Umfriend Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hi all, Scanner is showing 2504 Reallocated Sectors Count on one of my drives. The message became apparent to me three days ago. The number of affected sectors has not rissen. Should I be concerned (alread)? Kind rgds, Umf Tardas-Zib 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 You should always be concerned about the disk health. However, if this number isn't changing (or more specifically, continually growing), then there may have just been a defect on the disks surface. However, if this number is rapidly OR continually growing, then move the contents off of the disk and RMA it, as this would indicate a serious (and probably mechanical) issue with the disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Umfriend Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 That is what I thought, thanks for confirming. I'll monitor. Luckilly all is duplicated on another drive as well. One follow-up Q: If I choose to ignore the alert, will it re-emerge if the sector count changes? Many thanks again Drashna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 If it's the SMART error, then it has two options: ignore current, and ignore future. Pretty self-explanatory. But yes, if you choose the "ignore current" option, if it increases, it will warn you again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hi all,
Scanner is showing 2504 Reallocated Sectors Count on one of my drives. The message became apparent to me three days ago. The number of affected sectors has not rissen. Should I be concerned (alread)?
Kind rgds,
Umf
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