Why does CrystalDiskInfo see my dying HDD as good?

zbook said:

Sea Tools for Linux:
https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/...4Installer.zip

The above works on my Linux, while the following does not:

zbook said:

HD Sentinel Linux:
Hard Disk Sentinel - Free Linux version

zbook said:

In case Sea Tools was not able to run the long generic test please run Gsmartcontrol extensive self test
GSmartControl . Hard disk drive and SSD health inspection tool

In case a Linux version is needed, run the following command to install it automatically:

sudo apt-get install "gsmartcontrol"

The test is called "Extended Self-test" rather than "extensive self test".

My PC failed to boot into Linux. The number of "Reported Uncorrectable Errors" increased from 5 to 7.

Weird noise made by the HDD on 2023-02-15: Vocaroo | Online voice recorder