Dreadfully slow WD15EADS - 00P8B0 1.5TB

[BlackST]

You won't mark them as bad with MHDD as you wish : it's just cosmetic.
If the drive is intended for storage of stuff with NO importance at all i.e. temporary download or media storage like movies of no importance etc. (in a nutshell : in case of data loss the only effective loss is time to download it / fill it again) then the answer may be " uh... yes... try".
A more effective solution would be finding someone in your area who can professionally refurbish it for few $ / EUR (assuming they have the gear and know what to do) , in this case you can squeeze out some life (years maybe) from the disk. I could have been of help but I'm at the opposite corner of this world

P.S. don't make the disk run hot for NO reason. I mean 40 deg C is the limit.

[masbass]

when you say that there's a way to refurbish it do you mean it's a complicated software procedure or do I also need specific hardware as well? If it's only software, can you please name them so I can look them up?

It's only an HD that is rarely turned on and now that it's problematic it will most possibly stay inactive after copying back the files until a new one is bought. The files in there are indeed downloads of minor importance like you described above.

Oh, and something else, about what you said on HD temperature: is it possible that high temps cause physical faults? Problem is, I live in southern Greece and summer temperatures go well above 30C for months...

[drc]

Post SMART again now that you have run the erase

[masbass]

Code:

-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #3: WDC WD15EADS-00P8B0 --

    Hard Disk Summary
   -------------------
    Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3
    Interface  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA II
    Disk Controller  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (ATA)
    Disk Location  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Channel 1, Target 1, Lun 0, Device: 1
    Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : WDC WD15EADS-00P8B0
    Firmware Revision  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 01.00A01
    Hard Disk Serial Number  . . . . . . . . . . . . : WD-WCAVU0122010
    Total Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1430796 MB
    Power State  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Active
    Current Temperature  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 25 °C
    Maximum Temperature (Ever Measured)  . . . . . . : 45 °C, 27/4/2012 12:20:18 πμ
    Minimum Temperature (Ever Measured)  . . . . . . : 21 °C, 23/4/2012 7:14:13 μμ
    Maximum Temperature (During Entire Lifespan) . . : 46 °C
    Power On Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 57 days, 11 hours
    Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : more than 1000 days
    Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
    Performance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)

    The hard disk status is PERFECT. Problematic or weak sectors were not found and there are no spin up or data transfer errors.
      No actions needed.

    ATA Information
   -----------------
    Hard Disk Cylinders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2907021
    Hard Disk Heads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Hard Disk Sectors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
    ATA Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ATA8-ACS
    Transport Version  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SATA Rev 2.6
    Total Sectors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2930277168
    Bytes Per Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 512
    Buffer Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32767 KB
    Multiple Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
    Error Correction Bytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 50
    Unformatted Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1430799 MB
    Maximum PIO Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
    Maximum Multiword DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
    Active Multiword DMA Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
    Maximum UDMA Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 300 MB/s (6)
    Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time  . . . . . . : 120 ns
    Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time  . . . . : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY  . . . . : 120 ns
    Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY . . . . . . : 120 ns
    ATA Control Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
    ATA Checksum Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid

    Acoustic Management Configuration
   -----------------------------------
    Acoustic Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Acoustic Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Disabled
    Current Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Max performance and volume (FEh)
    Recommended Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . : Min performance and volume (80h)

    ATA Features
   --------------
    Read Ahead Buffer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
    DMA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Ultra DMA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    S.M.A.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Write Cache  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Host Protected Area  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Advanced Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Extended Power Management  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Power Up In Standby  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    48-Bit LBA Addressing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Device Configuration Overlay . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    IORDY Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Read/Write DMA Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NOP Command  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Trusted Computing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    64-Bit World Wide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0150E24EAD58A9CA
    Streaming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Media Card Pass Through  . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    General Purpose Logging  . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Error Logging  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    CFA Feature Set  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    CFast Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Long Physical Sectors (1)  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Long Logical Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Write-Read-Verify  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NV Cache Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NV Cache Power Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    NV Cache Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Free-fall Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Free-fall Control Sensitivity  . . . . . . . . . : Not supported

    SSD Features
   --------------
    Data Set Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    TRIM Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Deterministic Read After TRIM  . . . . . . . . . : Not supported

    S.M.A.R.T. Details
   --------------------
    Off-line Data Collection Status  . . . . . . . . : Suspended By Interrupting Command From Host
    Self Test Execution Status . . . . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
    Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection  : 33780 seconds
    Execute Off-line Immediate . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Abort/restart Off-line By Host . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Off-line Read Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short Self-test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Extended Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Conveyance Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Selective Self-Test  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode . . . . : Supported
    Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave  . . . . . . . : Supported
    Error Logging Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Short Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
    Extended Self-test Estimated Time  . . . . . . . : 385 minutes
    Conveyance Self-test Estimated Time  . . . . . . : 5 minutes
    Last Short Self-test Result  . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Short Self-test Date  . . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Extended Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Extended Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Conveyance Self-test Result . . . . . . . . : Never Started
    Last Conveyance Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . : Never Started

    Security Mode
   ---------------
    Security Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Security Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Security Erase Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 172 minutes
    Security Enhanced Erase Feature  . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Security Enhanced Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : 172 minutes
    Security Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Locked  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Frozen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Security Counter Expired . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : High

    Serial ATA Features
   ---------------------
    S-ATA Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps)  . . . . . . . : Supported
    S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps) . . . . . . . . : Supported
    S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps) . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host . : Supported
    PHY Event Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS . . . . : Not supported
    DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization . . . . . . : Supported, Disabled
    Device Initiating Interface Power Management . . : Not supported
    In-Order Data Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Asynchronous Notification  . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
    Software Settings Preservation . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
    Native Command Queuing (NCQ) . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
    Queue Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32

    Disk Information
   ------------------
    Disk Family  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Caviar Green
    Form Factor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3.5"
    Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1500 GB (1500 x 1.000.000.000 bytes)
    Number Of Disks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3
    Number Of Heads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6
    Disk Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Serial-ATA/300
    Buffer-Host Max. Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 300 MB/seconds
    Buffer Size  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32768 KB
    Drive Ready Time (Typical) . . . . . . . . . . . : 14.5 seconds
    Average Seek Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? ms
    Track To Track Seek Time . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? ms
    Full Stroke Seek Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ? ms
    Width  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 101,6 mm (4,0 inch)
    Depth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 147,0 mm (5,8 inch)
    Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 26,1 mm (1,0 inch)
    Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 730 grams (1,6 pounds)
    Acoustic (Idle)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2,4 Bel
    Acoustic (Min Performance And Volume)  . . . . . : 2,5 Bel
    Acoustic (Max Performance And Volume)  . . . . . : 2,9 Bel
    Required Power For Spinup  . . . . . . . . . . . : 1.759 mA
    Power Required (Seek)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6,0 W
    Power Required (Idle)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3,7 W
    Power Required (Standby) . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0,8 W
    Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Western Digital Corporation
    Manufacturer Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products

    S.M.A.R.T.
   ------------
No.  Attribute                Thre.. Value  Worst  Data                Status                   Flags                                                 
1    Raw Read Error Rate      51     200    200    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Performance, Statistica..
3    Spin Up Time             21     178    178    0000000017C3        OK                       Self Preserving, Performance, Statistical, Critical   
4    Start/Stop Count         0      100    100    00000000008A        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
5    Reallocated Sectors Co.. 140    200    200    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical   
7    Seek Error Rate          0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Performance, Statistical 
9    Power On Time Count      0      99     99     000000000563        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
10   Spin Retry Count         0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
11   Drive Calibration Retr.. 0      100    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
12   Drive Power Cycle Count  0      100    100    00000000005C        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
192  Power off Retract Cycl.. 0      200    200    00000000004A        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
193  Load/Unload Cycle Count  0      200    200    0000000001FD        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
194  Disk Temperature         0      125    104    000000000019        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Statistical                           
196  Reallocation Event Count 0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
197  Current Pending Sector.. 0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
198  Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count                           
199  Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical             
200  Write Error Rate         0      200    200    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Error-Rate


[BlackST]

when you say that there's a way to refurbish it do you mean it's a complicated software procedure or do I also need specific hardware as well? If it's only software, can you please name them so I can look them up?

It's only an HD that is rarely turned on and now that it's problematic it will most possibly stay inactive after copying back the files until a new one is bought. The files in there are indeed downloads of minor importance like you described above.

Oh, and something else, about what you said on HD temperature: is it possible that high temps cause physical faults? Problem is, I live in southern Greece and summer temperatures go well above 30C for months...

No unfortunately it's pure HW solution out of reach of end users.