A dying Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500 GB SATA HDD?

Hi!

I was just watching my recorded television/TV shows and then my video
froze. My old updated Windows XP Pro. SP3's taskbar showed several
balloons showing many write delays ($MFT) on my 500 GB Seagate SATA HDD
on all of its partitions/drives (D:, G:, etc.)! My Windows started
pausing and freezing too. I had to force a shutdown (didn't fully finish
it by itself -- so I had to use my computer's power button). BIOS and
CMOS looked OK to me. I turned off my PC, and checked inside and wiggled
the HDD SATA cables that I could touch, and they looked OK (nothing
lose) to me. I booted back to Windows without problems, and ran Smartctl
on that drive. Its results looked bad to me?

smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-win32-5.41-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Device Model: ST3500320AS
Serial Number: 9QM8QPS1
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 01089ecae
Firmware Version: SD1A
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is: Fri Nov 25 22:54:21 2011 PST
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: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
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: ( 650) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
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: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 120) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 119 099 006 Pre-fail
Always - 230942639
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 096 094 000 Pre-fail
Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 744
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 099 099 036 Pre-fail
Always - 24
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 070 057 030 Pre-fail
Always - 25838921171
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 078 078 000 Old_age
Always - 19683
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail
Always - 1
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 742
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always
- 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always
- 4295032833
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 066 048 045 Old_age Always
- 34 (Min/Max 33/34)
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 034 052 000 Old_age Always
- 34 (0 16 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 044 020 000 Old_age Always
- 230942639
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age
Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always
- 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 164 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 164 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:39.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 163 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 162 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 161 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 160 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining
LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19283
-
# 4 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 14320
-
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 513
-

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.


What do you think? I only had this HDD since 12/27/2008. IIRC, this one
had the firmware bug and I was able to patch/upgrade when it was
announced back then. Does this sound like a dying HDD?

I will run a full long SMART test later tonight (it will take about two
hours). Maybe that's why I am having hard computer lockups because of
this?
--
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Hi Ant,

my impression is that you have a somehow unwritable sector
in some fileystem used area, as all the errors in the log
are aborted writes. Unwritable is rare and may
be a servo defect. I think this drive may still be fine
except for that one sector. The results of the long
SMART selftest should tell.

I don't see anything that would point to cabeling or
power problems.

Arno

Ant wrote:
Hi!

I was just watching my recorded television/TV shows and then my video
froze. My old updated Windows XP Pro. SP3's taskbar showed several
balloons showing many write delays ($MFT) on my 500 GB Seagate SATA HDD
on all of its partitions/drives (D:, G:, etc.)! My Windows started
pausing and freezing too. I had to force a shutdown (didn't fully finish
it by itself -- so I had to use my computer's power button). BIOS and
CMOS looked OK to me. I turned off my PC, and checked inside and wiggled
the HDD SATA cables that I could touch, and they looked OK (nothing
lose) to me. I booted back to Windows without problems, and ran Smartctl
on that drive. Its results looked bad to me?

smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-win32-5.41-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Device Model: ST3500320AS
Serial Number: 9QM8QPS1
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 01089ecae
Firmware Version: SD1A
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is: Fri Nov 25 22:54:21 2011 PST
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: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
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: ( 650) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
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: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 120) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 119 099 006 Pre-fail
Always - 230942639
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 096 094 000 Pre-fail
Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 744
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 099 099 036 Pre-fail
Always - 24
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 070 057 030 Pre-fail
Always - 25838921171
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 078 078 000 Old_age
Always - 19683
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail
Always - 1
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 742
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always
- 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always
- 4295032833
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 066 048 045 Old_age Always
- 34 (Min/Max 33/34)
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 034 052 000 Old_age Always
- 34 (0 16 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 044 020 000 Old_age Always
- 230942639
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age
Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always
- 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 164 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 164 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:39.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 163 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 162 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 161 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 160 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining
LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19283
-
# 4 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 14320
-
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 513
-

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.


What do you think? I only had this HDD since 12/27/2008. IIRC, this one
had the firmware bug and I was able to patch/upgrade when it was
announced back then. Does this sound like a dying HDD?

I will run a full long SMART test later tonight (it will take about two
hours). Maybe that's why I am having hard computer lockups because of
this?
--
"It's like stepping on ants... I don't step on ants, Major." --Odo and
Kira from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
/\___/\ Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
/ /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net
| |o o| |
\ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link.
( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed.
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer.

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Hmm!

After rebooting back to Windows, it was fine. I used the HDD for about
15 minutes or so, and then HDD vanished as I was running the latest just
installed SeaTools for Windows during its "Scanning for supported
drives, please wait" dialog box. However, Windows XP Pro. SP3 did not
give me a write delay error like the first time. I had to shut down and
reboot Windows to bring back the vanished HDD. I checked its SMART
results, but it looked the same. I reran that SeaTools twice and no
problems. I also ran its short SMART test and saw no problems.

I also downloaded the bootable DOS (SeaToolsDOS223ALL.iso) off a burned
CD-RW and ran its short and long SMART, and aocustic tests. All passed.
I didn't touch its advanced tests since they don't seem revelant to what
I need to test (erase/format?).

FYI, I have the latest firmware (SD1A) so the HDD was upgraded a few
years ago.

So you think an unwriteable sector? Should I do a chkdsk /f /r on all
partitions/drives (D:, G:, H:, and I on that problematic 500 GB SATA
HDD? Or is there a faster and easier way to do all in one request? I did
a couple chkdsk with no special parameters (e.g., chkdsk g and they
found no problems.

I am going to try GsmartControl's full test now while I go AFK for a
couple hours...

Or maybe it's just a bad SATA cable?


On 11/26/2011 2:44 AM PT, Arno typed:

Hi Ant,

my impression is that you have a somehow unwritable sector
in some fileystem used area, as all the errors in the log
are aborted writes. Unwritable is rare and may
be a servo defect. I think this drive may still be fine
except for that one sector. The results of the long
SMART selftest should tell.

I don't see anything that would point to cabeling or
power problems.

Arno

wrote:
Hi!

I was just watching my recorded television/TV shows and then my video
froze. My old updated Windows XP Pro. SP3's taskbar showed several
balloons showing many write delays ($MFT) on my 500 GB Seagate SATA HDD
on all of its partitions/drives (D:, G:, etc.)! My Windows started
pausing and freezing too. I had to force a shutdown (didn't fully finish
it by itself -- so I had to use my computer's power button). BIOS and
CMOS looked OK to me. I turned off my PC, and checked inside and wiggled
the HDD SATA cables that I could touch, and they looked OK (nothing
lose) to me. I booted back to Windows without problems, and ran Smartctl
on that drive. Its results looked bad to me?

smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-win32-5.41-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Device Model: ST3500320AS
Serial Number: 9QM8QPS1
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 01089ecae
Firmware Version: SD1A
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is: Fri Nov 25 22:54:21 2011 PST
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: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
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: ( 650) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
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: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 120) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 119 099 006 Pre-fail
Always - 230942639
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 096 094 000 Pre-fail
Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 744
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 099 099 036 Pre-fail
Always - 24
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 070 057 030 Pre-fail
Always - 25838921171
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 078 078 000 Old_age
Always - 19683
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail
Always - 1
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 742
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always
- 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always
- 4295032833
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 066 048 045 Old_age Always
- 34 (Min/Max 33/34)
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 034 052 000 Old_age Always
- 34 (0 16 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 044 020 000 Old_age Always
- 230942639
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age
Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always
- 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 164 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 164 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:39.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 163 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 162 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 161 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 160 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining
LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19283
-
# 4 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 14320
-
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 513
-

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.


What do you think? I only had this HDD since 12/27/2008. IIRC, this one
had the firmware bug and I was able to patch/upgrade when it was
announced back then. Does this sound like a dying HDD?

I will run a full long SMART test later tonight (it will take about two
hours). Maybe that's why I am having hard computer lockups because of
this?
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Ant wrote:
...
I am going to try GsmartControl's full test now while I go AFK for a
couple hours...


No need for AFK, the SMART long test runs in background, its result
appears later in the self-test log.

For a quick test use a SMART selective test which includes the sector
3277184 listed in the error log. For example this command tests the
first ~5GB of the disk: smartctl -t select,0-9999999 ...


Or maybe it's just a bad SATA cable?


Examine SATA Phy Event Counters (smartctl -l sataphy ...). If all error
counters are 0, cable should be OK.

Christian

Ant wrote

Hmm!

This is nothing to hum about boy, you should be crying!!!

After rebooting back to Windows, it was fine. I used the HDD for about 15 minutes or so, and then HDD vanished as I
was running the latest just installed SeaTools for Windows during its "Scanning for supported drives, please wait"
dialog box. However, Windows XP Pro. SP3 did not give me a write delay error like the first time. I had to shut down
and reboot Windows to bring back the vanished HDD. I checked its SMART results, but it looked the same. I reran that
SeaTools twice and no problems. I also ran its short SMART test and saw no problems.

I also downloaded the bootable DOS (SeaToolsDOS223ALL.iso) off a burned CD-RW and ran its short and long SMART, and
aocustic tests. All passed. I didn't touch its advanced tests since they don't seem revelant to what I need to test
(erase/format?).

I'd just make a warranty claim.

FYI, I have the latest firmware (SD1A) so the HDD was upgraded a few years ago.

So you think an unwriteable sector?

Nope, its got a hell of a lot of reallocated sectors. Its dying.

Should I do a chkdsk /f /r on all partitions/drives (D:, G:, H:, and I on that problematic 500 GB SATA HDD?

Nope, just make a warranty claim.

Or is there a faster and easier way to do all in one request?

Nope.

I did a couple chkdsk with no special parameters (e.g., chkdsk g and they found no problems.

I am going to try GsmartControl's full test now while I go AFK for a couple hours...

Or maybe it's just a bad SATA cable?

Nope, that cant produce reallocated sectors.


Arno wrote

my impression is that you have a somehow unwritable sector
in some fileystem used area, as all the errors in the log
are aborted writes. Unwritable is rare and may
be a servo defect. I think this drive may still be fine
except for that one sector. The results of the long
SMART selftest should tell.

I don't see anything that would point to cabeling or
power problems.

Arno

wrote:
Hi!

I was just watching my recorded television/TV shows and then my video
froze. My old updated Windows XP Pro. SP3's taskbar showed several
balloons showing many write delays ($MFT) on my 500 GB Seagate SATA HDD
on all of its partitions/drives (D:, G:, etc.)! My Windows started
pausing and freezing too. I had to force a shutdown (didn't fully finish
it by itself -- so I had to use my computer's power button). BIOS and
CMOS looked OK to me. I turned off my PC, and checked inside and wiggled
the HDD SATA cables that I could touch, and they looked OK (nothing
lose) to me. I booted back to Windows without problems, and ran Smartctl
on that drive. Its results looked bad to me?

smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-win32-5.41-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Device Model: ST3500320AS
Serial Number: 9QM8QPS1
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 01089ecae
Firmware Version: SD1A
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is: Fri Nov 25 22:54:21 2011 PST
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: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
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: ( 650) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
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: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 120) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 119 099 006 Pre-fail
Always - 230942639
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 096 094 000 Pre-fail
Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 744
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 099 099 036 Pre-fail
Always - 24
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 070 057 030 Pre-fail
Always - 25838921171
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 078 078 000 Old_age
Always - 19683
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail
Always - 1
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 742
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always
- 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always
- 4295032833
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 066 048 045 Old_age Always
- 34 (Min/Max 33/34)
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 034 052 000 Old_age Always
- 34 (0 16 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 044 020 000 Old_age Always
- 230942639
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age
Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always
- 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 164 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 164 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:39.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 163 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 162 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 161 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 160 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining
LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19283
-
# 4 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 14320
-
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 513
-

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.


What do you think? I only had this HDD since 12/27/2008. IIRC, this one
had the firmware bug and I was able to patch/upgrade when it was
announced back then. Does this sound like a dying HDD?

I will run a full long SMART test later tonight (it will take about two
hours). Maybe that's why I am having hard computer lockups because of
this?
--
"Ah. Those club kids did eat those ants up like popcorn." --CSI: Miami (Wannabe episode; #218)
/\___/\ Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
/ /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net
| |o o| |
\ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link.
( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed.
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer.

Ant wrote

Hi!

Lo!!

I was just watching my recorded television/TV shows and then my video froze. My old updated Windows XP Pro. SP3's
taskbar showed several balloons showing many write delays ($MFT) on my 500 GB Seagate SATA HDD on all of its
partitions/drives (D:, G:, etc.)! My Windows started pausing and freezing too. I had to force a shutdown (didn't fully
finish it by itself -- so I had to use my computer's power button). BIOS and CMOS looked OK to me. I turned off my PC,
and checked inside and wiggled the HDD SATA cables that I could touch, and they looked OK (nothing lose) to me. I
booted back to Windows without problems, and ran Smartctl on that drive. Its results looked bad to me?

Yep, she's dying, Jim. You into necrophilia ?

smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-win32-5.41-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Device Model: ST3500320AS
Serial Number: 9QM8QPS1
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 01089ecae
Firmware Version: SD1A
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is: Fri Nov 25 22:54:21 2011 PST
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: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
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: ( 650) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
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: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 120) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 119 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 230942639
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 096 094 000 Pre-fail Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 744
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 099 099 036 Pre-fail Always - 24

Thats bad, she's dying, Jim.

7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 070 057 030 Pre-fail Always - 25838921171
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 078 078 000 Old_age Always - 19683
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 1
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 742
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always - 4295032833
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 066 048 045 Old_age Always - 34 (Min/Max 33/34)
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 034 052 000 Old_age Always - 34 (0 16 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 044 020 000 Old_age Always - 230942639
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 164 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 164 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA = 0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:39.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 163 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA = 0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 162 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA = 0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 161 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA = 0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 160 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA = 0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19683 -
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19683 -
# 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19283 -
# 4 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19276 -
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19276 -
# 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 14320 -
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 513 -

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.

What do you think?

Yep, she's dying, Jim. You into necrophilia ?

I only had this HDD since 12/27/2008.

That was likely one of the drives with a 5 year warranty.

You may or may not just manage a warranty claim if it had a 3 year
warranty if that date is the date you bought it from a reputable retailler.

IIRC, this one had the firmware bug and I was able to patch/upgrade when it was announced back then. Does this sound
like a dying HDD?

Yep, the realllocated sector number is much too high.

I will run a full long SMART test later tonight (it will take about two hours). Maybe that's why I am having hard
computer lockups because of this?

Yep.

Ant wrote:
Hmm!

After rebooting back to Windows, it was fine. I used the HDD for about
15 minutes or so, and then HDD vanished as I was running the latest just
installed SeaTools for Windows during its "Scanning for supported
drives, please wait" dialog box. However, Windows XP Pro. SP3 did not
give me a write delay error like the first time. I had to shut down and
reboot Windows to bring back the vanished HDD. I checked its SMART
results, but it looked the same. I reran that SeaTools twice and no
problems. I also ran its short SMART test and saw no problems.

I also downloaded the bootable DOS (SeaToolsDOS223ALL.iso) off a burned
CD-RW and ran its short and long SMART, and aocustic tests. All passed.
I didn't touch its advanced tests since they don't seem revelant to what
I need to test (erase/format?).

FYI, I have the latest firmware (SD1A) so the HDD was upgraded a few
years ago.

So you think an unwriteable sector? Should I do a chkdsk /f /r on all
partitions/drives (D:, G:, H:, and I on that problematic 500 GB SATA
HDD? Or is there a faster and easier way to do all in one request? I did
a couple chkdsk with no special parameters (e.g., chkdsk g and they
found no problems.

I am actually not sure how a write can fail, but that is what the
error-log says. It is possible that ist does not get the fine
positioning it needs for writes due to some damaged servo-tracks.
(Servo tracjs are very short tracks scattered over the disk surface
and between the data-tracks that serve to tell the disk where exactly
the heads are). On reading, the disk can just try even if positioning
is not perfect. On writing, it will not as that could destroy
neighbouring tracks as well.

I am going to try GsmartControl's full test now while I go AFK for a
couple hours...

Or maybe it's just a bad SATA cable?

No. That would result in DMA-CRC errors or something like it.
These are definitely write errors after the data and command
was transferred correctly to the disk. This also means it is
the disk, not some other component, except maybe a PSU giving
bad 12V and thereby causing positioning problems, or vibration,
is the cause of the problem.

Now if this was a seeking problem (caused by defective disk,
PSU uir by vibration), I would expect a rather high rate
of seek errors. As by fzabkar's excellent explanation here

http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Barracu...CC/td-p/122382

this seems not to be the case.

I think for a real diagnosis you might have to do a
overwrite with verify test.

HDDSentinel offers one non-destructive option for that,
namely the "refresh data" test. I would not run it without
complete backup though. Depending on how much your time is
worth to you, the most efficient option may be to toss this
drive.

Arno


On 11/26/2011 2:44 AM PT, Arno typed:

Hi Ant,

my impression is that you have a somehow unwritable sector
in some fileystem used area, as all the errors in the log
are aborted writes. Unwritable is rare and may
be a servo defect. I think this drive may still be fine
except for that one sector. The results of the long
SMART selftest should tell.

I don't see anything that would point to cabeling or
power problems.

Arno

wrote:
Hi!

I was just watching my recorded television/TV shows and then my video
froze. My old updated Windows XP Pro. SP3's taskbar showed several
balloons showing many write delays ($MFT) on my 500 GB Seagate SATA HDD
on all of its partitions/drives (D:, G:, etc.)! My Windows started
pausing and freezing too. I had to force a shutdown (didn't fully finish
it by itself -- so I had to use my computer's power button). BIOS and
CMOS looked OK to me. I turned off my PC, and checked inside and wiggled
the HDD SATA cables that I could touch, and they looked OK (nothing
lose) to me. I booted back to Windows without problems, and ran Smartctl
on that drive. Its results looked bad to me?

smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-win32-5.41-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Device Model: ST3500320AS
Serial Number: 9QM8QPS1
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 01089ecae
Firmware Version: SD1A
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is: Fri Nov 25 22:54:21 2011 PST
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: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
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: ( 650) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
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: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 120) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 119 099 006 Pre-fail
Always - 230942639
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 096 094 000 Pre-fail
Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 744
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 099 099 036 Pre-fail
Always - 24
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 070 057 030 Pre-fail
Always - 25838921171
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 078 078 000 Old_age
Always - 19683
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail
Always - 1
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always - 742
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always
- 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always
- 4295032833
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 066 048 045 Old_age Always
- 34 (Min/Max 33/34)
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 034 052 000 Old_age Always
- 34 (0 16 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 044 020 000 Old_age Always
- 230942639
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always
- 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age
Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always
- 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 164 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 164 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:39.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 163 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 162 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 161 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 160 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle.

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180 = 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining
LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19283
-
# 4 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
# 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 14320
-
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 513
-

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.


What do you think? I only had this HDD since 12/27/2008. IIRC, this one
had the firmware bug and I was able to patch/upgrade when it was
announced back then. Does this sound like a dying HDD?

I will run a full long SMART test later tonight (it will take about two
hours). Maybe that's why I am having hard computer lockups because of
this?
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On 11/26/2011 9:24 AM PT, Christian Franke typed:

Ant wrote:
...
I am going to try GsmartControl's full test now while I go AFK for a
couple hours...

No need for AFK, the SMART long test runs in background, its result
appears later in the self-test log.

Doesn't the test slow down if I use the HDD(s) and computer? I had other
things to do though like sleep.


For a quick test use a SMART selective test which includes the sector
3277184 listed in the error log. For example this command tests the
first ~5GB of the disk: smartctl -t select,0-9999999 ...

C:\winstuff\gsmartcontrolsmartctl -t select,0-9999999 /dev/sdb
smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-win32-5.41-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION ===
Sending command: "Execute SMART Selective self-test routine immediately
in off-l
ine mode".
SPAN STARTING_LBA ENDING_LBA
0 0 9999999
Drive command "Execute SMART Selective self-test routine immediately in
off-line
mode" successful.
Testing has begun.


So, when do I check its results? It didn't tell me how long this will
take.



Or maybe it's just a bad SATA cable?

Examine SATA Phy Event Counters (smartctl -l sataphy ...). If all error
counters are 0, cable should be OK.

C:\winstuff\gsmartcontrolsmartctl -l sataphy /dev/sdb
smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-win32-5.41-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID Size Value Description
0x000a 2 1 Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x0001 2 0 Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0003 2 0 R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0006 2 0 R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS

There's an one. So, a bad SATA cable?
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On 11/26/2011 11:32 AM PT, Arno typed:

I think for a real diagnosis you might have to do a
overwrite with verify test.

HDDSentinel offers one non-destructive option for that,
namely the "refresh data" test. I would not run it without
complete backup though. Depending on how much your time is
worth to you, the most efficient option may be to toss this
drive.

How long would it take? I used about 342 GB out of my about 500 GB HDD.
Shoot, I didn't know I used that much disk space and I am going to need
to find a huge HDD/SSD that is big as that or bigger.
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what I mean. It's like one female that runs the whole show." "Yes, the
queen." "Yeah the mamma. She is bad*ss, man. I mean big." "These things
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Just a small update. I have not seen any more HDD disconnections and no
new SMART errors since I last posted with results. Things are calmed for
now?

Ugh, what a bad timing with the higher prices of HDDs and SSDs are still
costly for big sizes (just bought a 115 GB for my new Linux/Debian box).
I am going to need find a new/refurbished 7200 RPM SATA 500 GB or bigger
SSD (does it work well in XP Pro. SP3?)/HDD too that isn't so expensive.

FYI from more SMART tests in a Seagate's bootable CD-RW and in Windows
with GSmartControl's tests (long/full and people's requests from cmd.exe
lines [not sure if that test first 5 GB is done?]:

C:\winstuff\gsmartcontrolsmartctl -a /dev/sdb
smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [i686-w64-mingw32-xp-sp3] (sf-win32-5.41-1)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Device Model: ST3500320AS
Serial Number: 9QM8QPS1
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 01089ecae
Firmware Version: SD1A
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is: Sat Nov 26 11:51:13 2011 PST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

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SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection:
Enabled.
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: ( 650) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection
on/off supp
ort.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
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: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 120) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x103b) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control
supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE
UPDATED WHEN_
FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 109 099 006 Pre-fail
Always -
23235478
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 097 094 000 Pre-fail
Always -
0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always -
751
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 099 099 036 Pre-fail
Always -
24
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 070 057 030 Pre-fail
Always -
25838978172
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 078 078 000 Old_age
Always -
19695
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail
Always -
1
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age
Always -
748
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always
-
0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always
-
0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always
-
4295032833
189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always
-
0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 067 048 045 Old_age Always
-
33 (Min/Max 33/35)
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 033 052 000 Old_age Always
-
33 (0 16 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 034 020 000 Old_age Always
-
23235478
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always
-
0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age
Offline -
0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always
-
0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 164 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 164 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle
..

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180
= 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:39.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 163 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle
..

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180
= 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 5f 59 08 e0 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 d7 e6 e6 e1 00 06:58:38.875 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 162 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle
..

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180
= 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:38.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 161 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle
..

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180
= 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 80 cf 02 ec 00 06:58:38.328 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:38.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT

Error 160 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 19682 hours (820 days + 2
hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was
active or idle
..

After command completion occurred, registers we
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
04 71 03 80 01 32 e0 Device Fault; Error: ABRT 3 sectors at LBA =
0x00320180
= 3277184

Commands leading to the command that caused the error we
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:37.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 c0 c2 04 ec 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 67 ab 60 e0 00 06:58:37.327 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT
35 d0 08 ff ff ff ef 00 06:58:36.874 WRITE DMA EXT

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining
LifeTime(hours) LBA
_of_first_error
# 1 Selective offline Completed without error 00% 19695
-
# 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19694
-
# 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19691
-
# 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19688
-
# 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19686
-
# 6 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19683
-
# 8 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 19283
-
# 9 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
#10 Short offline Completed without error 00% 19276
-
#11 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 14320
-
#12 Short offline Completed without error 00% 513
-

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 9999999 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.


On 11/26/2011 8:23 AM PT, Ant typed:

Hmm!

After rebooting back to Windows, it was fine. I used the HDD for about
15 minutes or so, and then HDD vanished as I was running the latest just
installed SeaTools for Windows during its "Scanning for supported
drives, please wait" dialog box. However, Windows XP Pro. SP3 did not
give me a write delay error like the first time. I had to shut down and
reboot Windows to bring back the vanished HDD. I checked its SMART
results, but it looked the same. I reran that SeaTools twice and no
problems. I also ran its short SMART test and saw no problems.

I also downloaded the bootable DOS (SeaToolsDOS223ALL.iso) off a burned
CD-RW and ran its short and long SMART, and aocustic tests. All passed.
I didn't touch its advanced tests since they don't seem revelant to what
I need to test (erase/format?).

FYI, I have the latest firmware (SD1A) so the HDD was upgraded a few
years ago.

[snipped]

I am going to try GsmartControl's full test now while I go AFK for a
couple hours...

Or maybe it's just a bad SATA cable?


On 11/26/2011 2:44 AM PT, Arno typed:

Hi Ant,

my impression is that you have a somehow unwritable sector
in some fileystem used area, as all the errors in the log
are aborted writes. Unwritable is rare and may
be a servo defect. I think this drive may still be fine
except for that one sector. The results of the long
SMART selftest should tell.

I don't see anything that would point to cabeling or
power problems.

Arno

wrote:
Hi!

I was just watching my recorded television/TV shows and then my video
froze. My old updated Windows XP Pro. SP3's taskbar showed several
balloons showing many write delays ($MFT) on my 500 GB Seagate SATA HDD
on all of its partitions/drives (D:, G:, etc.)! My Windows started
pausing and freezing too. I had to force a shutdown (didn't fully finish
it by itself -- so I had to use my computer's power button). BIOS and
CMOS looked OK to me. I turned off my PC, and checked inside and wiggled
the HDD SATA cables that I could touch, and they looked OK (nothing
lose) to me. I booted back to Windows without problems, and ran Smartctl
on that drive. Its results looked bad to me?

[snipped -- see my original newsgroup thread post with it]

What do you think? I only had this HDD since 12/27/2008. IIRC, this one
had the firmware bug and I was able to patch/upgrade when it was
announced back then. Does this sound like a dying HDD?

I will run a full long SMART test later tonight (it will take about two
hours). Maybe that's why I am having hard computer lockups because of
this?
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