Fatmonk8 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 SMART is showing some issues, run an extended SMART test on that disk. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
Fatmonk8 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 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, 2023 by Fatmonk8 Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 If you haven't rebooted diagnostics (or just syslog) might tell something. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Disk is OK for now, keep monitoring. Quote Link to comment
Fatmonk8 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 8 hours ago, JorgeB said: Disk is OK for now, keep monitoring. Any reasoning as to why it is throwing this error? Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment
Fatmonk8 Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment
Solution JorgeB Posted March 2, 2023 Solution Share Posted March 2, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
Fatmonk8 Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 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! Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Fatmonk8 said: as far as I am aware I had not rebooted it Then you should post your diagnostics. Quote Link to comment
Fatmonk8 Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment
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