If the drive is reporting failure, replace it.
If the drive is making odd noises, replace it.
Either way, this is a sign that the drive is about to be unusable, for values of "about to be" that include "some in the next month." You can buy a half-terabyte drive for less than a graphics card nowadays, so you can probably afford to be safe rather than sorry.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
If the drive is making odd noises, replace it.
Either way, this is a sign that the drive is about to be unusable, for values of "about to be" that include "some in the next month." You can buy a half-terabyte drive for less than a graphics card nowadays, so you can probably afford to be safe rather than sorry.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012