
225 Load/Unload Cycle Count 0 100 100 3212 OK (Always passing)
Transfer Rate Information
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Total Data Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 11 MB, 201,605 MB since installation (11/11/2014)
Total Data Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 MB, 1 MB since installation
Average Reads Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 15,508.08 MB
Average Writes Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.08 MB
Current Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Maximum Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10794 KB/s
Current Read Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Current Write Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
Current Disk Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 %
-- Partition Information --
Logical Drive Total Space Free Space Free Space Used Space
C: Windows (Disk: #0) 99.7 GB 49.4 GB 50 % ##########----------
D: Data (Disk: #0) 250.0 GB 103.1 GB 41 % ###########---------
E: Software (Disk: #0) 115.8 GB 64.1 GB 55 % #########-----------
H: Data_backup (Disk: #1) 300.0 GB 152.6 GB 51 % #########-----------
I: backup2 (Disk: #1) 300.0 GB 293.9 GB 98 % --------------------
J: Software_backup (Disk: #1) 200.0 GB 113.9 GB 57 % ########------------
K: Images (Disk: #1) 131.5 GB 68.6 GB 52 % #########-----------
Why is my not even one month old HDD doing this? I had an exact same Seagate drive that died and has been with Seagate warranty service for a month. I still haven't got it back. Every time I call them, they tell me "we understand your problem but please bear with us, we'll mail you a replacement within just a few more days". Can't wait for a whole month without having a backup drive, so I purchased this new drive, and it's showing bad smart values. Since all these attributes are non-critical, Seagate says Warranty replacement isn't possible. Maybe I should give up on Seagate and switch completely to Western Digital. What do you guys say? Should I just trash this drive and purchase yet another? That would be my 3rd external HDD in 2 months! 🙁