Hard Drive Failing?

Desmo · 23-09-2012, 12:58

Hi all,

Recently been having problems with a hard drive in my server. It's mainly used to stream video to a couple of Apple TV's in the house but it has been struggling recently. I thought it was a network problem at first, then started looking at iTunes and on closer inspection realised the drive was just struggling to actually read the files.

Some portions of the disk are absolutely fine and the video plays and buffers as it should but there seems to be either a certain folder or section on the disk that is struggling. It even slows right down just trying to copy the file to another drive.

I've run chkdsk to try and fix any issues but not sure what else to try.
I've attached some SMART info to as it's chucking up some errors. What I don't know is if these errors are pemanent and likely to make the drive fail completely or if it's just one bad part of the disk I can avoid?

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Mark · 27-09-2012, 22:58

I'd not store anything you can't afford to lose on that disk. There are 696KiB worth of unreadable sectors on that disk right now, which explains the slowdowns.

An 'uncorrectable sector' is, I believe, just dead. A 'pending sector' is one that might be reallocated from spare space if that sector is written to in future.

Assume the drive is going to fail sooner or later and take the necessary precautions.

Desmo · 28-09-2012, 07:11

Already replaced it

Like you say, I just couldn't trust it any more so might just keep it as a "working" disc so my main OS drive gets an eay ride.

23-09-2012, 12:58	#1
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Hard Drive Failing? Hi all, Recently been having problems with a hard drive in my server. It's mainly used to stream video to a couple of Apple TV's in the house but it has been struggling recently. I thought it was a network problem at first, then started looking at iTunes and on closer inspection realised the drive was just struggling to actually read the files. Some portions of the disk are absolutely fine and the video plays and buffers as it should but there seems to be either a certain folder or section on the disk that is struggling. It even slows right down just trying to copy the file to another drive. I've run chkdsk to try and fix any issues but not sure what else to try. I've attached some SMART info to as it's chucking up some errors. What I don't know is if these errors are pemanent and likely to make the drive fail completely or if it's just one bad part of the disk I can avoid? image-3390694606.jpg __________________

28-09-2012, 07:11	#3
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Already replaced it Like you say, I just couldn't trust it any more so might just keep it as a "working" disc so my main OS drive gets an eay ride. __________________

27-09-2012, 22:58	#2
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I'd not store anything you can't afford to lose on that disk. There are 696KiB worth of unreadable sectors on that disk right now, which explains the slowdowns. An 'uncorrectable sector' is, I believe, just dead. A 'pending sector' is one that might be reallocated from spare space if that sector is written to in future. Assume the drive is going to fail sooner or later and take the necessary precautions.