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SMART indicates "Caution"

RefrainS
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Hey guys, i randomly used CrystalDiskInfo and stepped upon this.

What does that mean? Is it really dangerous and do i have to backup urgently? The HDD is mostly used for Games and Videos and i could move Documents easily to my SSD.

I used other tools like WD Diagnostics and it said that the disk is in a "good" state. Speccy also indicated "good" state so why is CrystalDiskInfo indicating Caution? I hope someone can explain me the world of the disks xD

 

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Do you have a backup? you should alwasy have a backups.

 

Those pending sectors probably ment some data was lost, and it will probably get worse soon. Id replace it soom.

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I ran a chkdsk and there were 0 KB in bad/defect sectors. I will back my Documents and other crucial data up.

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3 minutes ago, RefrainS said:

I ran a chkdsk and there were 0 KB in bad/defect sectors. I will back my Documents and other crucial data up.

the lost data can be in a un used area. 

 

In the future don't run chkdsk on a dying drive, it likes to kill data.

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So i should look if it increases and if it gets worse i should replace it, right? 

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