ashman70 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I have a drive that is reporting the following: 187- Reported Uncorrect 8 197 Current pending sector 8 198 Offline Uncorrectable 8 I just did one pass preclear, and everything was successful? What does this mean? Are those reported errors a lie? Is the disk really OK? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Sometime disks report fake positives, especially WDs, if the preclear read test was successful the disk should be OK, you can also run an extended SMART test to confirm. Quote Link to comment
ashman70 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 The drive in question is a Seagate 8TB SMR drive, I have quite a few of them that are the same age as this drive and have had zero issues with any of them which is why I am suspicious and I am running the pre clear. I replaced this drive in one of my servers and an it is now in an external enclosure connected to one of my other servers. I believe I did run an extended SMART test when it was still part of the array and it failed. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 30 minutes ago, ashman70 said: I believe I did run an extended SMART test when it was still part of the array and it failed. Run another one, if still fails the disk needs replacing. Quote Link to comment
ashman70 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 So even if the pre clear passes, trust the extended SMART test? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Yes, if the SMART test fails disk the disk has bad sectors. Quote Link to comment
ashman70 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 It completed without errors, so I guess the disk is OK. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Yes, at least for now, keep monitoring since once there are errors yor're more likely to get more in the near future. Quote Link to comment
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