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DBan "Resetting" Reallocated Sectors Count?

iamdarkyoshi

I've had not one, but two seagate desktop HDDs that reset the reallocated sectors counter reading after being wiped with dban.

 

Is this normal?

 

They used to be "Caution" in crystaldiskinfo but they now read "Good"

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4 minutes ago, Ethocreeper said:

they will go back to caution in a while

dont trust them

happened to me

Thing is

 

I put one through a year of continuous use, and it never went back to caution

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10 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Thing is

 

I put one through a year of continuous use, and it never went back to caution

ti might just work just monitor them regularly i use hd santisnel

i have it on startup. i put the hd icons on the taskbar

they show temps and the color is the health

saved my ass couple of time highly recommended and cheap also

also offers a variety of tools

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