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 Post subject: Are slow sectors indicative of HDD failure?
PostPosted: February 19th, 2021, 14:25 
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I just pulled an HDD out of an old laptop, intending to make use of it.
I ran HDDSCAN's verify test and found ~3,000 slow sectors (no bad sectors, though).
Are these indicative of impending HDD failure or is this normal?

SMART attributes do not indicate any issues and, in fact, this drive hasn't been powered on for long, considering its age.

Thanks in advance.


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 Post subject: Re: Are slow sectors indicative of HDD failure?
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Write test performed a bit better.


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 Post subject: Re: Are slow sectors indicative of HDD failure?
PostPosted: February 20th, 2021, 10:24 
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Older drive, but everything seems fine. Perhaps use as a secondary backup or temp storage.

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 Post subject: Re: Are slow sectors indicative of HDD failure?
PostPosted: February 20th, 2021, 10:52 
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labtech wrote:
Older drive, but everything seems fine.

It looks like a "weak head" to me.


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 Post subject: Re: Are slow sectors indicative of HDD failure?
PostPosted: February 24th, 2021, 14:32 
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Thanks for the responses.
What are the consequences of a "weak head"?


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 Post subject: Re: Are slow sectors indicative of HDD failure?
PostPosted: February 25th, 2021, 3:17 
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bejhan wrote:
What are the consequences of a "weak head"?


Head degradation.


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 Post subject: Re: Are slow sectors indicative of HDD failure?
PostPosted: February 25th, 2021, 13:40 
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Does that mean it's not long left for this world?


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