HDD warning in CrystalDiskInfo but it works fine?

[M300843499]

[aaronhare]

Your hard drive is probably dying and is going to die soon. I would backup that drive just incase it dies. Good luck!

[VicciVicVic]

I'm no hard drive specialist, in fact I know practically nothing about them apart from that they a spinny thing, a pointy thing and plug into SATA and IDE for older ones. I would assume this has something to do with the on board controller though. I wouldn't hold out for this hard drive much longer, unless you have the opportunity to maybe reformat it. Either way, an SSD is optimal nowadays and Hard Drives should never be your first choice.

[M300843499]

Just now, VicciVicVic said:

I'm no hard drive specialist, in fact I know practically nothing about them apart from that they a spinny thing, a pointy thing and plug into SATA and IDE for older ones. I would assume this has something to do with the on board controller though. I wouldn't hold out for this hard drive much longer, unless you have the opportunity to maybe reformat it. Either way, an SSD is optimal nowadays and Hard Drives should never be your first choice.

 

1 minute ago, AaronsDev said:

Your hard drive is probably dying and is going to die soon. I would backup that drive just incase it dies. Good luck!

It has been like this for 2 years, it's not something that is new, but nothing has changed, the drive has no sound issues that i can hear, it runs cool.

[VicciVicVic]

Just now, M300843499 said:

 

It has been like this for 2 years, it's not something that is new, but nothing has changed, the drive has no sound issues that i can hear, it runs cool.

Really don't know what to tell you then. Like I said, I know practically nothing about them. I do believe that DriveSavers provide free support though, you can ask them.

[aaronhare]

Just now, M300843499 said:

 

It has been like this for 2 years, it's not something that is new, but nothing has changed, the drive has no sound issues that i can hear, it runs cool.

It says the relocated sectors are at 99 out of 99 errors at that time. 

[Murasaki]

Drive can function fine but there's no telling what could happen next considering yours has 352 sectors reallocated. My old Hitachi drive has some sectors remapped aswell but it's performance is slow as molasses. You can replace it if you want, HDDs are cheap anyway. Always good to have backups though. 

[M300843499]

17 minutes ago, AaronsDev said:

It says the relocated sectors are at 99 out of 99 errors at that time. 

This is common on any HDD though, some read that with no caution advised.

 

I will look for a replacement drive, will go for a bigger capacity too

[Syntaxvgm]

Get a replacement drive and use this one as a secondary drive for things you can lose like game installs and media. It works fine now but has a MUCH higher chance of failing. Could keep working of course. 

 

[Hekoki]

1 minute ago, M300843499 said:

This is common on any HDD though, some read that with no caution advised.

 

I will look for a replacement drive, will go for a bigger capacity too

i know this is answered but a bit of info on reading crystaldiskinfo: the current, worst, and threshold values are out of 100 (higher is better, and over 100 means its never been updated(except for temps those numbers are just the temps)) so at 99 it shouldnt be a big problem yet, but is something to keep an eye on. and the raw numbers can be changed from hex to dec for easier reading (function > advanced feature > raw values)