In the above example, the Reallocated Sectors Count is 0, not 100 or 10. First we go to Function -> Advanced Feature -> Raw Values and select 10.Īfter that, we completely disregard the 'Current', 'Worst' and 'Threshold' columns, and only look at the raw values. While the Health Status is loud and clear, and pretty easy to understand, the rest of the data can be daunting for a beginner. How to read and interpret CrystalDiskInfo data Others are more serious metrics, like the Reallocated Sectors Count.Īs you understand, having a 'Caution' or a 'Bad' health status can predict imminent hard drive failure. Some of them are simple statistics, such as the Start/Stop Count, the Power-On Hours, or the Power Cycle Count. On the bottom half of the main application Window, we will see all the fifteen different metrics CrystalDiskInfo takes into consideration, to predict hard drive failure. If the 'Health Status' is 'Good', the disk is probably OK. The first time we run the application, it will immediately show us the S.M.A.R.T. How CrystalDiskInfo predicts Hard Disk Failure DiskInfoX64 is for 64-bit Windows, and DiskInfo is for 32-bit Windows. 367 sectors is already a high number, suggest your change the HDD immediately.Īny cheap SSD will do but better to find SSD with DRAM to avoid lagging issue.and run the DiskInfo application. However, if your pending sector count increases you should immediately replace the drive to prevent data loss. After continuing to use the drive, rebooting the system, etc the count stays the exact same, your drive may be okay. The main way to determine whether or not your drive is likely to fail is how quickly this count increases. Pending sectors are a warning sign that your drive may experience some problems or failure. The pending sector count can go up/down depending on whether or not the drive can later successfully read data from the sector, or if the sector is bad it will become Reallocated Sectors Count and the pending count will decrease but the reallocated count will go up. Your Current Pending Sector Count is a warning about unstable sectors on your drive that are waiting to be remapped (reallocated) to spare space on the drive.īasically, your hard drive had trouble reading a sector of the drive and it is considering remapping the sector to one of the spare sectors. Yeah, your Current Pending Sector Count is the issue.

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