My Storage (non OS) 3 TB HDD is showing a lot of activity and often my system freezes for a few minutes with Disk Activity on that HDD at 100% I used CrystalDiskInfo 7.6.0 and it showed the following screen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskInfo 7.6.0 (C) 2008-2018 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : https://crystalmark.info/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 17134] (x64) Date : 2018/05/30 18:13:18 -- Controller Map ---------------------------------------------------------- + Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller [ATA] + ATA Channel 0 (0) - SONY DVD RW DRU-870S ATA Device + ATA Channel 1 (1) - ST3000DM001-1ER166 ATA Device + Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller [ATA] - ATA Channel 0 (0) + ATA Channel 1 (1) - ST3500418AS ATA Device - Microsoft Storage Spaces Controller [SCSI] -- Disk List --------------------------------------------------------------- (1) ST3000DM001-1ER166 : 3000.5 GB [0/1/0, pd1] - st (2) ST3500418AS : 500.1 GB [1/3/1, pd1] - st ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) ST3000DM001-1ER166 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model : ST3000DM001-1ER166 Firmware : CC25 Serial Number : Z7P00F2H Disk Size : 3000.5 GB (8.4/137.4/3000.5/3000.5) Buffer Size : Unknown Queue Depth : 32 # of Sectors : 5860524911 Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM Interface : Serial ATA Major Version : ACS-2 Minor Version : ACS-3 Revision 3b Transfer Mode : SATA/300 | SATA/600 Power On Hours : 7061 hours Power On Count : 3302 count Temperature : 34 C (93 F) Health Status : Caution Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ APM Level : 8080h [ON] AAM Level : ---- Drive Letter : E: F: -- S.M.A.R.T. -------------------------------------------------------------- ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name 01 _95 _84 __6 00000E3A10E4 Read Error Rate 03 _94 _93 __0 000000000000 Spin-Up Time 04 _96 _96 _20 000000001013 Start/Stop Count 05 100 100 _10 000000000028 Reallocated Sectors Count 07 _76 _60 _30 00010289EE42 Seek Error Rate 09 _92 _92 __0 000000001B95 Power-On Hours 0A 100 100 _97 000000000000 Spin Retry Count 0C _97 _97 _20 000000000CE6 Power Cycle Count B7 100 100 __0 000000000000 Vendor Specific B8 100 100 _99 000000000000 End-to-End Error BB __1 __1 __0 000000001DF0 Reported Uncorrectable Errors BC 100 _99 __0 000400040005 Command Timeout BD _82 _82 __0 000000000012 High Fly Writes BE _66 _40 _45 011F23190022 Airflow Temperature BF 100 100 __0 000000000000 G-Sense Error Rate C0 100 100 __0 00000000009F Power-off Retract Count C1 _66 _66 __0 000000010CE5 Load/Unload Cycle Count C2 _34 _60 __0 001700000022 Temperature C5 _77 _77 __0 000000000F50 Current Pending Sector Count C6 _77 _77 __0 000000000F50 Uncorrectable Sector Count C7 200 __1 __0 000000007CF4 UltraDMA CRC Error Count F0 100 253 __0 8D34000013C6 Head Flying Hours F1 100 253 __0 00068E8297F2 Total Host Writes F2 100 253 __0 000A85E36125 Total Host Reads -- IDENTIFY_DEVICE --------------------------------------------------------- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 000: 0C5A 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000 010: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 5A37 5030 3046 3248 020: 0000 0000 0004 4343 3235 2020 2020 5354 3330 3030 030: 444D 3030 312D 3145 5231 3636 2020 2020 2020 2020 040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 4000 2F00 050: 4000 0200 0200 0007 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 5110 060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0007 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0000 070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 850E 0004 00CC 0040 080: 03F0 001F 346B 7D69 4163 3469 BC49 4163 407F 00A2 090: 00A2 8080 FFFE 0000 D0D0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 100: 836F 5D50 0001 0000 0000 0000 6003 0000 5000 C500 110: 66C6 3C80 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 405E 120: 401C 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0029 A3B0 130: 5D50 A3B0 5D50 2020 0002 0140 0100 5000 3C06 3C0A 140: 0000 003C 0000 0008 0000 0000 05FF 0280 0000 0000 150: 000A 0000 0000 0000 0000 8000 0000 0000 5800 8000 160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0002 0000 170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 180: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 190: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 200: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1085 0000 0000 4000 210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1C20 0000 0000 220: 0000 0000 107E 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 240: 0000 0000 0000 0007 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 2EA5 -- SMART_READ_DATA --------------------------------------------------------- +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F 000: 0A 00 01 0F 00 5F 54 E4 10 3A 0E 00 00 00 03 03 010: 00 5E 5D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 32 00 60 60 13 020: 10 00 00 00 00 00 05 33 00 64 64 28 00 00 00 00 030: 00 00 07 0F 00 4C 3C 42 EE 89 02 01 00 00 09 32 040: 00 5C 5C 95 1B 00 00 00 00 00 0A 13 00 64 64 00 050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 32 00 61 61 E6 0C 00 00 00 060: 00 00 B7 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B8 32 070: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BB 32 00 01 01 F0 080: 1D 00 00 00 00 00 BC 32 00 64 63 05 00 04 00 04 090: 00 00 BD 3A 00 52 52 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 BE 22 0A0: 00 42 28 22 00 19 23 1F 01 00 BF 32 00 64 64 00 0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 32 00 64 64 9F 00 00 00 00 0C0: 00 00 C1 32 00 42 42 E5 0C 01 00 00 00 00 C2 22 0D0: 00 22 3C 22 00 00 00 17 00 00 C5 12 00 4D 4D 50 0E0: 0F 00 00 00 00 00 C6 10 00 4D 4D 50 0F 00 00 00 0F0: 00 00 C7 3E 00 C8 01 F4 7C 00 00 00 00 00 F0 00 100: 00 64 FD C6 13 00 00 34 8D 35 F1 00 00 64 FD F2 110: 97 82 8E 06 00 00 F2 00 00 64 FD 25 61 E3 85 0A 120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 61 00 00 73 170: 03 00 01 00 01 FF 02 53 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 180: 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 190: 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 0D 00 69 76 7A B8 1E 17 00 00 1B0: 00 00 00 00 01 00 FF FF F2 97 82 8E 06 00 00 00 1C0: 25 61 E3 85 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1D0: 00 00 00 00 6E 01 00 00 6A 07 00 00 01 00 00 00 1E0: 00 00 00 00 10 7E 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 18 00 00 00 F1 -- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ---------------------------------------------------- +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F 000: 01 00 01 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 14 00 00 00 00 020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 030: 00 00 07 1E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 61 00 00 00 00 050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 060: 00 00 B7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B8 63 070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BB 00 00 00 00 00 080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 BC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 090: 00 00 BD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BE 2D 0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BF 00 00 00 00 00 0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C0: 00 00 C1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 00 0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C5 00 00 00 00 00 0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0F0: 00 00 C7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F0 00 100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F1 00 00 00 00 00 110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 F2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) ST3500418AS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model : ST3500418AS Firmware : CC38 Serial Number : 5VM831BV Disk Size : 500.1 GB (8.4/137.4/500.1/500.0) Buffer Size : 16384 KB Queue Depth : 32 # of Sectors : 976764911 Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM Interface : Serial ATA Major Version : ATA8-ACS Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4 Transfer Mode : ---- | SATA/300 Power On Hours : 15408 hours Power On Count : 8015 count Temperature : 34 C (93 F) Health Status : Good Features : S.M.A.R.T., AAM, 48bit LBA, NCQ APM Level : ---- AAM Level : FE00h [ON] Drive Letter : C: D: -- S.M.A.R.T. -------------------------------------------------------------- ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name 01 114 _99 __6 000004FD0052 Read Error Rate 03 _97 _97 __0 000000000000 Spin-Up Time 04 _85 _85 _20 000000003D13 Start/Stop Count 05 100 100 _36 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count 07 _87 _60 _30 000022403F3E Seek Error Rate 09 _83 _83 __0 000000003C30 Power-On Hours 0A 100 100 _97 000000000000 Spin Retry Count 0C _93 _93 _20 000000001F4F Power Cycle Count B7 100 100 __0 000000000000 Vendor Specific B8 _98 _98 _99 000000000002 End-to-End Error BB 100 100 __0 000000000000 Reported Uncorrectable Errors BC 100 _95 __0 001C001E0039 Command Timeout BD 100 100 __0 000000000000 High Fly Writes BE _66 _40 _45 0124231A0022 Airflow Temperature C2 _34 _60 __0 001700000022 Temperature C3 _43 _33 __0 000004FD0052 Hardware ECC recovered C5 100 100 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count C6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count C7 200 200 __0 0000000000A0 UltraDMA CRC Error Count F0 100 253 __0 CE5D00008D74 Head Flying Hours F1 100 253 __0 00000F2AECBE Total Host Writes F2 100 253 __0 000082F648A2 Total Host Reads -- IDENTIFY_DEVICE --------------------------------------------------------- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 000: 0C5A 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000 010: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 3556 4D38 3331 4256 020: 0000 8000 0004 4343 3338 2020 2020 5354 3335 3030 030: 3431 3841 5320 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8010 0000 2F00 050: 4000 0200 0200 0007 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 0110 060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0007 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0000 070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 0506 0000 0048 0040 080: 01F0 0029 346B 7F01 4163 3469 BE01 4163 407F 002A 090: 002A 0000 FFFE 0000 FE00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 100: 3FEF 3A38 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 5000 C500 110: 218B F2A0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 401E 120: 401C 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0029 6030 130: 3A38 6030 3A38 2020 0002 0140 0100 5000 3C06 3C0A 140: 0000 003C 0000 0008 0000 0000 004F 0280 0000 0000 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32 00 5D 5D 4F 1F 00 00 00 060: 00 00 B7 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B8 32 070: 00 62 62 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 BB 32 00 64 64 00 080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 BC 32 00 64 5F 39 00 1E 00 1C 090: 00 00 BD 3A 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BE 22 0A0: 00 42 28 22 00 1A 23 24 01 00 C2 22 00 22 3C 22 0B0: 00 00 00 17 00 00 C3 1A 00 2B 21 52 00 FD 04 00 0C0: 00 00 C5 12 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C6 10 0D0: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 3E 00 C8 C8 A0 0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 F0 00 00 64 FD 74 8D 00 00 5D 0F0: CE 05 F1 00 00 64 FD BE EC 2A 0F 00 00 00 F2 00 100: 00 64 FD A2 48 F6 82 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 82 00 61 02 00 7B 170: 03 00 01 00 01 5A 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 190: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BA 7F B1 DD 75 32 00 00 1B0: 00 00 00 00 01 00 5C 16 BE EC 2A 0F A4 00 00 00 1C0: A2 48 F6 82 5E 29 00 00 00 00 00 00 6A 1D D0 00 1D0: 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 2C 0C 00 00 25 00 03 00 1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F8 -- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ---------------------------------------------------- +0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F 000: 01 00 01 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 14 00 00 00 00 020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 030: 00 00 07 1E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 61 00 00 00 00 050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 060: 00 00 B7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B8 63 070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BB 00 00 00 00 00 080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 BC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 090: 00 00 BD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BE 2D 0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 00 00 00 00 00 0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C0: 00 00 C5 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C6 00 0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 00 00 00 00 00 0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0F0: 00 00 F1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F2 00 100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 What should I do?!
From experience when those particular attributes start to show warning signs it's a clear indication that the drive is on the way out unfortunately - back everything up asap and replace the drive would be the best (possibly only) course of action
Like 'e says, buy a new one and restore from backup - you do have backups, right? That drive am shaftorised.
Thank the lucky stars you got any heads up at all and replace drive at first opportunity. HDDs are extremely prone to failure (especially consumer ones) and once they start going south there is zero chance they'll get better.
Thank you everyone for your replies. I've backed up the important data and I hope the drive will last as long as it can.