crystaldiskinfo reallocated sectors count seatools

That said I think everyone has different opinions about brands going from their personal experience. If they agree to send a replacement and ask you to send the old HD back it may be worth it. If they want you to send the whole machine in then I would forget it. Technically, Asus should replace the HD-whether it is worth the hassle is up to you. The manufacturer's say you have deal with your computer maker for replacement because of some licensing agreement. I've never bothered with HD warranties but they generally are at least 3 years. I believe we have a recovery disk that came with it as well. I was wondering if you have suggestions for replacement or advice on how to go about this. Just paranoid about my clumsy tendencies I guess, haha. I have the more important files copied to an external drive, but I don't really know much about a good replacement or how to go about handling the replacement. The contents of these sectors were moved to the spare area. There are 4015 bad sectors on the disk surface. Indicate problem with the disk surface or the read/write heads.

Both failed the SMART, and I checked with Hard Disk Sentinel as well:įailure Predicted - Attribute: 5 Reallocated Sectors Count, Count of sectors moved to the spare area. The message mentioned ST31000528AS ATA Device, and I did a search for SeaTools. I don't have much experience dealing with these types of problems, but I did a bit of digging around. Recently, my computer gave me a message about hard disk errors.

Crystaldiskinfo reallocated sectors count seatools