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Hard Disk Warning - Reallocated Bad Sectors.
May I get an interpretation, please?
I am running HD Tune on my external drive. The health report show that I have 26 damaged sectors. That seems low, yet still unwelcome.
It's a remarkable old Seagate Free Agent - a refurbished replacement as part of my original warranty almost seven years ago.
When I ran Sea Tools, it didn't detect this drive. I had a few opposing results w/chkdsk, but a deeper diagnostic was necessary.
All I really know is other than Event Viewer showing vague HD (1,2, or 3) errors, whatever is happening isn't all good.
I've had a helluva time with backups, attempted drive and data recoveries, restoring system images, certain files, etc.
It may turn out that I am installing corrupted Win 10 OS, but meanwhile, I need to salvage the data I continue to create.
I don't want to misinterpret my experiences.
Could MS downloads cause as much damage as I know I've had?
With this scan, I have been warned.
How much care do I have to take until I must stop using this drive? What problems can it cause? Can/could I avoid them? I guess there's no way to direct backed up data to work around the bad sectors or do I just hope that something vital doesn't end up landing there? This isn't a a "smart" drive, I assume. (This is why people try to isolate the sectors, if possible.)
I am still running tests, but this is the only negative report, I think. I don't understand most of the results, but nothing else has jumped out.
My opinion as far as other people's questions about drives: It doesn't seem as if there are real drive repairs. I think it might cause more harm than good. I read about - but don't know anything about "hiding" bad sectors. For $60 you can buy a 1TB drive. If your data is valuable enough to save, it's valuable enough to protect and restore. (I'm ordering a new one tomorrow.)
Thank you.