Help with HDD

[fahimspider]

In short - Crystal Disk info showing



Now, what should I do? Take it seriously and ditch this HDD? or I can do anything else?
For information I had done surface test couple weeks ago. No bad sector was found then.
Thanks in advance.

[[email protected]$t3rz3r0]

move all data, try a zero fill. if it gets away okay then, but if it doesn't, take it serious.

[fahimspider]

move all data, try a zero fill. if it gets away okay then, but if it doesn't, take it serious.

Already have moved all the data. What do you mean by 'zero fill'?

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low level format?

[fahimspider]

Have done zero fill. Still showing that caution. Pls advice. And also suggest a new drive
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[_batman]

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.

[[email protected]$t3rz3r0]

how old is it?

[Shawon191]

Seems like we got some similar results.

[fahimspider]

Seems like we got some similar results.

My reallocated sector count is 8.

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how old is it?

4 yrs

[[email protected]$t3rz3r0]

4 yrs

time for update.

[fahimspider]

time for update.

Suggest a 2 tb HDD

[[email protected]$t3rz3r0]

Suggest a 2 tb HDD

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.

[mithun12ka4]

Suggest a 2 tb HDD

If you need the HDD to be ur primary system Hard Disk then go for 1TB Western Digital Blue. Its the most reliable HDD I have every used.
Otherwise Buy 2GB WD Green or 2GB Seagate.

I never had any good experience with Hitachi or Toshiba, so I stay away from them.

[_batman]

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.

[fahimspider]

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.

HGST available in market? price range?

[_batman]

HGST available in market? price range?

Not available in the market as far as I know, though I don't know if any specific shop imports them or not.