Second opinion needed re. GSmartControl

[sorcerer]

Can someone just have a read of this report from GSmartControl and let me know what you think please?

Got a Dell Inspiron N5030 in because it's running really, really slowly. A quick look at a CrystalDisk report showed a "Caution" on Reallocated Sector Count so I booted into Parted Magic and ran GSmartControl, only for the Extended Test to complete with no errors.

I just want to be doubly sure on this because the hard drive was replaced under warranty by Dell about six months ago and now the machine is out of warranty. Being only six months old, the drive should be ok, but who knows?

Thanks

smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-linux-3.0.0-pmagic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: TOSHIBA MK3261GSYN
Serial Number: 82UMTGUQT
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 431a8a2ce
Firmware Version: MH000D
User Capacity: 320,072,933,376 bytes [320 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is: Thu Dec 5 18:06:15 2013 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 120) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 70) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 128
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail Always - 1228
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 89
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 67307
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 373
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1035
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 19
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1488
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 45 (Min/Max 10/51)
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 9911608
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 172797927
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 47736
241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2004287449
242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2247626218
254 Free_Fall_Sensor 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 1121 -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

 

[SilverLeaf]

SMART data shows 89 re-allocated sectors. I would not trust this drive, even with only 1121 hours on it.

 

[sorcerer]

Thanks Silverleaf, much appreciated.

 

[Encrypted Existence]

...even with only 1121 hours on it.

Where are you getting 1121 hours from? I read 67307 power on hours. Or am I reading the log incorrectly?

 

[SilverLeaf]

Where are you getting 1121 hours from? I read 67307 power on hours. Or am I reading the log incorrectly?

Some drives report power on time in minutes. 67307/60=1121.8. The results of the extended self test reports completion at 1121 hrs as well.

 

[PCX]

Some advice: Check the sector count first, if the sector count is too high (for us 10-20) then do not even bother with a SMART test. At this point, you can determine that the hard drive has failed. The problem with running a SMART test after determining that the sector count is too high, is that you are putting unnecessary stress on the hard drive and you could potentially loose the customers data.

 

[sorcerer]

Some advice: Check the sector count first, if the sector count is too high (for us 10-20) then do not even bother with a SMART test. At this point, you can determine that the hard drive has failed. The problem with running a SMART test after determining that the sector count is too high, is that you are putting unnecessary stress on the hard drive and you could potentially loose the customers data.

Good advice PCX, thanks.