Hello.
First time user of MHDD. Decided to use after seeing two warnings in SMART Result.
These were:
(C4) Reallocated Event Count: 100/100/0/13/Warning
(C5) Current Pending Sector : 100/100/0/11/Warning
Apparently these are not worst issues to have from SMART Report.
Drive:
Samsung - SpinPoint HD103UJ F1 (1TB)
First thing i did was diagnose using samsungs estool.
Everything pass except deep surface scan
error: lba 2485514
error: lba 2487466
error: lba 2511866
error: lba 2520162
error: lba 2522114
error: lba 443878789
error: lba 443880594
error: lba 443884204
Bad sectors.
Followed up with Low Level Format using same tool which resulted in no errors according to estool.
SMART Results changed to:
(C4) Reallocated Event Count:
99/
99/0/
24/Warning (bold representing change)
(C5) Current Pending Sector : 100/100/0/0/
OKAt this point i learn about MHDD Program.
MHDD Scan Results:
3ms....: 7427018
10ms.... 230208
50ms.... 3608
150ms... 5
500ms... 36
>500ms.. 0
And No Bad Blocks
warning 484267950
484277385
749319795
749321325
749325150
751474035
Heres is where i am uncertain how to proceed. Based on my results with Change in SMART values and delays reported in WHDD
and the fact that its a samsung drive (apparently you cant remap them because of plist?) is it worth proceeding beyond
the erase i just did? Also is my drive actually safe to continue using?
Also The FAQ reports that you should
Q: How can I fix delays on my HDD (red and brown blocks in MHDD)?
A: Use ERASE command in MHDD (it will erase the entire hard drive though

), then run scan+erase delays ON, then scan+remap ON.
but it also says that
Q: Can I remap red or brown box?
A: No.
If thats the case why not just erase > scan with erase delays on and forgo scan with remap?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
/Aten