Is this hard drive healthy (Samsung F3 1TB)

[Guitarwolf]

When I built my PC about 3.5 years I threw in two Samsung F3 1TB hard drives and unfortunately one of them died about 2 weeks. Well it didn't outright die but it made a loud choking sound for about 15 seconds when I woke the PC out of sleep mode and it wouldn't be detected. So I switched it around to a different sata connection and I managed to salvage all the data except for a few corrupted files, although it would often go unresponsive as I was transferring the files to a back up drive.

Anyway, my current Samsung F3 drive is also showing some unusual behavior. I can't recall if this happened before but it sometimes makes a loud choking noise for a brief second when it comes back from a low power state. Crystaldiskinfo says the drive is still good but I can't read the actual values so I'm not sure.



Does that spin-up time seem a bit low?

Would you guys say the drive is safe to use (I've backed up all the data) or should I just scrap it and buy a new one before it starts giving me headaches?

[Alibaladin]

When I built my PC about 3.5 years I threw in two Samsung F3 1TB hard drives and unfortunately one of them died about 2 weeks. Well it didn't outright die but it made a loud choking sound for about 15 seconds when I woke the PC out of sleep mode and it wouldn't be detected. So I switched it around to a different sata connection and I managed to salvage all the data except for a few corrupted files, although it would often go unresponsive as I was transferring the files to a back up drive.

Anyway, my current Samsung F3 drive is also showing some unusual behavior. I can't recall if this happened before but it sometimes makes a loud choking noise for a brief second when it comes back from a low power state. Crystaldiskinfo says the drive is still good but I can't read the actual values so I'm not sure.

Does that spin-up time seem a bit low?

Would you guys say the drive is safe to use (I've backed up all the data) or should I just scrap it and buy a new one before it starts giving me headaches?

Its time to buy a new one. Buy WD HDD.

[sanderdegrote]

Spin-up time is on the low side, It has a long power on time: 18235/24=760 days might want to take that into consideration. I would not instantly buy a new drive but back-up everything on the drive carefully.

[kizoku_95]

Buy a new drive like instantly !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Unhelpful]

Buy a new drive like instantly !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy one yesterday.

[Guitarwolf]

Is it really that bad?

[sanderdegrote]

Is it really that bad?

Considering it has been on for 760 days, not really.

[Guest]

yes, but my reds have some bad sectors