Wd scorpio Blue 320 is going bad

[lum-x]

Hi to all

My Wd scorpio Blue 320 is going bad.

Has lots of bad sector in a small palce.
I can isolate them but but i would like to fix them. they are just logical bad sectors and when i what to recover them with HDD Regenerator i have an error " HDD is not ready" eventhought i recovered almost 150 of them.

This happened when i copied 12 gig of of data with about 25000 files. temp was 45 during the copy.

From data guard i get this error

Test Error Code: 06-Quick Test on drive 1 did not complete! Status code = 04 (Unknown failed test element), Failure Checkpoint = 96 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 1!

from wrote zero i got seek not completed error code 0108

have WD HDD for almost 10 years and they still work just perfect.

SMART status was

ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 200 200 51 90 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 186 184 21 1683 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 99 99 0 1048 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 123 123 140 616 Failed
(07) Seek Error Rate 195 194 51 53 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 93 93 0 5165 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 51 0 Ok
(0B) Calibration Retry Count 100 100 0 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 100 100 0 985 Ok
(C0) Power Off Retract Count 200 200 0 43 Ok
(C1) Load Cycle Count 191 191 0 27625 Ok
(C2) Temperature 97 82 0 50 Ok
(C4) Reallocated Event Count 155 155 0 45 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 200 200 0 19 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 253 0 0 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 1 Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 100 253 51 0 Ok

Power On Time : 5165
Health Status : Failed

now

HD Tune: WDC WD3200BEVT-22ZCT Health

ID Current Worst ThresholdData Status
(01) Raw Read Error Rate 200 200 51 1154 Ok
(03) Spin Up Time 185 184 21 1708 Ok
(04) Start/Stop Count 99 99 0 1096 Ok
(05) Reallocated Sector Count 117 117 140 661 Failed
(07) Seek Error Rate 100 253 51 0 Ok
(09) Power On Hours Count 93 93 0 5193 Ok
(0A) Spin Retry Count 100 100 51 0 Ok
(0B) Calibration Retry Count 100 100 0 0 Ok
(0C) Power Cycle Count 99 99 0 1029 Ok
(C0) Power Off Retract Count 200 200 0 75 Ok
(C1) Load Cycle Count 191 191 0 27764 Ok
(C2) Temperature 110 82 0 37 Ok
(C4) Reallocated Event Count 86 86 0 114 Ok
(C5) Current Pending Sector 200 200 0 0 Ok
(C6) Offline Uncorrectable 100 253 0 0 Ok
(C7) Ultra DMA CRC Error Count 200 200 0 1 Ok
(C8) Write Error Rate 100 253 51 0 Ok

Power On Time : 5193
Health Status : Failed

managed to lower the Reallocated Sector Count to 21 but i guess i messed up something when i not looking at Seek Errors
going to buy another drive soon and i have backed up my data so i;m just looking to fix in a way thiss hdd to use it as external drive if not just as a souvenir:P

[jono-ats]

If it is within warranty send it back. Fixed today; broken again tomorrow!

[drc]

I'm not sure what you're talking about lowering the reallocated sector count to 21... In the first SMART log you have 616 reallocateds, and in the second log you have 661. Attribute is at 117 and threshold was 140 so your drive is not going to be getting any less bad.

[lum-x]

I'm not sure what you're talking about lowering the reallocated sector count to 21... In the first SMART log you have 616 reallocateds, and in the second log you have 661. Attribute is at 117 and threshold was 140 so your drive is not going to be getting any less bad.

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Ok so what i meant about reallocated sector count to 21 is that with hdd regenerator i managed to fix lots of bad sectors and after that it it started another problem, seek error rate.

I spoke with ED and they sad i should return but i have bought this hdd with laptop, my laptop warranty is over for 1-2 months now.
sorry about late reply wasn't home for a while

[rowan194]

I'm not sure what you're talking about lowering the reallocated sector count to 21... In the first SMART log you have 616 reallocateds, and in the second log you have 661. Attribute is at 117 and threshold was 140 so your drive is not going to be getting any less bad.

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Ok so what i meant about reallocated sector count to 21 is that with hdd regenerator i managed to fix lots of bad sectors and after that it it started another problem, seek error rate.

In my limited experience once a HD starts showing bad sectors (especially discovering a lot in a short period of time) it's time to RMA or throw out the drive... if you value your data and system integrity, of course. Using magic programs such as HDD regenerator is just (slightly) prolonging the inevitable. Don't risk it.

I spoke with ED and they sad i should return but i have bought this hdd with laptop, my laptop warranty is over for 1-2 months now.
sorry about late reply wasn't home for a while

HDs typically have warranties longer than 12 months so it's likely your WD Scorpio Blue is still within its own warranty. You don't usually need a receipt as the warranty term is linked to the manufacture date of the drive. You can check here:

http://support.wdc.com/warranty/index_end.asp?lang=en

Hope this helps.