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/ OK

At 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
but it also says that


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

Remap function is obsolete on newer/current drives, IMO

If your drive still has errors or delays after a full erase then time to get a new one

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Thanks for the reply drc.
Tbh i did a full erase but have not rescanned with MHDD. I plan to tonight. If delays are still shown (brown and green),
is there no point to try "scan+erase delays"? Would that function not make a difference even if remapping dont
work with samsungs? Do scan erase+delay not work effectively without Scan+remaps?

I want to keep using the drive since there little point selling, but at the same time, id like to help it get better

/Aten

I don't see a lot of point in "erase delays" after you have already erased the entire thing, unless you want to just try erasing bad/weak spots multiple times

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.