Question Scale of 0-10 how much should I panic? HDD-Bad

[Killerind]

Drive Model: Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 (2TB)
This was initially used as a primary storage drive, later repurposed into a cold storage drive, and currently operates as a backup drive. How bad does its current health report look for the use case?

https://imgur.com/a/f9Z72pF

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

If it's only used for storage, I'd start swapping any data to a new drive ASAP. Whils the drive may not failright now (as in this moment) with such health readings, it's likely it will fail. Is there any notable noise from the drive? Like a ticking sound?

 

[Killerind]

Hey there,

If it's only used for storage, I'd start swapping any data to a new driver ASAP. Whils the drive may not failright now (as in this moment) with such health readings, it's likely it will fail. Is there any notable noise from the drive? Like a ticking sound?

No abnormal sounds.
It only has data written to it once every couple months and data is almost never read from it so it is a bit strange to see a bad health status.
I've just unplugged it until I can get a replacement.
Thanks for your reply.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

No abnormal sounds.
It only has data written to it once every couple months and data is almost never read from it so it is a bit strange to see a bad health status.
I've just unplugged it until I can get a replacement.
Thanks for your reply.

You're very welcome. Let us know how it goes.

 

[USAFRet]

Just like every other drive on the planet, this one is going to die.
But...this one is far closer to the date of death than most.

Is it still under warranty?
Is this the only repository of some of the data?

 

[Rokinamerica]

Bad enough to make sure it is backed up so when you have to replace it, you lose no data.

 

[Grobe]

Is it still under warranty?

Power on hours reads 11EB, translated into decimal numbers --> 4587 hours, but doesn't know the age nor what kind of warranty if any. So, probably not under warranty.

 

[USAFRet]

Power on hours reads 11EB, translated into decimal numbers --> 4587 hours, but doesn't know the age nor what kind of warranty if any. So, probably not under warranty.

4,587 hours is not even a year of 24/7 power on.

 

[MWink64]

There's two ways to look at it. If this is just a backup drive, and everything it contains is still on another fully functional drive, it's time to act, not panic. As for this drive, it's a goner. With that SMART report, it's very bad. It's even tripped SMART, which doesn't even happen in many cases of catastrophic failure. I would classify this drive as unsalvageable and useless. It is already eating your data. It has already detected hundreds of bad sectors and I can virtually guarantee they will continue to spread. I wouldn't even consider trusting a drive that has much more than 10 (non-spreading) bad sectors and no other failing attributes. I strongly advise you to replace this drive immediately (but don't panic).