Is my hard drive ok?

[newcbomb]

I recently added a 500GB HDD i scrapped to go along with my 1TB drive for my Plex server. It has 2 caution signs in CrystalDiskInfo. Is it still suitable for just holding a bunch of MP4's?

 

Thanks

 

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Those two attributes are warning signs that the hard drive is about to die. So I would say no, it's not suitable for use of any sort.

[Snipergod87]

Reallocated sectors can happen, uncorrectables are concerning as they cannot be corrected.  If you do proceed to use the drive make sure you backup important data.

You got almost 3 years of usage out of that drive, not to bad.

[newcbomb]

1 minute ago, Snipergod87 said:

Reallocated sectors can happen, uncorrectables are concerning as they cannot be corrected.  If you do proceed to use the drive make sure you backup important data.

You got almost 3 years of usage out of that drive, not to bad.

Thanks, Actually i scrapped it so ive only had it a week  But, my WD Caviar Blue in my main rig has 62120 hours and 0 errors so that is great  

[Yvette222]

Agree with Snipergod87. I don't suggest you save important data to this drive, If you still want to use it, make backup for your data.

[seagate_surfer]

Part of the confusion here might be that we don't officially disclose drive parameters & thresholds as a matter of policy, so sometimes 3rd party testing utilities need to be taken with a grain of salt. Here's a page from our Knowledge Base with more in-depth info on the matter:

How do I interpret SMART diagnostic utilities results?

We use the first 4 bits of the 12-digit number to indicate the number of errors, while the remaining eight are a 32-bit count of seeks the drive has performed.

For more info, take a look at this thread

 We recommend running a Long Generic test from our free diagnostic software SeaTools to get an idea of the health of the drive.

[Biggerboot]

Personally I see no issue with using it for redundancy.  Don't keep your only copies of something on it though.

[newcbomb]

I was just gonna use it to hold non-important DVD Rips for plex. 

[Biggerboot]

6 minutes ago, newcbomb said:

I was just gonna use it to hold non-important DVD Rips for plex. 

As long as you're comfortable with re-ripping the DVDs if it dies.  I'd save myself that potential work and get another drive for redundancy.