oh my..........better change the HDD ASAP. Back up all of your files while it still able to run.
Reallocated sector count more than "0" = bad sectors exist inside HDD, and it will grow larger and larger.

This post has been edited by sI Taufu: May 19 2013, 10:48 PM

Say HI to my laptop internal HDD:



Anyway, the HDD really need to be replace ASAP, but for other reason.

unfortunately, YES.
backup the data of that Seagate HDD ASAP while it still last.

non-noticeable, as the read/write rates of HDD are well below 3.0 Gbps.

Few years ago we got Samsung and WD Black 1TB which are very reliable, the former one is cheap and reliable, the later one is durability.

But currently i dare not to say much for "most reliable HDD Drive" as my WD Black 1TB managed to fail me within 2 years
But most of us will agree on that "most reliable SSD brand"

IINM in March, I shocked when my PC run HDDcheck during bootup, like deleting files and recover files.
Feeling it must be something to do with my HDD, i went on to run HD Tune and get the following results of my C Drive :

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Atta...post&id=3414761

Initial it got 12 current pending sectors, upon googling i realize it is another meaning of bad sectors, so i do backup ASAP.
After 3 weeks, my PC hang when surfing internet, knowing that the HDD had reach its date, i force shutdown my PC and restart......I cannot see anything on my monitor, not even BIOS Splash screen!
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2784581&hl=

One good thing of WD Black is we may have ample time to do backup before it finally gave up

This post has been edited by sI Taufu: Jun 2 2013, 11:49 PM

normal Black.
Enterprise grade is too far for me (Still a student in the time i bought my PC), and i think they use SAS interface which may lead to compatibility issue for normal mobo

This post has been edited by sI Taufu: Jun 3 2013, 12:04 AM

that magnet will come in handy when you need to unscrew some REALLY TINY screws, like the glasses/watch/HDDs.

i mean it will stick those tiny screws after you had unscrew them.
Sometimes it is very hard to find those screws if we simply put those screws elsewhere, more troublesome IF we accidentally drop it.

another WD Black user here...Had RMA a WD 1TB just after 1 and half year of usage
Really need to pray to god so that they can be as lasting as my good old 60GB laptop HDD (touchwood).

use ext HDD as less time as possible, it will prolong its life; ext HDD aren't designed to operating for days.
most importantly....DO NOT DROP IT!!!