Info about my harddrive

[Magix]

So I decided to check my HDD out to see what state it's in.. There's some warnings, but I don't really understand what they mean or if I should be worried.

Hoping someone can shed some light on it. This is an external harddrive that I converted into an internal one. Couple of years old.

http://oi44.tinypic.com/2qce4bp.jpg - HD Tune pic
http://oi40.tinypic.com/rianvs.jpg - CrystalDiskInfo pic

It's not my primary drive with the OS, but I'd like to know if I have to start backing everything up (which I probably should do anyway)

 

[drescherjm]

There are 269 reallocated sectors. This may or may not indicate a real problem. If the number is stable that is not a problem. If it grows regularly the drive may die soon. More troubling are the 7 pending sectors. These are sectors that the drive had data written to them but the drive can no longer read them back. A drive is no good to you if it can not read what it writes. If this continues you will loose valuble data.

but I'd like to know if I have to start backing everything up (which I probably should do anyway

Yes. Backup now.

 

[hdfreedom]

Ditto on what drescherjm said. If it were me, I'd be looking for a new HD to purchase.

 

[timta2]

Yes, it's time to get rid of it.

 

[Ultima99]

Wow what a great piece of preventative maintenance!

Props for taking the initiative, though you should have had backups already.

 

[Magix]

Thanks. Most of the important files only take about 400mb, so I'll just pop that on my SSD and let the HDD die gracefully =P

Granted, 24 gigs of music can be annoying to redownload. I guess I might get a new HDD soon and put those on there.