MHDD REMAP not working with newer drives?
Posted: May 27th, 2015, 1:29
Backstory: I bought a Western Digital WD10SPCX a few months ago, their 1TB 2.5" "slim" (7mm) drive. After a couple months it started making random clunky sounds so I RMA'd it. They've sent me a "recertified" (refurbished) drive as a replacement, and I'm not liking what MHDD is showing me.
In MHDD, after doing an ERASE, I did a SCAN + ERASE DELAYS (config'd to 150ms). Blocks erased with EraseWaits: 305
Then I do SCAN + REMAP. Normally I would expect a count of reallocated blocks at the end, but all I'm seeing is LBA warnings for multiple sectors (I'm assuming the ones erased in the previous scan). It seems the drive had bad sectors, but none are actually being reallocated. SMART attributes shows reallocated sector count at 200 (which if I understand correctly is the default, and means none have been reallocated).
For those who might suggest I just request a different drive, I already did, and the 2nd one they sent me was even worse in MHDD scans. I'm now wondering if I should just accept the better of the two, or fight with them to get a new drive or what.
In MHDD, after doing an ERASE, I did a SCAN + ERASE DELAYS (config'd to 150ms). Blocks erased with EraseWaits: 305
Then I do SCAN + REMAP. Normally I would expect a count of reallocated blocks at the end, but all I'm seeing is LBA warnings for multiple sectors (I'm assuming the ones erased in the previous scan). It seems the drive had bad sectors, but none are actually being reallocated. SMART attributes shows reallocated sector count at 200 (which if I understand correctly is the default, and means none have been reallocated).
For those who might suggest I just request a different drive, I already did, and the 2nd one they sent me was even worse in MHDD scans. I'm now wondering if I should just accept the better of the two, or fight with them to get a new drive or what.