HDD SMART error

[xenic]

I bought a Barracuda 750Gb HDD second hand.

 

With the HDD plugged in I get the error: "SMART Status Bad, Backup and Replace"

 

Is the HDD bad or is it because the previous owner wiped the drive clean?

[WereCatf]

It's bad.

[knightslugger]

download crystal disk info and check what it wrong with it. it could be a benign error, like it got too hot once.

[Silentprototipe]

Oh boy, You got one of those  

 

Sorry to break it to you, Your HDD. Its dying and there's nothing that can be done to save it  You will have about 40 more power on hours on the drive more than likely before it dies. So if I were you turn off your PC until you get a new drive to clone to 

[xenic]

24 minutes ago, Silentprototipe said:

Oh boy, You got one of those  

 

Sorry to break it to you, Your HDD. Its dying and there's nothing that can be done to save it  You will have about 40 more power on hours on the drive more than likely before it dies. So if I were you turn off your PC until you get a new drive to clone to 

The disk was wiped by the previous owner, so no need for cloning.

24 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

download crystal disk info and check what it wrong with it. it could be a benign error, like it got too hot once.

Formatting the disk right now. Will try crystal disk afterwards. I'll keep you guys informed

 

[seagate_surfer]

Sorry to hear that you're experiencing trouble with your drive. We have a free diagnostic software SeaTools you will probably want to grab for running tests. 

3rd party utility results need to be taken with a grain of salt because we do not publish drive attributes & thresholds as a matter of policy. For more info on this, see our Knowledge Base article:

How do I interpret SMART diagnostic utilities results?

[xenic]

16 hours ago, seagate_surfer said:

Sorry to hear that you're experiencing trouble with your drive. We have a free diagnostic software SeaTools you will probably want to grab for running tests. 

3rd party utility results need to be taken with a grain of salt because we do not publish drive attributes & thresholds as a matter of policy. For more info on this, see our Knowledge Base article:

How do I interpret SMART diagnostic utilities results?

Thanks for the reply.

The drive started making horrible noices and the tool doesn't even detect it.

I'm ready to declare it dead.

[userzero]

Don't buy second hand hard drives.