SMART indicates "Caution"

[RefrainS]

Hey guys, i randomly used CrystalDiskInfo and stepped upon this.

What does that mean? Is it really dangerous and do i have to backup urgently? The HDD is mostly used for Games and Videos and i could move Documents easily to my SSD.

I used other tools like WD Diagnostics and it said that the disk is in a "good" state. Speccy also indicated "good" state so why is CrystalDiskInfo indicating Caution? I hope someone can explain me the world of the disks

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Do you have a backup? you should alwasy have a backups.

 

Those pending sectors probably ment some data was lost, and it will probably get worse soon. Id replace it soom.

[RefrainS]

I ran a chkdsk and there were 0 KB in bad/defect sectors. I will back my Documents and other crucial data up.

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, RefrainS said:

I ran a chkdsk and there were 0 KB in bad/defect sectors. I will back my Documents and other crucial data up.

the lost data can be in a un used area. 

 

In the future don't run chkdsk on a dying drive, it likes to kill data.

[RefrainS]

So i should look if it increases and if it gets worse i should replace it, right?