Seagate ST4000DX001 HDD dying or not?

[Andreas Lilja]

One of my HDDs (where my games are stored) is sort of (maybe?) dying* according to some programs. No real important data.

 

0.1% damaged blocks (3 red ones) according to HDTune, "Caution" according to Crystaldisk (uncorrectable sector count: 100) -- but SeaTools disagrees, as well as Speccy. (S.M.A.R.T. = Good.)  Also did a CHKDSK which found nothing.

 

http://imgur.com/8LH5SN4

http://imgur.com/V71c0NW

 

[themctipers]

I would be somewhat worried. Better backup your data

 

also fix your formatting next time For night themed users

[SansVarnic]

15 minutes ago, Raskolnikov said:

One of my HDDs (where my games are stored) is sort of (maybe?) dying* according to some programs. No real important data.

 

0.1% damaged blocks (3 red ones) according to HDTune, "Caution" according to Crystaldisk (uncorrectable sector count: 100) -- but SeaTools disagrees, as well as Speccy. (S.M.A.R.T. = Good.)  Also did a CHKDSK which found nothing.

 

http://imgur.com/8LH5SN4

http://imgur.com/V71c0NW

 

It happens on mechanical drives for bad sectors to appear. This is normal on drives that have been in use for a while. As always be sure to back up your information on a secondary [or even third] location.

A bad sector or block does not necessary mean your drive is going bad. If you start to hear audible clicking noises from your drive that is a more indicative sign. Also if you notice that blocks and sectors are appearing on a regular basis then yes I would worry about a possible platter failure.