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Reallocated sector count warning - how to fix?

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I just checked my laptop hdd with hd tune pro, and there are two warning one of them being reallocated sector count and the other one being reallocated event count. Can someone please explain how to fix this? 

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Get a new harddrive.

 

Those errors can't be fixed it means your HDD has a real dead sector which couldn't be repaired. 

 

Usually HHDs as well as SSD have spare sectors so they can handle a few bad sectors. But with HDD as soon as it starts with one, more will follow.

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Replace the HDD in question. Relocated means it encountered a bad sector and marked it as such.

It will only get worse over time, its not something you can fix

 

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Just now, Dujith said:

Replace the HDD in question. Relocated means it encountered a bad sector and marked it as such.

It will only get worse over time, its not something you can fix

 

even though I never tried with a really small chisel and hammer in a cleanroom to fix a dead sector =) 

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thats essentially an early warning that your disk is on its way out, the fix is to replace the drive, its up to you to decide how long you wanna wait, because it could die tomorrow, or 4 years from now. bad sectors arent really an indication of timeframe, only an indication of it happening.

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almost done with my bad sector check, couldn't find any yet! I'm confused, too broke to buy a new one, so will sit it out lets see :3 

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okay couldn't find any bad sectors, hopefully I'm good for now.

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Its.my.new.HDD...why?

any.solution...or.why.it.happened?

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On 7-12-2017 at 11:10 AM, LeAsianTechAddict said:

almost done with my bad sector check, couldn't find any yet! I'm confused, too broke to buy a new one, so will sit it out lets see :3 

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Reallocated are not really that much of a problem. It just means your drive found a broken or damaged sector and replaced it with a reserve sector, and that is why the disk now shows that it is 100% OK.
I would make a backup, monitor the smart values, and get rid of the disk once you see value "pending sectors" going up (like the picture above my post).

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On 07/12/2017 at 10:25 AM, LeAsianTechAddict said:

okay couldn't find any bad sectors, hopefully I'm good for now.

It didn't find any because the drive already swapped the bad ones with spare good ones. However it is a general sign of age, and you might want to start planning on replacing it before it gets too bad. Even if it can mask the problems for now, there is still an increased risk of data loss, and you might get performance glitches when it hits new bad spots.

13 hours ago, JeTexY said:

Its.my.new.HDD...why?

any.solution...or.why.it.happened?

If it is new enough to be under warranty consider getting RMA.

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