smartd reports Currently unreadable sectors

[David Christensen]

On 2020-08-14 00:15, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> 
> smartd reports:
> 
> 
> Aug 14 08:06:02 pc235 smartd[797]: Device: /dev/ada1, 2 Offline uncorrectable sectors
> Aug 14 08:36:01 pc235 smartd[797]: Device: /dev/ada1, 2 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
> 
> ada1: <WDC WD10EADS-22M2B0 01.00A01> ATA8-ACS SATA 2.x device
> ada1: Serial Number WD-WMAV50596027
> ada1: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
> ada1: Command Queueing enabled
> ada1: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors)
> 
> 
> Time to replace the drive or what measures can I take?
> --
> Christoph


First, backup your data.


I maintain one machine with a Windows installation.  I would move the 
drive into that machine and run "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows":

     https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?lang=en


Here is a link to an older bootable USB stick version:

     https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=2


David