SMART data...ummm...I have no idea!

[Deek]

Anyone want to take a stab at explaining these numbers....I know what they all mean, I have just never seen anything like this on a working machine....I mean come on! over 8 trillion Reallocated sectors?....42 trillion pending reallocation's....isn't that like half the drive?

 

[satrow]

Pretty good for a 45yo HDD, Deek.

I'd ask for a recount, try Hard Disk Sentinel, during the time I've used it, it's been trustworthy and reasonably accurate on all the drives I've checked: Hard Disk Sentinel - HDD health and temperature monitoring

 

[Patrick]

45yo HDD

:eek4:

 

[Digerati]

Pretty good for a 45yo HDD, Deek.

That's just how long it's been powered on - it could be much older!

Clearly, there's something wrong with the smart data on the disk, or with Defraggler's interpretation of it.

Passmark's DiskCheckup is also good for checking this, and it is free for home, non-commercial use.

 

[Deek]

Same data in Hard disk sentinel...I'm going to have to caulk this one up to a firmware bug on the HDD....there is no way those numbers can be right

 

[satrow]

A previous series to that model, MP*, I think, 10-30GB PATA, were awful, most died around the 11-13 month mark; if you were lucky and the model was still under warranty (they changed the prefix frequently!), there was a firmware 'fix' that lasted long enough to get data off it and little more - if you were unlucky and late to get the firmware - it was no longer available on the main Tosh. site, though sometimes it was still on the Tosh. Canada site a little longer. The Intel DeathStar was around the same time, it wasn't a good time for HDD makers.