crystaldiskinfo reallocated sectors count reddit

It is still statistically more likely to fail at that point.

I replace all drives under warranty that show anything other than 0, even if it's just 1. In other words, if you waited until nearly the end of the warranty period because the drive is working fine and then get it replaced, you won't have any of that 3 year warranty period left for the replacement drive.Īlso, another comment in your thread is incorrect, the manufacturer will replace such a drive under warranty, there is no amount of reallocated sectors the drive needs to reach before it is allowed to be exchanged under warranty. Since the drive surely is still under warranty, I recommend getting it replaced by Seagate asap instead of waiting - why? Because you want to make sure that the replacement drive can benefit from the warranty as long as possible. It might live like this for years, or it might fail next week, but a drive that has a value other than 0 is more likely to fail than one that has the value at 0. Once this count increases, or rather, once this count is no longer at a raw value of 0, the drive is defective.

Crystaldiskinfo reallocated sectors count reddit