WD Blue failing?

[stfn]

So I have the following question, I got a new PC and I decided to test all my devices. And as I was checking out the old HDDs that I brought over which is a WD Blue 6TB, CrystalDiskInfo told me caution. And some stuff in there about some sectors.

So I contacted WD about it and they told me to run their tool called Kitfox, I ran this for 12 hours and the drive passed without any issues at all.
But since my friend told me that the HDD is on its way out based on that picture above, I already ordered a new one. Meanwhile WD support tells me that if I pass their Kitfox thing, there is no reason to expect imminent failure.
Considering I paid like 170 EUR for a new drive, if I can keep using this, I would much rather return the new one. What do you all think?

 

[stfn]

I suggest you read https://www.anyrecover.com/hard-drive-recovery-data/current-pending-sector-count/ which will tell you about Current Pending Sector Count and how to try to fix it. You can then make an informed decision.

Thanks, I took the format approach but it sadly did not lower the number. I'm just confused because I have 2 of these drives, both have that Pending Sector Count at 200/200. And only the one above is telling me Caution. The other one is still labeled as Health Status 100%. I'm not sure how much value I should put into CrystalDiskInfo then.

 

[stfn]

It is usually reading the raw values.

That makes sense, one of them is on 4 there, the other is on 0.
I'm still considering just using them both until failure. It's not giving me any issues yet so I don't really want to rush into an expensive purchase until I atleast see it struggle in some way. from my perspective its still fine atm.