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Need advice about possibly defective HDD

What to do? What to do?

  • Just use the drive, you're probably gonna be okay

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Use the drive, but keep a close eye on it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Get a warranty replacement if possible

    Votes: 2 100.0%

  • Latrine!

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    2
  • Poll closed .
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68k2x86

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After buying a 4TB WD HD, I captured the SMART stats, ran badblocks (4 passes, read + write), and noted the SMART stats again, looking out for reallocated sectors.

I didn't get any reallocated sectors, but I did get 6 raw read errors and badblocks reported 4 bad blocks during the first pass.

I have seen mentioned that read errors can be caused by such things as electrical interference with SATA cables, so are these errors likely transient, or should I try to get a replacement (I think it has a 3 year warranty)?

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When I get any problems in badblocks I then use the -p2 option to make sure it completes 2 entire runs of the 4 tests before I call it okay. If I see any more failure I always RMA the drive (well except for the firmware bug that I found on 2TB Samsung f4 drives a few years back).
 
Try to run an extended smart test, if that fails too I'll definitely request a warranty replacement.

> smartctl -t long /dev/<>
 
zfsgeek said:
Try to run an extended smart test, if that fails too I'll definitely request a warranty replacement.

> smartctl -t long /dev/<>
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I actually did but since it came up clean I didn't include it in the original post. Does this change your recommendation?

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drescherjm said:
When I get any problems in badblocks I then use the -p2 option to make sure it completes 2 entire runs of the 4 tests before I call it okay. If I see any more failure I always RMA the drive (well except for the firmware bug that I found on 2TB Samsung f4 drives a few years back).
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In other words, I should run bad blocks again, with an additional 8 passes, and if all is well, keep the drive?
 
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