Question WD 4Tb hard Drive weak sectors what to do

[mick1964]

My refurb WD 4TB his showing two weak sectors and of course just out of warranty, (Refurb Drive never again) but anyway what the best thing to do if anythink.

 

[punkncat]

Purchase another drive and back the information on this one up immediately.

Continue using it for non critical data and/or just back it up on a very regular basis.

I have had drives with bad sectors go years. I have had them fail very rapidly as well.
Keep in mind that a failing drive can cause performance issues on the machine it is installed to.

 

[USAFRet]

My refurb WD 4TB his showing two weak sectors and of course just out of warranty, (Refurb Drive never again) but anyway what the best thing to do if anythink.

Ensure you have daily backups.
Use it until it dies.
Replace it when it does die. This may be next week, or next decade.

 

[fzabkar]

What do you mean by "weak"?

Were these sectors identified by way of a full surface scan, and did this scan identify the LBAs of these sectors?

Did some SMART tool identify these sectors as "Current Pending"?