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Failing HDD?

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By Vannagro
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So my computer did some odd thing as I booted it up. It said it needed to check for errors on my HDD. (Paraphrasing.) It then did some 3 stage thing and rebooted. 15 minutes of black screen after Windows logo, I got to my login screen. First thing I do is check CrystalDiskInfo. I saw this.
 

http://imgur.com/zZu7Cvm
 

What does this mean, and how long is she going to live?
 

 

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Well you obtain the worst possible numbers on the pic so probably a few months(or maybe in a week or two). Better go disk shopping son.

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The Reallocated Sector Count attribute has failed. There are probably hundreds (even thousands) of bad sectors in the raw value for that attribute. If I were you, I would backup the drive ASAP. A warning on that attribute has potential indicators of imminent electromechanical failure.

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Ehhhh I wouldn't trust any data on that drive from now on. Back up anything important and start planning to replace it.

Really don't like the look of that reallocated sector count lol, basically means your drive has so many bad sectors it's had to reallocate basically all of the data on it...

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If i were you i would grab another HD and put everything on it now. Soon you won't be able to use it at all. 

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