Need advise on if hard drive is bad or not

[JoeTech]

So I haven't used gsmart control much but I see that it is highly recommended on here. So I figured I would give it a try. I usually have been using crystal disk info for a quick check when I first get started on a pc.

Anyways I ran crystal disk info on a corsair 240gb ssd that is probably 2-3 years old and it shows good 100%. I run gsmart control and it passed the smart test as well but under the attributes section four sections are highlighted as errors and it says I have less then half the ssd life remaining.

I also ran eurosoft pc check on the drive and everything passed on that as well. I was just wondering if someone with more experience could look at the picture below and help me figure out which if I should trust the crystal disk and pc check saying ssd is good or gsmart saying it has errors and might be going bad.

Just wanted to also note that i haven't had any problems with the ssd so far that would make you think it is going bad. I just was testing it out to see the results

thanks

 

[sapphirescales]

I get this too. In my experience, gsmart is almost always right. I had an SSD in today that was OBVIOUSLY failing. Read speeds were horrible and the OS took forever to load up (15 minutes). Have you checked the read/write speeds yet? Try something like HDTune.

 

[JoeTech]

Speed test makes it look like it is okay.

 

[sapphirescales]

Is your gsmart updated or an old version? Have you tried SSDLife Pro? It's pretty compatible with most brands.

Honestly, I've never had a good SSD check out as bad on gsmart. Take a brand new drive and check it out. Always checks out as good in gsmart. I can't say that about some programs.

 

[MDD1963]

I'd not be swapping it purely for a few pink 'pre-failure' readings indicating simple useage/age....

 

[ohio_grad_06]

Personally, I disagree with MDD. Everyone has their opinion, but imo, if the drive is questionable, why take a chance with your client's data? Kind of like an engine on a car. You see warning signs of failure, you need to service it, maybe new head gaskets, etc. Good opportunity to clone that drive to a new drive with a warranty and set them up on a backup. That way you look like the hero and they are happily running.

This scenario vs you say well I don't know if I should change it, and then they come back 3 months later, their drive is totally done, and you are picking up the pieces while your end user is going nuts over trying to get their pictures of their grand kids or their pet, does not remember any passwords etc. And you are the lucky tech that gets to pick up the pieces and spend 2 hours with them having to explain it, and how to get to everything etc. Now you tell me which situation you want to be in. You are talking anymore about hard drives costing what, 50 dollars for a 1TB drive, replace the drive and have your peace of mind and sanity.

Every once in a while gsmart like any software makes mistakes, but from experience, I'd say 90% of the time, gsmart is right on the money.

 

[brandonkick]

Well... it looks like it has a total of around 18 TB written to it.

I know my samsung 850 evo has a write life of around 75 TB, so I don't
know what the drive in question is rated for but if it's anywhere close
to 75TB then I don't know that I'd worry about it.

If you are that worried about it, show the customer the screen shots saying
that the drive may be in the early stages of failure. Let them decide how to
handle it. They can have you clone and deploy to a new SSD, they can have
you clone and store the backup, or they can let it ride. Personally that warning
doesn't scream imminent danger to me. Having said that, I keep regular backups
and if the drive did just up and die on me one day, it'd be a minor inconvenience.

 

[ohio_grad_06]

Well... it looks like it has a total of around 18 TB written to it.

I know my samsung 850 evo has a write life of around 75 TB, so I don't
know what the drive in question is rated for but if it's anywhere close
to 75TB then I don't know that I'd worry about it.

If you are that worried about it, show the customer the screen shots saying
that the drive may be in the early stages of failure. Let them decide how to
handle it. They can have you clone and deploy to a new SSD, they can have
you clone and store the backup, or they can let it ride. Personally that warning
doesn't scream imminent danger to me. Having said that, I keep regular backups
and if the drive did just up and die on me one day, it'd be a minor inconvenience.

You do mean gb, not TB I hope. 75TB is a huge amount of data.

 

[brandonkick]

Nope... the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB drive is listed as having
and endurance rating of 75TB.

I assume that means 75TB of total writes.

 

[JoeTech]

I downloaded the current version yesterday of gsmart. I tried it on a new ssd this morning and didn't get any errors. I'm currently cloning the ssd right now before I call the customer and let them decide what they want to do.I would rather do it now then have them get it back and it crashes a week later and I know they don't have backups.

I guess I will have to start using gsmart instead from now on if it means it is more accurate. I would rather be safe then sorry.

 

[cypress]

I downloaded the current version yesterday of gsmart. I tried it on a new ssd this morning and didn't get any errors. I'm currently cloning the ssd right now before I call the customer and let them decide what they want to do.I would rather do it now then have them get it back and it crashes a week later and I know they don't have backups.

I guess I will have to start using gsmart instead from now on if it means it is more accurate. I would rather be safe then sorry.

Good choice. Make the proper precautions of backing up the data and let the client know. The rest is up to them.