I looked up that Wikipedia article and followed a link to a freeware Hard Disk checker. I had been wondering how bad my HD is - whether it was just BARELY past a certain threshold to trigger the alerts.
Oof...
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I'm not going to claim I know what all the numbers really mean, but that first one - the Raw Read Error rate - CAN'T be good. Also the re-allocated sectors isn't good.
Seems my drive isn't suffering from a gross mechanical failure or in imminent danger of immediate catastrophic instant death. But if I'm interpreting this right, it is suffering from the mechanical equivalent of senility and slowly failing.
Well - I got 5 good years out of it. That's at least 2-3 past any possible warranty. Glad I've got a replacement ready to go. Think I'll avail myself of my friends help and get the new drive installed next week.
Oof...
I'm not going to claim I know what all the numbers really mean, but that first one - the Raw Read Error rate - CAN'T be good. Also the re-allocated sectors isn't good.
Seems my drive isn't suffering from a gross mechanical failure or in imminent danger of immediate catastrophic instant death. But if I'm interpreting this right, it is suffering from the mechanical equivalent of senility and slowly failing.
Well - I got 5 good years out of it. That's at least 2-3 past any possible warranty. Glad I've got a replacement ready to go. Think I'll avail myself of my friends help and get the new drive installed next week.