I've ran 4 preclears on my new Samsung 2TB F3 HD203WI. No problems except for the following errors:
Oct 8 12:28:03 Tower preclear_disk-start[4799]: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 252 252 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
Oct 10 07:21:47 Tower preclear_disk-start[5998]: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always - 38
Oct 12 00:20:50 Tower preclear_disk-start[30688]: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always - 64
Oct 13 08:42:33 Tower preclear_disk-finish[4552]: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always - 94
Oct 15 05:30:19 Tower preclear_disk-finish[14054]: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always - 121
Oct 8 12:28:03 Tower preclear_disk-start[4799]: 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x002a 252 252 000 Old_age Always - 0
Oct 10 07:21:47 Tower preclear_disk-start[5998]: 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x002a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3
Oct 12 00:20:50 Tower preclear_disk-start[30688]: 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x002a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 4
Oct 13 08:42:33 Tower preclear_disk-finish[4552]: 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x002a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 4
Oct 15 05:30:19 Tower preclear_disk-finish[14054]: 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x002a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 5
Is it OK for me to use this drive? I'm very much concerned with the always rising Raw_Read_Error_Rate numbers.
Thanks!