My hdd is gonna explode?

[IsaacDaGrazin]

Okay so im aware my hdd is dieing and that’s why im getting a WD Black but

Its doing a constant buzzing noise like it sounds like the heads are stuck but I can still open things like programs etc..

I haven’t done my backup yet,

Is there a way to save my hdd so I can at least make a backup? or until I get my WD Black so I can clone it?

please halp meh! its 32 degrees Celsius

2tb seagate

 

[failblox]

Is it a distinct clicking sound?

 

Run CrystalDiskInfo and post your results here.

 

Also, you should constantly be backing up your data. If I were you I'd copy over everything rn, or at least the data that's most important.

[IsaacDaGrazin]

Just now, failblox said:

Is it a distinct clicking sound?

 

Run CrystalDiskInfo and post your results here.

More like a buzzing with little clicks

And I forgot to mention that I’m running Ubuntu 14.04 so I cant use CrystalDiskInfo are there any alternatives?

[failblox]

1 minute ago, IsaacDaGrazin said:

More like a buzzing with little clicks

And I forgot to mention that I’m running Ubuntu 14.04 so I cant use CrystalDiskInfo are there any alternatives?

Check out this guide - it should be pretty simple to follow if you have any basic understanding of how to use the terminal: http://www.cathaycenturies.com/blog/?p=1712

 

It's normal for a HDD to make some buzzing and clicking noises when it's being accessed.

 

Does it sound like this?

 

[IsaacDaGrazin]

8 minutes ago, failblox said:

Check out this guide - it should be pretty simple to follow if you have any basic understanding of how to use the terminal: http://www.cathaycenturies.com/blog/?p=1712

 

It's normal for a HDD to make some buzzing and clicking noises when it's being accessed.

 

Does it sound like this?

 

not really its just like small audible clicks with a constant buzzing sound and its happening at idle when im not accessing anything

edit: the buzzing seems to have stopped and the clicks too

 

 

 

 

here is the results

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=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (AF)
Device Model:     ST2000DM001-1CH164
Serial Number:    W1E8FZYT
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0780e9937
Firmware Version: CC27
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Feb 14 06:40:30 2016 GMT

==> WARNING: A firmware update for this drive may be available,
see the following Seagate web pages:
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/207931en
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/223651en

SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)    Offline data collection activity
                    was completed without error.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test routine completed
                    without error or no self-test has ever
                    been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:         (  584) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      ( 212) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities:            (0x3085)    SCT Status supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   118   099   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       181434600
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   096   096   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   099   099   020    Old_age   Always       -       1226
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   081   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       123869373
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age   Always       -       2496
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   099   099   020    Old_age   Always       -       1223
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0 0 0
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   065   047   045    Old_age   Always       -       35 (Min/Max 17/35)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       84
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       3369
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   035   053   000    Old_age   Always       -       35 (0 11 0 0 0)
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       2539h+13m+07.479s
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       15492633151
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       25631509312

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

 

 

 

this is what worrys me

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1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   118   099   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       181434600

 

 

Edited February 14, 2016 by IsaacDaGrazin

[IsaacDaGrazin]

hello? ;-;

[failblox]

16 minutes ago, IsaacDaGrazin said:

not really its just like small audible clicks with a constant buzzing sound and its happening at idle when im not accessing anything

edit: the buzzing seems to have stopped and the clicks too

 

 

 

 

here is the results

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=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 (AF)
Device Model:     ST2000DM001-1CH164
Serial Number:    W1E8FZYT
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0780e9937
Firmware Version: CC27
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Feb 14 06:40:30 2016 GMT

==> WARNING: A firmware update for this drive may be available,
see the following Seagate web pages:
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/207931en
http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/223651en

SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)    Offline data collection activity
                    was completed without error.
                    Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test routine completed
                    without error or no self-test has ever
                    been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection:         (  584) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:              (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                    Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                    Suspend Offline collection upon new
                    command.
                    Offline surface scan supported.
                    Self-test supported.
                    Conveyance Self-test supported.
                    Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)    Saves SMART data before entering
                    power-saving mode.
                    Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
                    General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:      ( 212) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:      (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities:            (0x3085)    SCT Status supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   118   099   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       181434600
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   096   096   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   099   099   020    Old_age   Always       -       1226
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   081   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       123869373
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age   Always       -       2496
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   099   099   020    Old_age   Always       -       1223
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0 0 0
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   065   047   045    Old_age   Always       -       35 (Min/Max 17/35)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       84
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       3369
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   035   053   000    Old_age   Always       -       35 (0 11 0 0 0)
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       2539h+13m+07.479s
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       15492633151
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       25631509312

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

 

 

 

this is what worrys me

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1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   118   099   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       181434600

 

 

It takes a while to go through all the logs. It's also two in the morning where I live right now so bear with me.

 

Anyways, the raw values for Raw_Read_Error_Rate are generally extremely overestimated and you should just ignore it. That value is the raw value that the controller reports, and different manufactures use different structures in their HDDs, so it's very difficult to interpret the number.

 

The values you should be paying more attention if you're worried about data integrity are Reallocated_Sector_Ct and Current_Pending_Sector. The first is the number of reallocated sectors there are on your HDD. This value is important because it tells you whether there are dead sectors on your HDD, and this number starts to rise when a HDD is about to die. Similarly, the Current_Pending_Sector is the number of pending sectors that your HDD is planning to reallocate.

 

If a sector is dead, data is unable to be read or written from it. Since, according to your SMART report, both values for the number of reallocated sectors and pending reallocated sectors are 0, you have nothing to worry about. Again, some buzzing and clicking when a HDD is under activity is perfectly normal. It's a very distinct clicking sound that you want to watch out for, like the one I linked in the video I previously posted.

 

Nonetheless, you should always be backing up your data if you can. I like to say there's only two states a HDD can be in: a HDD is either dying, or it's dead. Trust me on this. It is inevitable that all HDDs will die due to the mechanical nature of how they work. It's just a matter of when, but you don't know when that's going to be.

[IsaacDaGrazin]

1 hour ago, failblox said:

snip

thanks