Posted August 06, 2017
Ganni1987: I use CrystalDiskInfo a lot, when a system is slow, crashes or starts going funky that's one of the first programs I check. While most of the SMART data can be confusing, there's a few important ones that indicate a dying drive: Lots of Read Error rates, Reallocated Sectors and Uncorrectable Sectors, too many of those and it's a sign that the drive is going toast.
Okay, I just installed it right now ! Indeed the SMART data are too much complicated for me :P Thanks for the main values to check. I just launched the software : it seems that it can't give the SMART attributes of my dying drive (according to ariaspi it's certainly because it's into an external case).
Oh by the way : have you any thought about the drive I'm planing to buy ? A Toshiba P300, 2To, 7200RPM, with a very affordable price.
Edit : just saw your message about it : I'm going to buy it right now :)
Okay :) So I absolutely have to put it again inside a comp' to be able to have them and check the drive ?
ariaspi: Defraggler has no tests, it's just the Health tab that shows the SMART attributes and says if something is good or not. It's convenient that you can check that every time you defrag the drive. DiskCheckup has some self tests, but you'll see when using it. At the moment there's no need to do any tests on the bad drive, you already know it's dying. When everything is backed-up you can do that and see which program offers better info.
Okay :) Concerning defraggler, I switched language to english : it's the button "benchmark the drive" who made me thinks it was testing it (because of the french traduction). What it is usefull for ? Simply knowing how fast it is ? ariaspi: After you finish with the backup, put the bad drive away. Install windows and everything on the new one and start checking your backed-up files from the external drive, see if everything is okay. Maybe you'll need to try and copy again some files from the bad one.
Okay, you're confirming my plan ! :) Thanks for the tip ;)
Post edited August 06, 2017 by Splatsch