Reading HDD stats for potential HDD failure

[loninapleton]

I was running Crystal Disk Info on a Seagate which seems normal enough except on some seeks where the
Win7 'throbber" will spin for a while even on a simple text file lookup for Notepad++.

The troubling reading I see is on Seek rate at 77 rather than a smoothe list of 100's on the form.

(Screen shot attached)

Temps are all in the blue and I'm not good at reading bad sector counts either.

The HD is under warranty. I already requested an RMA through the Seagate automated system.

However with a year to go, I'd not send it in til closer to the date if any of this is normal.
Those seeks just don't feel right.

What is the advice on this... or suggest a different test suite?

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[fzabkar]

The drive has recorded 1 seek error over its lifetime.

Seagate SMART Attribute Specification:
http://t1.daumcdn.net/brunch/service/user/axm/file/zRYOdwPu3OMoKYmBOby1fEEQEbU.pdf

Normal SATA SMART Attribute Behavior (Seagate):
http://t1.daumcdn.net/brunch/service/user/axm/file/Vw3RJSZllYbDc86ssL6bofiL4r0.pdf

Big scary Raw S.M.A.R.T. values aren’t always bad news!
https://www.disktuna.com/big-scary-raw-s-m-a-r-t-values-arent-always-bad-news/

[loninapleton]

Are you saying all is well?

What then accounts for slowness? My drives are pretty full. Does a defrag make sense? I've avoided defrag for many years esp from third party places as introducing unwanted errors.

[fzabkar]

Test it with Victoria for Windows. A full surface scan should identify the "slow" sectors.

[loninapleton]

Ok. I recall hearing the name Victoria from a long time back. MHDD all that I have little awareness of these years.

Found it. I'll see what I can make of it.

[loninapleton]

I think I saw Victoria a long time ago. I started a scan which will be a long run. What am I looking for? It's fun to watch but I don't know what to look for as a result. (running it on my recent Toshiba 2Tb).

[loninapleton]

Victoria is done running overnight. Is there info in the Smart test log about that performance or seek/speed issue? I'll feel safe on closing the program hoping I can open it and have the readings saved.

[Pandemicc]

Test it with Victoria for Windows. A full surface scan should identify the "slow" sectors.

is there an official site for Victoria?

edit: Here it is: https://hdd.by/victoria/