Current pending sector = 24 - RMA or not?


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I have a WD Red 8tb, which was shucked from a MyBook. It has 76 days left on the warranty and yesterday morning I got a notificaiton of Current pending sector = 24. After doing some research, it seems that this could be a warning of pending failure. I did an extended SMART test and it completed without failure last night.

 

I have a spare WD 8TB white label that I could swap in, so I'm considering RMAing the drive, but I guess it's a lottery then as I will likely get a refurb drive back again. My thinking is to swap it, then do multiple preclears on the replacement to shake out any issues, but I guess I want to know how much of a concern Current pending sector count is.

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