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5 bad sectors

djdelarosa25
By djdelarosa25
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nah should be fine for about 3years :P

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Is the HDD dying?

Technically, but all HDD's are dying slowly. 5 sectors isn't bad though, its usually when you start seeing more-and-more add up, and when you reach the 1000's within a short amount of time.

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well, from that screenshot its just fine.

 

the issue is we dont know if those 5 sectors went out over time, or if they're the start of a rapid sudden decline towards death.

 

its still perfectly fine for now, but do keep an eye on that.

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Download and run the SeaTools (seagate scan) and see if the sectors are repairable. That's only 2000 hours on the drive, which is low.

 

But 5 sectors, means the drive is on it's way out. 5 bad sectors can harm the performance pretty quickly.

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Download and run the SeaTools (seagate scan) and see if the sectors are repairable. That's only 2000 hours on the drive, which is low.

 

But 5 sectors, means the drive is on it's way out. 5 bad sectors can harm the performance pretty quickly.

What test should I run?

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But 5 sectors, means the drive is on it's way out. 5 bad sectors can harm the performance pretty quickly.

 

 

Yup. Random times the Disk Activity and RAM usage just spike up even with only one Chrome tab running.

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