February 28, 20233 yr Hey all. I have been getting some disk errors recently and I am in need of some opinion on if this is a failing disk or something else. The error in question is "disk4 (WDC_WD40EFAX-68JH4N1_WD-WXC2D90D76KR) has read errors" I have checked the S.M.A.R.T. log and I see the error being reported, but it says it has passed the overall-health self-assessment test. Both a screenshot of the error and the S.M.A.R.T. report are posted. Do I need to replace this drive or is it a simple fix? WDC_WD40EFAX-68JH4N1_WD-WXC2D90D76KR-20230228-1403 disk4 (sdc).txt
February 28, 20233 yr Community Expert SMART is showing some issues, run an extended SMART test on that disk.
February 28, 20233 yr Community Expert 4 hours ago, Fatmonk8 said: I have checked the S.M.A.R.T. log and I see the error being reported, but it says it has passed the overall-health self-assessment test The overall assessment tends to be largely meaningless as anything that makes that fail tends to mean the drive is in a bad state. the best general indication of drive health is whether it can pass the SMART extended test.
March 1, 20233 yr Author 17 hours ago, JorgeB said: SMART is showing some issues, run an extended SMART test on that disk. 13 hours ago, itimpi said: The overall assessment tends to be largely meaningless as anything that makes that fail tends to mean the drive is in a bad state. the best general indication of drive health is whether it can pass the SMART extended test. SMART extended self-test completed without error WDC_WD40EFAX-68JH4N1_WD-WXC2D90D76KR-20230228-1502.txt Edited March 1, 20233 yr by Fatmonk8
March 1, 20233 yr Community Expert If you haven't rebooted diagnostics (or just syslog) might tell something.
March 1, 20233 yr Author 8 hours ago, JorgeB said: Disk is OK for now, keep monitoring. Any reasoning as to why it is throwing this error?
March 1, 20233 yr Community Expert 39 minutes ago, Fatmonk8 said: Any reasoning as to why it is throwing this error? 10 hours ago, trurl said: If you haven't rebooted diagnostics (or just syslog) might tell something. If it happens again be sure to get diagnostics without rebooting
March 2, 20233 yr Author 19 hours ago, trurl said: If it happens again be sure to get diagnostics without rebooting Yeah, as far as I am aware I had not rebooted it
March 2, 20233 yr Community Expert Solution 20 hours ago, Fatmonk8 said: Any reasoning as to why it is throwing this error? This type of errors can be intermittent, if it happens again and it's logged as a disk problem as these were, consider replacing it.
March 2, 20233 yr Author 11 minutes ago, JorgeB said: This type of errors can be intermittent, if it happens again and it's logged as a disk problem as these were, consider replacing it. Thank you, will do. Thanks for the help!
March 2, 20233 yr Community Expert 1 hour ago, Fatmonk8 said: as far as I am aware I had not rebooted it Then you should post your diagnostics.
March 4, 20233 yr Author On 3/2/2023 at 3:18 PM, trurl said: Then you should post your diagnostics. Did I not? I sent the SMART report for the drive.
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