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.

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Not repair, STCom F3 tool ?

Not repair, STCom F3 tool ?

I think there is no chance of getting it replaced with a brand new drive. What I would do is go out and buy a brand new drive for myself. Personally I would tend to avoid the slim drives and go for a Toshiba. Then I would rma the old one again. When the replacement arrives I wouldn't bother testing it but just flog it on eBay.

Try zero filling to see if it makes a difference. Doubt it, but could try.

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Thanks for the comments thus far.

Regarding the STCom F3 tool, I don't see enough information about this tool. And given that it's not free, I don't think it's worth trying mess with.

I'm currently performing a zero fill using the WD Data Lifeguard Tool -- just in case their own zero fill does something extra. After that I'll run MHDD again and see of there's any improvement.

I'm open to any other ideas (using free tools).

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