Many thanks for the data.
Max.Hyre wrote:
Vulcan wrote:
[T]he full raw SMART attribute values [...] would help[...].
You asked for it, you got it
---See the end of this post.
lol very funny
Seriously though, that's exactly what we needed to see, which is why I asked for it
For a drive which seems relatively lightly used (power-on hours = 3363), the load cycle count is huge (432594) = an average of almost 129 loads per hour. This
might have contributed to the demise of the drive... There's a known issue with Seagate Momentus drives, where a f/w update stops aggressive power-saving of frequently unloading the heads - I have little experience with the 2.5" WD drives like yours, but IMHO these statistics are abnormal.
As
drc said, there are clear indications of the drive having an internal problem, with 333 sectors already reallocated, and another 22 pending reallocation. We can also see that a recent SMART test failed with a read error.
In short, as you've already been advised, it's a sick drive - backup what you need to (which may be limited due to the currently unreadable sectors), and replace it. If the drive is under warranty and you plan on using that warranty to get a replacement, then erase the drive before returning it (e.g. zero-fill or secure erase), if you are concerned about your data being revealed.
However, note that doing this will (temporarily?) make all blocks readable again i.e. you lose the evidence of there being any unreadable blocks. The SMART data you have gathered now then
is your evidence of the state at this point - and the reallocated sector count will increase from 333 by up to another 22 (i.e. final value likely to be somewere between 333 & 355 after doing a secure erase or zero-fill).
Good luck!
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At the time the SMART data was collected (Sat Jul 9 11:51:43 2011 EDT ?), it reported: