[SOLVED] Seagate 5TB Backup not detected or takes a long time

[lkshis]

Hiya
My Seagate 5TB Backup HDD is either not detected when plugged in or takes a long time to be detected (literally hours).
Does anyone know why this happens, other than the drive is dying? On the occasion I ran a chkdsk test on it when it was detected, no errors were found.
TIA!

Edit: have tried to do the same on another machine, same result.

 

[fzabkar]

Backup your data while you can.

It may be that the drive is bogged down in background processes due to bad sectors.

Can you show us a SMART report in CrystalDiskInfo?

 

[lkshis]

Thanks!
Will do so when the drive shows up in the machine.

 

[lkshis]

Backup your data while you can.

It may be that the drive is bogged down in background processes due to bad sectors.

Can you show us a SMART report in CrystalDiskInfo?

Here it is, thanks:

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CrystalDiskInfo 6.5.2 (C) 2008-2015 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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OS : Windows 8.1 Pro [6.3 Build 9600] (x64)
Date : 2019/10/31 15:17:07

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------
+ Intel(R) 100 Series/C230 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller [ATA]
- SanDisk SDSSDA240G
- WDC WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0
- Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller [SCSI]
+ USB Attached SCSI (UAS) Mass Storage Device [SCSI]
- Seagate BUP BL SCSI Disk Device

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------
(1) SanDisk SDSSDA240G : 240.0 GB [0/0/0, pd1] - sd
(2) WDC WD5000AAKX-22ERMA0 : 500.1 GB [1/0/0, pd1] - wd
(3) WDC WD40EMRX-82UZ0N0 : 4000.7 GB [2/0/0, sa1] - wd
(4) WDC WD40NMZW-11GX6S1 : 4000.7 GB [3/0/0, sa1] - wd
(5) ST5000LM000-2AN170 : 5000.9 GB [4/1/0, sa1] - st
(6) ST1000LM010-9YH146 : 1000.2 GB [5/0/0, sa1] - st
(7) ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB : 1000.2 GB [6/0/0, sa1] - st

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(5) ST5000LM000-2AN170
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Model : ST5000LM000-2AN170
Firmware : 0001
Serial Number : WCJ0TFNC
Disk Size : 5000.9 GB (8.4/137.4/5000.9/5000.9)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 9767541168
Rotation Rate : 5526 RPM
Interface : UASP (Serial ATA)
Major Version : ACS-3
Minor Version : ---- [006Dh]
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 9396 hours
Power On Count : 56 count
Temperature : 36 C (96 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
APM Level : 8080h [ON]
AAM Level : ----

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 _84 _64 __6 00000D5D5782 Read Error Rate
03 _96 _96 __0 000000000000 Spin-Up Time
04 100 100 _20 000000000217 Start/Stop Count
05 100 100 _10 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 _79 _60 _45 0000051C4E99 Seek Error Rate
09 _90 _90 __0 C4D3000024B4 Power-On Hours
0A 100 100 _97 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0C 100 100 _20 000000000038 Power Cycle Count
B7 100 100 __0 000000000000 Vendor Specific
B8 100 100 _99 000000000000 End-to-End Error
BB 100 100 __0 000000000000 Reported Uncorrectable Errors
BC 100 _98 __0 002000210028 Command Timeout
BD 100 100 __0 000000000000 High Fly Writes
BE _64 _43 _40 000034230024 Airflow Temperature
BF 100 100 __0 000000000009 G-Sense Error Rate
C0 100 100 __0 000000000010 Power-off Retract Count
C1 _82 _82 __0 000000009148 Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 _36 _57 __0 001400000024 Temperature
C3 _84 _64 __0 00000D5D5782 Hardware ECC recovered
C5 100 100 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count
F0 100 253 __0 33860000035F Head Flying Hours
F1 100 253 __0 0005DFF3C669 Total Host Writes
F2 100 253 __0 0005346F60FF Total Host Reads
FE 100 100 __0 000000000000 Free Fall Protection

-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
000: 0C5A 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000
010: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 5743 4A30 5446 4E43
020: 0000 0000 0000 3030 3031 2020 2020 5354 3530 3030
030: 4C4D 3030 302D 3241 4E31 3730 2020 2020 2020 2020
040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 4000 2F00
050: 4000 0200 0200 0007 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 0C10
060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0407 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0000
070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 850E 0006 00CC 0000
080: 07F0 006D 346B 7D69 4163 3469 BC49 4163 007F 819C
090: 819C 8080 FFFE 0000 D0D0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
100: D9B0 4630 0002 0000 0000 0000 6003 0000 5000 C500
110: BA73 F86F 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 405C
120: 401C 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0021 D9B0
130: 4630 D9B0 4630 2020 0002 0140 0100 5000 3C06 3C0A
140: 0000 003C 0000 0008 0000 0000 BDFF 0280 0000 0000
150: 0008 0000 0000 0807 0000 8002 0000 0100 A100 8000
160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0003 0000
170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
180: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
190: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
200: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 30A5 0000 0000 4000
210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1596 0000 0000
220: 0000 0000 107F 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 DEA5

-- SMART_READ_DATA ---------------------------------------------------------
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 0A 00 01 0F 00 54 40 82 57 5D 0D 00 00 00 03 03
010: 00 60 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 32 00 64 64 17
020: 02 00 00 00 00 00 05 33 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00
030: 00 00 07 0F 00 4F 3C 99 4E 1C 05 00 00 00 09 32
040: 00 5A 5A B4 24 00 00 D3 C4 25 0A 13 00 64 64 00
050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 32 00 64 64 38 00 00 00 00
060: 00 00 B7 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B8 32
070: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BB 32 00 64 64 00
080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 BC 32 00 64 62 28 00 21 00 20
090: 00 00 BD 3A 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BE 22
0A0: 00 40 2B 24 00 23 34 00 00 00 BF 32 00 64 64 09
0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 32 00 64 64 10 00 00 00 00
0C0: 00 00 C1 32 00 52 52 48 91 00 00 00 00 00 C2 22
0D0: 00 24 39 24 00 00 00 14 00 00 C3 1A 00 54 40 82
0E0: 57 5D 0D 00 00 00 C5 12 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00
0F0: 00 00 C6 10 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 3E
100: 00 C8 C8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F0 00 00 64 FD 5F
110: 03 00 00 86 33 23 F1 00 00 64 FD 69 C6 F3 DF 05
120: 00 00 F2 00 00 64 FD FF 60 6F 34 05 00 00 FE 32
130: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 73
170: 03 00 01 00 01 FF 02 36 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
180: 00 00 00 00 0B 00 00 00 04 03 04 04 04 05 04 04
190: 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00
1A0: 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 16 B5 EE 7D C4 1E 00 00
1B0: 00 00 00 00 01 00 31 00 69 C6 F3 DF 05 00 00 00
1C0: FF 60 6F 34 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1D0: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 7F 0C 00 00 05 00 00 00
1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 14
1F0: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 1A 00 00 00 ED

-- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ----------------------------------------------------
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 01 00 01 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00
010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 14 00 00 00 00
020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
030: 00 00 07 2D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00
040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 61 00 00 00 00
050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
060: 00 00 B7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B8 63
070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BB 00 00 00 00 00
080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 BC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
090: 00 00 BD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BE 28
0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BF 00 00 00 00 00
0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0C0: 00 00 C1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 00
0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C3 00 00 00 00 00
0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0F0: 00 00 C6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 00
100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F0 00 00 00 00 00
110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 F1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
120: 00 00 F2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FE 00
130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 32

 

[fzabkar]

The only attribute that appears to have problems is Command Timeouts:

0x002000210028 -> 0x0020 0x0021 0x0028

The raw value consists of 3 components whose values are 32, 33, and 40 (in decimal). It is saying that there were 33 commands which took longer than 5 seconds to complete.

I don't know what to make of this, but I wouldn't be happy about it.

Seagate SMART Attribute Specification:
http://t1.daumcdn.net/brunch/service/user/axm/file/zRYOdwPu3OMoKYmBOby1fEEQEbU.pdf

 

[popatim]

It's also an SMR drive.
I'm wondering if we have a weak head or two.

 

[lkshis]

It's also an SMR drive.
I'm wondering if we have a weak head or two.

What does this mean and what can be done? Thanks!

 

[popatim]

SMR is Shingled Magnetic Recording - Technology used to densely pack the sectors on a platter to get the most space from it. It often works well enough but can run into write issues; like an SSD, they cannot erase a single sector, they have to rewrite the block of data which can have severe write performance degradation.

This has me thinking that maybe these '33 slow commands' were large writes where it took too much time to re-write the blocks needed. This makes more sense, IMO, since the rest of the SMART data looked fine.