Is it safe to use still?

[Kiegi]

Hi it is my first post here.

 

I have a external HDD that i have been using for years. I recently watched a linus video that showed crystaldiskinfo. I downloaded it and gave me a caution saying 16 pending sectors and 16 uncorrectable sectors. Can i keep using it or will it die soon?

 

thanks!

[da na]

"5526 RPM" what the hell lmao

 

Definitely back it up and get a warranty replacement if you still can. The drive is not at a critical failure point now, but it won't get any better - never take chances with failing storage.

[OhYou_]

bro that drive came out of a server, where did you get this external drive?

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, Kiegi said:

Hi it is my first post here.

 

I have a external HDD that i have been using for years. I recently watched a linus video that showed crystaldiskinfo. I downloaded it and gave me a caution saying 16 pending sectors and 16 uncorrectable sectors. Can i keep using it or will it die soon?

 

thanks!

It dates back from the Jurassic era,  09 power on hours count is 2050 BILLIONS ??? !!! 

 

 

[WiscoMetro]

Don't worry it doesn't have 2 trillion hours on it. I've seen that before on a 320 GB laptop harddrive. Must just have been a cosmic ray or something which flipped a bit in the EEPROM(or modern equivalent). In my case the drive went from 500 some days to 33300 some the next time I checked. It looked clearly like the 32768's place had flipped erroneously. If you can, I'd use it as a game drive, or as a backup of your GOG/Steam Library. Don't entrust it to keep your digital memories safe anymore.

[Ryker Robb]

12 hours ago, PDifolco said:

It dates back from the Jurassic era,  09 power on hours count is 2050 BILLIONS ??? !!! 

 

 

That's because the raw value is showing 2 different values. 204908594770564 in hex is BA5D0000B284, and BA5D=47709, and 0000B284=45700.

[Ryker Robb]

14 hours ago, OhYou_ said:

bro that drive came out of a server, where did you get this external drive?

This is just a standard seagate barracuda 2.5 inch 15mm drive:

[PDifolco]

11 minutes ago, Ryker Robb said:

That's because the raw value is showing 2 different values. 204908594770564 in hex is BA5D0000B284, and BA5D=47709, and 0000B284=45700.

Huh never would have thought of that, why don't the software maker make it clear instead of this mess ???

[Ryker Robb]

14 hours ago, Kiegi said:

Hi it is my first post here.

 

I have a external HDD that i have been using for years. I recently watched a linus video that showed crystaldiskinfo. I downloaded it and gave me a caution saying 16 pending sectors and 16 uncorrectable sectors. Can i keep using it or will it die soon?

 

thanks!

As long as the current pending sectors aren't increasing over time, it most likely isn't going to die soon (although 45,700 power on hours is quite high for this drive). But the fact that they're current pending sectors can be problematic, and you would want to get them reallocated if you can. A simple full format usually works, or you could also try a 3rd party program like victoria as well.

[OhYou_]

2 hours ago, Ryker Robb said:

This is just a standard seagate barracuda 2.5 inch 15mm drive:

 

yes and look at the power on count and hours.
368 power ons
for 45700 hours
unless OP never turns off their computer, that usage is almost always indicative of server use

[Ryker Robb]

10 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

unless OP never turns off their computer

This is the most likely reason. I doubt it's been used in a server for 5 years, and then put into a seagate expansion external hdd product.