Is this a problem?

[jake000]

Just put in a Seagate 1.5TB Hard Drive and got the following fail in HD Tune:

HD Tune: ST31500341AS Health

ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 111 99 6 33130234 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 99 99 0 0 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 100 100 20 57 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 100 100 36 0 Ok
(07) Seek Error Rate 71 60 30 13692674 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 100 100 0 835 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 97 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 20 56 Ok
(B8) (unknown attribute) 97 97 99 3 Failed
(BB) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(BC) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(BD) (unknown attribute) 100 100 0 0 Ok
(BE) Airflow Temperature 62 55 45 638910502 Ok
(C2) Temperature 38 45 0 38 Ok
(C3) Hardware ECC Recovered 51 30 0 33130234 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 100 100 0 0 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 100 0 0 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 0 Ok
(F0) Head Flying Hours 100 253 0 834 Ok
(F1) (unknown attribute) 100 253 0 1261406941 Ok
(F2) (unknown attribute) 100 253 0 875009621 Ok

Power On Time : 835
Health Status : Failed


Is that a bad sign?

Thank you

 

[ChrisLX200]

You would have to use Seagates diagnostic utility (Seatools.exe) to find out if that parameter is meaningful.

 

[jake000]

Thanks for the fast reply Chris

I will download it and give it a try

 

[jake000]

All of the short tests and smart test came back ok. Should I try the long tests?

Thank you

 

[ChrisLX200]

No, they are surface scans - I don't think that's an issue. If you had bad blocks increasing it would show in SMART as 'reallocation count', and it passes that test. A lot of these 'unknown attributes' are benign measurements and HD Tune can misinterpret them, or Seagate can tailor SMART messages to suit themselves. I wouldn't worry about that one, or if it still does worry you then send the report to Seagate themselves with a query.

 

[jake000]

Ok thank you

You've put my mind at rest