Hard Disk Monitoring

... that the drive is generally error-free. If these report error - then it is better to replace (ideally the seller should offer at least some days warranty for a 2nd hand drive).

... discussed many times) is that manufacturer specific tools not designed to show any errors but exactly the opposite: to HIDE problems and minimise warranty requests. This is why it does not show any real information. Yes, probably SeaTools started the internal self test function of the drive (which ...

... is an error (or not) - with the disk drive itself - with the storage subsystem in general (which includes cables, connections etc.) > Since the warranty of this hard drive is still valid; would it be convenient to change this hard drive for a new one? Absolutely NOT. According the images, the ...

... https://images2.imgbox.com/1f/9b/OQ9JD74E_o.png My two main questions are: Do I do an "Extended-Self Test?" And. Since the warranty of this hard drive is still valid; would it be convenient to change this hard drive for a new one? I plan to clone a hard drive with the one ...

... more and more sectors fail. If you did not encounter any of these ("just" the slowness) you're really lucky. Yes, I'd definitely ask for warranty replacement (after a backup and a complete erase eg. by Disk menu -> Surface test -> Write test or Reinitialise Disk Surface when the SSD connected ...

... i ran a disk benchmark and figured out that the sequential write speed has dropped from 453MB/s to 197MB/s. I think it would be better to claim warranty over this with the speed drop. Read speed has dropped as well but by a relatively small margin (551MB/s to 452MB/s).

... causing consistent disk errors and data corruption with noticably poor performance. This doesn't seem to be the case with this SSD. There is a warranty remaining for this SSD. Should i claim warranty over this, or would it be fine to keep using this SSD under these conditions? Claiming the ...

... at 0 %) we can't expect too much. May worth a try but generally a drive with 0% Health is considered as bad and should be replaced in terms of warranty (if still covered by warranty). As data can be damaged/corrupted/lost on a such drive, I'd surely not recommend to use for any storage (even ...

... Generally this is more common with SMR drives but darker green blocks can happen with CMR drives too. Maybe interesting but usually there is no warranty for performance: generally it is possible (and allowed by the manufacturers) that some specific areas of a drive performs slightly slower than ...

... SMR zone. For some drives, we may get different results of periodically repeating darker green blocks too. Generally this is why there is no warranty for performance: drives advertised as "up to xy MByte/sec" but there is no lower limit: for SMR drives, it is expected that the (write) ...

... Composite Temperature attribute) to determine/display the temperature value on the "Temperature" page as this is decisive in terms of warranty. This is displayed on the tray icon too. Thanks for the tip, maybe it will be possible to specify the different sensor to be used instead of ...

... as few write cycles as possible. But generally if an SSD reports problems during the first testing - then it should be immediately replaced during warranty. If the initial testing (which should be generally an intensive testing compared to the normal use) shows no issues - then it is safe to use ...

... high CAN be during normal use too. Of course in most situations we can't remove the disk drive from the external enclosure as it would void the warranty, so it is better to try to reduce the operating temperature in all (other) possible ways. If possible, please try to position the drive differently ...

... their products. This is "normal" as such tools NOT designed to show the real health/degradation (really) but designed only to minimise warranty requests. So until the SSD fails (or a very low health reached) they can always show 100% perfect status. Other tools usually completely ignore ...

... somehow, but because of the high number of problems, new and new problems will be reported from time to time. In this situation, you may ask for warranty replacement (if the hard disk still has warranty) because the hard disk is considered "bad". For a such hard disk, new operating ...

... was retried. (Disk; ID: 153 The following function can be used to improve the situation: Disk -> Surface Test -> Disk repair At this point, warranty replacement of the disk is not yet possible, only if the health drops further. The TRIM feature of the SSD is supported and enabled for optimal ...

... confirms that: > Replace hard disk immediately. > It is recommended to backup immediately to prevent data loss. In this situation, you may ask for warranty replacement (if the hard disk still has warranty) because the hard disk is considered "bad". If you'd connect the disk drive to an ...

... any comment for any disk drive. This can be used to specify a comment, eg. installation date, maintenance date (eg. fan cleaning/replacement), warranty expiration day or anything else. Not sure, but may help (?) b) thanks for the tip about filters, will consider that. While it is not yet possible, ...

... Other tools (especially the manufacturer-specific tools) happily ignore such issues and report only if an error-threshold reached (so warranty replacement is required or not) exactly to prevent THIS kind of questions from users ;) Those are not aware of stored data, they do not care ...

... more. Below 10% (see the Available Spare Threshold = 10) the SSD is considered BAD (0 % health reported) and it should be replaced in terms of warranty (if the drive has warranty). Chkdsk is absolutely useless in this case. It only finds and shows previously undetected issues - but it DOES ...