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Old September 19th 09, 05:46 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default I think I've solved my Spin Retry Count problem

Rod Speed wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Yousuf Khan wrote


I've also rebooted the system quite a bit more often than I usually do in that time. HD Sentinel is also now
starting to upgrade its Health rating automatically, it had gone down to 40% at its lowest and today it's at 52%.


I've never considered those numbers are very useful, what matters is the raw value.


Well, they seem to be based on the same criteria that we'd use to
judge quality: how many errors are there, and how often do they occur.


The raw numbers for that particular drive dont support those 40% and 52%
claims, particularly with a parameter like spin retry count thats much more
likely to be a problem external to the drive than internal to the drive.


Well, HD Sentinel uses some kind of proprietary internal rating
equation, which seems to be logarithmic (slows down as it gets closer to
zero). I don't concern myself too much with the absolute values they
come up with, just with the relative values. In this case the relative
values has indicated an improvement in health has been noted.

Yousuf Khan