Thanks, I downloaded the 'hdtune' program and
ran it and it showed just two 'damaged
blocks'. Here is a printout...
Do you think that this is serious enough to
warrant a replacement?
Regards, Frank
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HD Tune: WDC WD2500JD-00FYB0 Benchmark
Transfer Rate Minimum : 15.7 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Maximum : 54.2 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Average : 45.2 MB/sec
Access Time : 14.7 ms
Burst Rate : 67.2 MB/sec
CPU Usage : 6.0%
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HD Tune: WDC WD2500JD-00FYB0 Health
ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 200 191 51 0 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 140 107 21 3516 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 40 907 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 198 198 140 31
Ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 100 253 51 0 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 86 86 0 10310 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 51 0 Ok
(0B) Calibration Retry Count 100 100 51 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 0 897 Ok
(C2) Temperature 112 253 0 38 Ok
(C4) Reallocated Event Count 174 174 0 26 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 200 200 0 2 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 200 200 0 2 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 253 0 3 Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 200 155 51 0 Ok
Power On Time : 10310
Health Status : Ok
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HD Tune: WDC WD2500JD-00FYB0 Error Scan
Scanned data : 238379 MB
Damaged Blocks : 0.1 %
Elapsed Time : 99:18
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"JS" <@> wrote in message
news:u$15GIx0HHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Try HD Tune, provides drive info
> (S.M.A.R.T. Status) and has an option to
> test your drive.
> http://www.hdtune.com/
>
> SpeedFan has an online S.M.A.R.T. analysis
> feature for hard drives.
> http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
>
> You should also check your hard drive
> manufacture's site for Drive Testing
> Software
> Western Digital's Data LifeGuard
> Diagnostics
> http://support.wdc.com/download/?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=3
>
> Seagate's SeaTools
> http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools
>
> Maxtor's (Now Seagate) PowerMax
> http://www.seagate.com/maxtor/
>
> Fujitsu's Utilities
> http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/storage/hdd/support/utilities.html
>
> Samsung's Disk manager software
> http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm
>
> Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test software
> http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
>
> JS
>
> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote in
> message
> news:%23h6yysw0HHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I get the following error message:
>>
>> ***
>>
>> The type of errors encountered indicate
>> that this HDD is about to fail. It is
>> recommended that this drive be replaced
>> soon. To ignore this error and back up
>> this drive select "Ignore bad sectors
>> during copy" from the advanced options in
>> the Drive Backup Wizard.
>>
>> --Error E7C3000F:
>> Device\\.\SymantecSnapshot0 cannot read 1
>> sectors starting at LBA3810149.
>>
>> --Error EBAB03F1: Data error (cyclic
>> redundancy check).
>>
>> ***
>>
>> Please advise what I should do.
>> Frank
>>
>
>