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Should I Trust A Laptop SSD After A SMART Warning????

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  1. Fenna Sorensen
    @fenna.sorensen48

    ok weird one i opened CrystalDiskInfo out of curiosity and got this for my laptop SSD:

    Disk health

    Disk health
S.M.A.R.T. status: BAD

Reallocated sectors count: 1,872 (threshold exceeded)
Back up your data and replace the disk as soon as possible.

    Uncorrectable Sector Count is flagged. The drive seems to work fine: files open, no strange noises. But now i cant stop thinking about it. How serious is this?? Do i have weeks, months, or is it already too late?? Im not panicking yet, but Id like to understand what this attribute actually measures. Is it a slow decline or the kind of thing that fails suddenly?? seriously need help here 馃槶

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  2. Alba Kowalski
    @late_otter

    ok so on Linux or with smartmontools on Windows, run:

    smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl -t long /dev/sda

    check the result later with smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda. good luck man!

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  3. Yara Yilmaz
    @yaray424

    @fenna.sorensen48 thank u this worked!! owe u a beer 馃嵑

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  5. Noah Ivanova
    @loose_deck

    ok weird one i swear count is cursed im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  6. Selin
    @signalowl

    page 1 lets gooo.. 馃槫 any update on this?

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  7. Chen
    @router_rider

    for me it was teh extension. swapped it and boom, fixed

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  9. Rafa S.
    @rafa_silicon

    lol same thing happened to me back up first, diagnose second. Copy the most important files to antoher drive before running any long tests, cuz heavy reads can push a failing drive over the edge.

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  10. Alba B.
    @nimbus_sprite
    in reply to @late_otter

    @nimbus_sprite ok boomer unbelievable idk maybe im wrong lol

    @late_otter did u even read my post or just the first line just my 2 cents

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  11. Joon
    @tiny_wrangler267

    ahh classic exact same thing happened to my brand new build last month good luck man!

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  12. Silas Moreau
    @silas.moreau

    after teh backup, compare SMART again in a week... if the counts are climbing, teh drive is actively degrading. lmk how it goes

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  13. Bo G.
    @bo.garcia

    oof for SSDs, Percentage Used is wear, not damage. Media and Data Integrity Errors on NVMe, on the other hand, mean data couldnt be read correctly and deserves serious attention.

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  14. Silas Moreau
    @silas.moreau

    ok this thread just saved my weekend. +1 same here what am i doing wrong??

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  17. Idris G.
    @idrisg732

    lol same thing happened to me reallocated and Pending Sectors on a hard drive are the most predictive SMART attributes for failure. A small, stable number can stay stable for a while, but a growing number means replace it soon. hope that helps :)

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  18. Esme
    @eolsen
    in reply to @idrisg732

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i swear sector is cursed. same issue here on my mac. following this thread

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  19. Rhea W.
    @rhea.walsh

    omg finally finally got it working, thanks everyone thank u thank u thank u

    thumbsup

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