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I ran it again and got this: 32 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear. 32 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors re-allocated did not change. I'm glad that the pre-clear didn't find any more sector to re-allocate, but I'm a little disturbed that the count went from 30 to 32 after the last pre-clear while the drive was sitting unused. I guess I'll go ahead and use the drive, but if anyone finds this really troubling, please let me know.

============================================================================ ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdj /tmp/smart_finish_sdj ATTRIBUTE NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS RAW_VALUE Raw_Read_Error_Rate = 119 100 6 ok 207253708 Spin_Retry_Count = 100 100 97 near_thresh 0 End-to-End_Error = 100 100 99 near_thresh 0 High_Fly_Writes = 85 100 0 ok 15 Airflow_Temperature_Cel = 66 69 45 near_thresh 34 Temperature_Celsius = 34 31 0 ok 34 Hardware_ECC_Recovered = 56 100 0 ok 207253708 No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW 0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after pre-read in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after zero of disk in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors pending re-allocation did not change. 0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear. 30 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear, a change of 30 in the number of sectors re-allocated. I think everything looks good except the "30 sectors are re-alocated at the end of the preclear". I know this is kind of what the preclear is supposed to do, but should I be worried? Most of the logs others have posted have 0 sectors. Is 30 troublesome? Should I worry? Should I run it again and see if it continues to increase? BTW, this is a Seagate recertified drive that they sent me to replace a failed drive.