HDD S.M.A.R.T Problem

MgSnake00 · 20 Sep 2012 at 13:50

Hi Guys, I was wondering for some advice on whats happening on my hard drive. Basically I ran a S.M.A.R.T Test using HDDSCAN for an error reported. All the sections seem to be fine apart from the two which say

197-Current Pending Errors Count 100-100
198-Uncorrectable Errors Count 100-100

I was wondering does this mean there are errors in the data I have stored in the hard drive and it is going to run the risk of HDD failure?

Or is this HDD fine and I can store new back ups etc on there still and just ignore it?

P.S I also ran the same test with a different hard drive but however these values listed above are registered as being fine for the different hdd.

wazza300 · 20 Sep 2012 at 13:54

Have or can you back up the data from it and do a full format? Then see what smart says,could right click the drive and run chkdisk on it

MgSnake00 · 20 Sep 2012 at 13:56

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wazza300 said:
Have or can you back up the data from it and do a full format? Then see what smart says,could right click the drive and run chkdisk on it

Thanks for the reply.

I'm planning to purchase a new hdd and back up the data from this "faulty" hdd and then running a chkdisk on it.

If I just ran the Chkdisk now will it affect the data inside the hdd in any way?

wazza300 · 20 Sep 2012 at 14:02

No,all it does is find and attempt to repair any errors,you won't lose data

MgSnake00 · 20 Sep 2012 at 14:05

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wazza300 said:
No,all it does is find and attempt to repair any errors,you won't lose data

Thanks mate, I shall and run that test and see what happens. =D Cheers