WD 2TB Black error : current pending sector [SOLVED]

alivehunter · Jul 12, 2017

Yesterday I formatted my HDD. (I dont have a secondary HDD).
I started installing Win 7,
1. during the step where we have option for selection/del of partition..
2. I deleted all the existing partition.. created a new partition as c: with 200 GB.. kept the remaining as UN-Allocated... and
3. went ahead with the installation of win 7.
4. After completion on Win7, I went to disk management and did a Full Format for the remaining UN-Allocated space.. it took around 3hrs to complete the same.

post all these i check the SMART STATUS using CrystalDiskInfo... the status was GOOD again.. check the image..
NOW.. can I trust this HDD .. or its still un-reliable.
What has actually happened to the HDD so as to show GOOD STATUS again ??

Jetster · Jul 12, 2017

evidently your previous partition's caused an unstable sector that was flagged for remapping. Your drive was and is fine

alivehunter · Jul 12, 2017

Jetster said:
evidently your previous partition's caused an unstable sector that was flagged for remapping. Your drive was and is fine

Thanks .. Thats a gud news ... so i can consider this disk as reliable for important data...

rtwjunkie · Jul 12, 2017

alivehunter said:
Thanks .. Thats a gud news ... so i can consider this disk as reliable for important data...

Keep an eye on it though. If pending sector count or reallocated sector count numbers start changing again, then you have a problem drive.

Gasaraki · Jul 12, 2017

I have like 10 WD Black drives at home, the 2TB version since 2011-2012 and none of them have died.

Chicken Patty · Jul 12, 2017

Coincidently I was praising WD earlier in this post and one of my 2TB WD Black drives died last night. Although I will say I think it was excessive heat. In my old case they didn't have a fan blowing air on them, they had a fan above the HDD's. In my new case I didn't hook up the front panel fans because I was waiting on some 4-pin extensions. But when the drive failed I touched it and it was literally burning to the touch. Luckily I had like three things installed on it only so damage was minimal.

My ambient temps during the day while in at work can get up to 90°F inside my house so those HDD's see some fair amount of heat, I already connected the fans ghetto rigged for now.

Sasqui · Jul 12, 2017

Chicken Patty said:
Coincidently I was praising WD earlier in this post and one of my 2TB WD Black drives died last night. Although I will say I think it was excessive heat. In my old case they didn't have a fan blowing air on them, they had a fan above the HDD's. In my new case I didn't hook up the front panel fans because I was waiting on some 4-pin extensions. But when the drive failed I touched it and it was literally burning to the touch. Luckily I had like three things installed on it only so damage was minimal.

My ambient temps during the day while in at work can get up to 90°F inside my house so those HDD's see some fair amount of heat, I already connected the fans ghetto rigged for now.

Myabe I shouldn't jinx myself. I have approximately 10 WD drives some over 10 years old, almost all Black. Not a single problem. Some of the black do get quite hot.

Chicken Patty · Jul 12, 2017

Sasqui said:
Myabe I shouldn't jinx myself. I have approximately 10 WD drives some over 10 years old, almost all Black. Not a single problem. Some of the black do get quite hot.

I just figured in the previous case they didn't have a fan directly on them. So I figured it would be okay in this one. For some reason they got excessively hot. I might just replace these drives soon or at least back up my data to avoid disaster. They do make great drives, but with the heat they see, I'm not blaming them for this failure at least.

The Data Master · Jul 12, 2017

I have had the exact opposite luck as OP. I have about 9 WD drives running perfectly fine, yet all Seagate drives I purchased failed. I blamed Seagate for a long time before thinking that I could have bricked the drives myself with overheating, brownouts, or other factors that were beyond Seagate's control. Honestly, I haven't had much luck at all with Non-SSDs purchased after the Tsunami in 2011. I think quality control is just not there and that more resources on testing before shipping are being poured into SSDs than HDDs now-a-days. Again, I said I think meaning the last statement is just my opinion.

I have found that the brand doesn't matter, all drives come from the same countries with the same materials and the same working conditions. Only difference is company policy and marketing.

Chicken Patty · Jul 12, 2017

The Data Master said:
I have had the exact opposite luck as OP. I have about 9 WD drives running perfectly fine, yet all Seagate drives I purchased failed. I blamed Seagate for a long time before thinking that I could have bricked the drives myself with overheating, brownouts, or other factors that were beyond Seagate's control. Honestly, I haven't had much luck at all with Non-SSDs purchased after the Tsunami in 2011. I think quality control is just not there and that more resources on testing before shipping are being poured into SSDs than HDDs now-a-days. Again, I said I think meaning the last statement is just my opinion.

I have found that the brand doesn't matter, all drives come from the same countries with the same materials and the same working conditions. Only difference is company policy and marketing.

Before my current WD Black HDD's I had some Seagates and those lasted what I consider a short time. Maybe 3-4 years tops. To my knowledge I never put them through any abnormal conditions such as over stressed or excessive heat. But who knows. Since then WD has been good to me. Like I said, this drive that just failed on me was running extremely hot which probably lead to failure.

Jetster · Jul 12, 2017

You should really change the thread title. Sense the drive is good.

xkm1948 · Jul 12, 2017

Why would anyone still buy consumer version of WD/Seagate? Go for their enterprise rated HDD and you will rarely have any dead drives. If you HAVE to buy consumer grade HDD, I would recommend HGST or Toshiba.

At this point it is pretty risky to buy high capacity consumer grade HDDs. If I got the cash I would say helium filled enterprise drives are your best bet for large internal storage.

Chicken Patty · Jul 12, 2017

xkm1948 said:
Why would anyone still buy consumer version of WD/Seagate? Go for their enterprise rated HDD and you will rarely have any dead drives. If you HAVE to buy consumer grade HDD, I would recommend HGST or Toshiba.

At this point it is pretty risky to buy high capacity consumer grade HDDs. If I got the cash I would say helium filled enterprise drives are your best bet for large internal storage.

Never thought of that. I guess they are just built to different standards? What sets them apart?

xkm1948 · Jul 12, 2017

Chicken Patty said:
Never thought of that. I guess they are just built to different standards? What sets them apart?

Quality control. Enterprise HDD platters have to pass way stricter quality check. Those plates that won't cut as top enterprise drives get stuffed into consumer grade drives. With data density gets higher and higher, it is just difficult to entrust several TB of data to a single consumer grade HDD.

That reminds me of another solution. Buy a whole bunch of 1TB HDDs and RAID10 them. You get speed, capcacity and data safety. Only down side is you have to deal with RAID now.

DeathtoGnomes · Jul 12, 2017

Chicken Patty said:
Coincidently I was praising WD earlier in this post and one of my 2TB WD Black drives died last night. Although I will say I think it was excessive heat. In my old case they didn't have a fan blowing air on them, they had a fan above the HDD's. In my new case I didn't hook up the front panel fans because I was waiting on some 4-pin extensions. But when the drive failed I touched it and it was literally burning to the touch. Luckily I had like three things installed on it only so damage was minimal.

My ambient temps during the day while in at work can get up to 90°F inside my house so those HDD's see some fair amount of heat, I already connected the fans ghetto rigged for now.

I love ghetto rigged pics !

Chicken Patty · Jul 12, 2017

DeathtoGnomes said:
I love ghetto rigged pics !

It's not really ghetto rigged, I just have some decent cable management (in my eyes) and these are not that long so I couldn't route them out of the way. I had to just run it straight to the motherboard so they are not tucked away all nice. But hey, they work for now. :toast:

DeathtoGnomes · Jul 12, 2017

Chicken Patty said:
It's not really ghetto rigged, I just have some decent cable management (in my eyes) and these are not that long so I couldn't route them out of the way. I had to just run it straight to the motherboard so they are not tucked away all nice. But hey, they work for now.

Well let us know when you resort to duct taping fans to your HDD. :roll:

Nothing like 15k rpm fans to improve case airflow. :fear:

IMO, I would not trust that drive with any critical ..stuff. Do whatever you need to do to get another drive and save this one as a spare.

eidairaman1 · Jul 12, 2017

Part of reason I dont Partition, the hdd head/platter has to move more often, space is lost.

I set paging to a definite amount so it doesn't have to expand/contract constantly 4096MB minimum, 8192GB maximum depending on system. I do the same with the recycle bin 1024 MB-2048MB

Ive heard that moving paging to a separate drive improves performance, by how much I don't know.

Ive never seen a HDD take 3 hours to format unless if there is an issue with it decaying

Chicken Patty · Jul 12, 2017

DeathtoGnomes said:
Well let us know when you resort to duct taping fans to your HDD.

Nothing like 15k rpm fans to improve case airflow.

IMO, I would not trust that drive with any critical ..stuff. Do whatever you need to do to get another drive and save this one as a spare.

Hahaha, not sure if I've duct taped fans before, but I've came close to doing so :roll:

And yes I'm in the process of looking for a replacement drive (s). Oh the joy.

DeathtoGnomes · Jul 12, 2017

Chicken Patty said:
Hahaha, not sure if I've duct taped fans before, but I've came close to doing so

And yes I'm in the process of looking for a replacement drive (s). Oh the joy.

I meant that comment for the OP, didnt dawn on me it applied to you too. :clap:

Chicken Patty · Jul 12, 2017

DeathtoGnomes said:
I meant that comment for the OP, didnt dawn on me it applied to you too.

Haha, it's all good. :toast:

alivehunter · Jul 13, 2017

Jetster said:
You should really change the thread title. Sense the drive is good.

title updated ..

alivehunter · Jul 13, 2017

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WD 2TB Black error : current pending sector [SOLVED]

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