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I have a nearly new WD Green, but warranty is already expired. It was lying on a shelf.
I would like to test it before use.
The first step I made is running full test using Data Lifeguard Tools. This test gives me an error
0226 Sector Relocation Error
The official recommendation is to replace the drive. However it's obvious that the vendor is motivated to sell more hard drives.
S.M.A.R.T. status says that is zero remaps, so I have no clue what the error could be here. I wonder if there is a way to remap the problematic sectors?
Update: S.M.A.R.T.
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital Caviar Green (AF)
Device Model: WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1
Serial Number: WD-WCAV********
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 259379483
Firmware Version: 80.00A80
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is: Fri Nov 22 12:52:42 2013 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: (20100) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 231) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x3031) SCT Status supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 167 122 021 Pre-fail Always - 4633
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 30
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 23
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 13
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 8
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 21
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 117 103 000 Old_age Always - 30
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
Warning: ATA error count 14 inconsistent with error log pointer 5
ATA Error Count: 14 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Error 14 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 22 hours (0 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 61 46 00 00 00 40 Device Fault; Error: ABRT
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
ef 03 46 00 00 00 40 00 04:30:32.893 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode]
ef 03 46 00 00 00 40 00 04:30:32.892 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:30:32.890 IDENTIFY DEVICE
70 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:27:11.365 SEEK [OBS-7]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:27:11.362 IDENTIFY DEVICE
Error 13 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 22 hours (0 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 61 46 00 00 00 40 Device Fault; Error: ABRT
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
ef 03 46 00 00 00 40 00 04:30:32.892 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:30:32.890 IDENTIFY DEVICE
70 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:27:11.365 SEEK [OBS-7]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:27:11.362 IDENTIFY DEVICE
70 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:26:15.054 SEEK [OBS-7]
Error 12 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 22 hours (0 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 61 00 00 00 00 40
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
70 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:27:11.365 SEEK [OBS-7]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:27:11.362 IDENTIFY DEVICE
70 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:26:15.054 SEEK [OBS-7]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:26:15.052 IDENTIFY DEVICE
70 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:24:33.301 SEEK [OBS-7]
Error 11 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 22 hours (0 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 61 00 00 00 00 40
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
70 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:26:15.054 SEEK [OBS-7]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:26:15.052 IDENTIFY DEVICE
70 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:24:33.301 SEEK [OBS-7]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:24:33.298 IDENTIFY DEVICE
Error 10 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 22 hours (0 days + 22 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 61 00 00 00 00 40
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
70 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:24:33.301 SEEK [OBS-7]
ec 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 04:24:33.298 IDENTIFY DEVICE
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 22 -
# 2 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 18 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
Can you please post SMART's output? Ty – MariusMatutiae – 2013-11-22T09:35:38.020
Here is the SMART! – Antonio – 2013-11-22T09:50:21.610