I recently got to know about a tool named crystal disk info, I installed it on my laptop and ran it and everything was good and the health status it showed was good. Until yesterday also it was in good status. Suddenly today when I ran the tool it's showing caution. Reallocated Sector Count is 1.
I have attached a screenshot below of the same.
I wanted to know the reason behind this sudden fault. Is running is application regularly safe? I ran this application along with with other applications already running like chrome, did that create some problem? Also, I am skeptical that this problem is originated because of crystal disk info only because everything was fine till then. Do I need to worry? Is there some other way I can verify this?
UPDATE
- I also ran the wmic command and it says the status is ok.
- I also went into C: drive properties and under tools ran a check and it also turned out to be okay.
2 Answers
Crystal Disk Info has a solid reputation, so its a good tool to use. All it is doing is reporting on what the disk thinks of itself. (There are plenty of other tools that do the same thing). The change in HDD status is most likely coincidental, and you will not likely be able to pinpoint any particular piece of software that triggered it (and it would not be the fault of that software anyway - these problems exist below the level that most software works at)
HDD's are a bit tricky and SMART (the info on the drive that is being read) is difficult to interpret and not overly reliable - but it is an indicator your HDD is not doing great. FWIF, HDDs are the most likely component to fail in a computer, and are the most important.
At minimum you should be ensuring you have a very good backup regimin and check your backups are usable -and it can't hurt to look towards replacing your disk (with an SSD?)
6Som,
you should have shown the rest of the diagnosis. That's why I prefer the log file of smartmontools even if it's less comfortable to use.
Check your "pending sectors" count.
Don not rely on one-dimensional simplifications like "good" or "caution" by Crystal Disk Info.
Instead compare the results with other drives you have. That gives you an idea about what seems to be normal.
One broken sector does not necessarily mean that the life of your drive is over.
Monitor the parameters daily and increase the control intervals if the pending sector count and the reallocating sector count does not increase.
Do look at the other parameters as well.
