Hi, I’ve run SR6.1Rel3 (on a Zimaboard cleared without memory errors) at Level 4 on a brand new 6TB HDD (Western Digital Red) & have several Event Messages (all relating to Sectors around the 36.4575% & 36.4880% points), namely:
The Graphic Status Display has a sector status of B (defective) around the 36% point.
The Final Sector Events Counts have 8 for “not recoverable” & 9 for “defective sectr”.
So my question is this, is there a reference for interpreting the Event Messages generated by SpinRite?
Yes, those messages above indicate issues were encountered but should I interpret these as “Issues were found & the offending sectors have been quarantined from use – so enjoy your HDD” or “Issues were found & this HDD should not be used”?
Like I said this is a brand new HDD so there’s no data of value on it that I need to recover. I just want to know if it’s prudent to start putting my precious data on it.
Cheers,
The Physio
- 9 x Despite many attempts, this sector of the media refused to be written and re-read.
- 8 x SpinRite’s rewritten data verification failed. The drive did not report any trouble, but the reread data did not match what was written!
The Graphic Status Display has a sector status of B (defective) around the 36% point.
The Final Sector Events Counts have 8 for “not recoverable” & 9 for “defective sectr”.
So my question is this, is there a reference for interpreting the Event Messages generated by SpinRite?
Yes, those messages above indicate issues were encountered but should I interpret these as “Issues were found & the offending sectors have been quarantined from use – so enjoy your HDD” or “Issues were found & this HDD should not be used”?
Like I said this is a brand new HDD so there’s no data of value on it that I need to recover. I just want to know if it’s prudent to start putting my precious data on it.
Cheers,
The Physio