move all data, try a zero fill. if it gets away okay then, but if it doesn't, take it serious.
Do nothing. Just sit back and watch. If the count keeps increasing then it means the drive is slowly dying. In that case backup important data to a different drive/buy a new drive. You can still use this drive to store less important data. Windows should give you warning before your drive is totalled.
1-2 months ago my 5 years old wdc blue drive's reallocated sector count kept increasing incrementally. I haven't done anything other than firing up crystaldiskinfo to check the s.m.a.r.t values weekly. Didn't face any problems either.
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how old is it?
tagging @minitt , he is running a 2TB HDD from toshiba. I will opt for that one.
If you intend to take 1TB by any chance go for wd 10ezex, an excellent hdd, i'm using one.
Last edited by [email protected]$t3rz3r0; November 7th, 2015 at 01:51.
Won't recommend Seagate. Too many of their drives fail after 2-3 years of usage.
I agree that western digital's 1tb blue is one of the most reliable drives I've ever used. If space is not an issue I highly recommend it.
In 2tb segment only 2 brands are reliable, western digital and hgst. If you're buying western digital green then I recommend you disable the auto parking feature after buying them. My ezrx's load/unload cycle count has been increasing rapidly. Also with auto park on you'll get sluggish performance if you use them as system drive, since they tend to park very often.