I'm getting high raw read and seek error rates for a disk I just received from Seagate in replacement for another failed disk. It's an 80GB SATA drive. Raw read error rate is up in the 9 digits, and climbs every time I rerun diskcheckup. Seek error rate is in 6 digits, also climbing. All other parameters look fine - no sector reallocations, etc.
Are these error rate numbers actually error counts, or are they something else? These are climbing so fast, with no apparent malfunction of the computer, that it seems like they may be counts of all reads and seeks, not just errors.
How can I interpret these big scary numbers?
Thanks,
Matt Ellis
Are these error rate numbers actually error counts, or are they something else? These are climbing so fast, with no apparent malfunction of the computer, that it seems like they may be counts of all reads and seeks, not just errors.
How can I interpret these big scary numbers?
Thanks,
Matt Ellis
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