Go download/run the Seagate drive tools. They will issue a report indicating whether it is a problem that could/should be repaired under warranty.
- Alex -- Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to put one in a fruit salad. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Robert Terzi <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got a new T530 which came with a Seagate 320 GB disk when checking > out > the system, I've noticed that the SMART reallocated sector count is slowly > rising. Currently there are no offline uncorrectable or pending sectors > but I haven't even started installing any software or doing any real writes > to the disk. The reallocated count is increasing from primarily read > activities. > > Opinions wanted as to whether this might be an early indication of a drive > problems > or whether this is within tolerance for these seagate drives? > > From what I've seen on other drivers, I would generally expect this count > to > stay zero or very low until the drive starts developing some bad areas. > > How bad does a drive have to be before getting it replaced under warranty? > > Does anyone routinely do extended burn-in testing on their factory supplied > TP drives? > > Thanks, > --Rob > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/thinkpad<http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad> > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
