Toshiba hard drive S.M.A.R.T warning within piriform speccy

[PMcK]

What do I do about this Speccy report? I know just enough to think I should be worried:
S.M.A.R.T
Status Warning
Temperature 41 °C
Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C)
01 Read Error Rate 100 (100) Data 0000000000
02 Throughput Performance 100 (100) Data 0000000000
03 Spin-Up Time 100 (100) Data 00000007F3
04 Start/Stop Count 100 (100) Data 0000000532
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100) Data 00000001BA
07 Seek Error Rate 100 (100) Data 0000000000
08 Seek Time Performance 100 (100) Data 0000000000
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 090 (090) Data 0000001041
0A Spin Retry Count 126 (100) Data 0000000000
0C Device Power Cycle Count 100 (100) Data 0000000510
BF G-sense error rate 100 (100) Data 0000000067
C0 Power-off Retract Count 100 (100) Data 0000000002
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 090 (090) Data 000001929C
C2 Temperature 100 (100) Data 00000F002A
C4 Reallocation Event Count 100 (100) Data 00000000AC
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
DC Disk Shift 100 (100) Data 0000000046
DE Loaded Hours 093 (093) Data 0000000B4E
DF Load/Unload Retry Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
E0 Load Friction 100 (100) Data 0000000000
E2 Load 'In'-time 100 (100) Data 00000000D8
F0 Head Flying Hours 100 (100) Data 0000000000

 

[Y0GI]

What do I do about this Speccy report? I know just enough to think I should be worried:
S.M.A.R.T
Status Warning
Temperature 41 °C
Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C)
01 Read Error Rate 100 (100) Data 0000000000
02 Throughput Performance 100 (100) Data 0000000000
03 Spin-Up Time 100 (100) Data 00000007F3
04 Start/Stop Count 100 (100) Data 0000000532
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100) Data 00000001BA
07 Seek Error Rate 100 (100) Data 0000000000
08 Seek Time Performance 100 (100) Data 0000000000
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 090 (090) Data 0000001041
0A Spin Retry Count 126 (100) Data 0000000000
0C Device Power Cycle Count 100 (100) Data 0000000510
BF G-sense error rate 100 (100) Data 0000000067
C0 Power-off Retract Count 100 (100) Data 0000000002
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 090 (090) Data 000001929C
C2 Temperature 100 (100) Data 00000F002A
C4 Reallocation Event Count 100 (100) Data 00000000AC
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
DC Disk Shift 100 (100) Data 0000000046
DE Loaded Hours 093 (093) Data 0000000B4E
DF Load/Unload Retry Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
E0 Load Friction 100 (100) Data 0000000000
E2 Load 'In'-time 100 (100) Data 00000000D8
F0 Head Flying Hours 100 (100) Data 0000000000

I see 2 problems:
"05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100) Data 00000001BA" = 442 in decimal
And
"C4 Reallocation Event Count 100 (100) Data 00000000AC" = 172 in decimal

Your HDD is sick. Back up all important data and keep a close eye on it. Personally, I'd replace it. Is it under warranty?

Yogi

 

[PMcK]

What do I do about this Speccy report? I know just enough to think I should be worried:
S.M.A.R.T
Status Warning
Temperature 41 °C
Temperature Range OK (less than 50 °C)
01 Read Error Rate 100 (100) Data 0000000000
02 Throughput Performance 100 (100) Data 0000000000
03 Spin-Up Time 100 (100) Data 00000007F3
04 Start/Stop Count 100 (100) Data 0000000532
05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100) Data 00000001BA
07 Seek Error Rate 100 (100) Data 0000000000
08 Seek Time Performance 100 (100) Data 0000000000
09 Power-On Hours (POH) 090 (090) Data 0000001041
0A Spin Retry Count 126 (100) Data 0000000000
0C Device Power Cycle Count 100 (100) Data 0000000510
BF G-sense error rate 100 (100) Data 0000000067
C0 Power-off Retract Count 100 (100) Data 0000000002
C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count 090 (090) Data 000001929C
C2 Temperature 100 (100) Data 00000F002A
C4 Reallocation Event Count 100 (100) Data 00000000AC
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
DC Disk Shift 100 (100) Data 0000000046
DE Loaded Hours 093 (093) Data 0000000B4E
DF Load/Unload Retry Count 100 (100) Data 0000000000
E0 Load Friction 100 (100) Data 0000000000
E2 Load 'In'-time 100 (100) Data 00000000D8
F0 Head Flying Hours 100 (100) Data 0000000000

I see 2 problems:
"05 Reallocated Sectors Count 100 (100) Data 00000001BA" = 442 in decimal
And
"C4 Reallocation Event Count 100 (100) Data 00000000AC" = 172 in decimal

Your HDD is sick. Back up all important data and keep a close eye on it. Personally, I'd replace it. Is it under warranty?

Yogi

Thanks, Yogi. -Not under warranty - about 3 years old. It's a Toshiba L650 (in Australia). Can I replace only the hard drive, or is the rest of it likely to be worn out as well? I was hoping to avoid Windows 8 a while longer, but I don't know enough to keep a watch on the rest of it. It's not our main computer and there are backups.

 

[Y0GI]

Thanks, Yogi. -Not under warranty - about 3 years old. It's a Toshiba L650 (in Australia). Can I replace only the hard drive, or is the rest of it likely to be worn out as well? I was hoping to avoid Windows 8 a while longer, but I don't know enough to keep a watch on the rest of it. It's not our main computer and there are backups.

You're welcome!

You can replace the HDD only. The HDD is the "weak link" in any computer and the one item most likely to fail at ANY time. Most other components will last a long time, as long as they are not abused, as by extreme overclocking for example.

Yogi.